A team with southeast Saskatchewan curlers has advanced to the Viterra Scotties Tournament of Hearts women’s curling provincials.
The Shalon Fleming rink, which consists of lead Jasmine Kerr, second Sherrilee Orsted, third Candace Newkirk and skip Fleming, defeated Jessica Mitchell’s rink 8-4 in the A final of the last chance qualifying bonspiel at the Power Dodge Curling Centre in Estevan on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, the Fleming rink earned one of three qualifying births available at the tournament.
Fleming held a 4-1 lead through five ends, but the Mitchell rink pulled to within 5-4 by the end of the eighth end with a score of two. Fleming scored once in the ninth and stole two in the 10th to pull away.
The remaining two spots for provincials will be decided Sunday. The B event qualifier between Mitchell and Mandy Selzer will be at 10 a.m., and the C event final is at 3 p.m.
Estevan’s Rae Williamson is skipping a team in the C event. After an 8-7 win over Selzer to open the tournament on Friday, she dropped an 8-3 decision to Mitchell and a 7-4 game to Sherry Just to wind up in the C event.
