2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship

2023 Canadian Wheelchair
Curling Championship
Host cityMoose Jaw, Saskatchewan
ArenaMoose Jaw Ford Curling Centre
DatesMarch 20–24
Winner Saskatchewan 1
Curling clubMoose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw
SkipGil Dash
ThirdMarie Wright
SecondDarwin Bender
LeadMoose Gibson
CoachLorraine Arguin
Finalist Northern Ontario (Dean)
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The 2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 20 to 24 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.[1] This was the first time the championship was held since 2019 as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021 and 2022.[2][3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Province / Territory Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Alberta 1Jack SmartMartin PurvisTerry FowlerWendy FrazierKendra OhamaGarrison CC, Calgary
Alberta 2Don KuchelymaStephan VindisEmma NagelMarie LaframboiseAvonair CC, Edmonton
British ColumbiaGerry AustgardenIna ForrestRick RobinsonGlen McDonaldKelowna/Vernon/Richmond
New BrunswickMichael FitzgeraldSarah BenevidesJames O'HaraElaine MazerolleThistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John
Newfoundland and LabradorCecilia CarrollFelix GreenKatie Hubbard–St. John's CC, St. John's
Northern OntarioDouglas DeanGino SonegoRick BellLola GrahamFort William CC, Thunder Bay
Nova ScotiaLaughie RuttStephan ParfittRose PearleEdie LloydAnn WhiteLakeshore CC, Lower Sackville
Ontario 1Jon ThurstonCollinda JosephKarl AllenChrissy MolnarKing CC, Schomberg
Ontario 2Paul GroseTony ReynenJim LawShannon WilcoxJillian HopkinsIlderton CC, Ilderton
QuebecBenoît LessardCarl MarquisJohanne MathieuFrançois LacourseCC Magog, Magog
Saskatchewan 1Gil DashMarie WrightDarwin BenderMoose GibsonMoose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan 2Rodney PedersonStewart McKeownSheryl PedersonRussell WhitsittMoose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[5]

Key
Teams to Championship Pool
Pool A Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Northern OntarioDouglas Dean504022201609
Saskatchewan 1Gil Dash4145172113210
British ColumbiaGerry Austgarden323922211519
Ontario 2Paul Grose2333292115113
New BrunswickMichael Fitzgerald142128152006
Alberta 2Don Kuchelyma05107082701
Pool B Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Alberta 1Jack Smart4134212315013
QuebecBenoît Lessard413126191809
Ontario 1Jon Thurston323523171706
Saskatchewan 2Rodney Pederson3236282018011
Newfoundland and LabradorCecilia Carroll142838192008
Nova ScotiaLaughie Rutt052149132302

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−05:00).[6]

Draw 1

Monday, March 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 🔨 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 🔨 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 7
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 🔨 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Alberta 1 (Smart) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 8
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
British Columbia (Austgarden) 🔨 5 2 0 3 0 1 2 5 18

Draw 2

Monday, March 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 🔨 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 X 6
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Quebec (Lessard) 🔨 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 X 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 4 4 5 1 3 0 X X 17
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 🔨 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 X 8
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 🔨 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 X 10
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 9
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 🔨 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 🔨 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 8
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 9
Ontario 2 (Grose) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 7

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 X 7
British Columbia (Austgarden) 🔨 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 X 8
Ontario 2 (Grose) 🔨 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 5
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3
Quebec (Lessard) 🔨 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 X 12
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 🔨 2 0 3 0 2 5 X X 12

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 22, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 4 1 2 1 0 4 1 X 13
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 🔨 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 🔨 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 6
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Northern Ontario (Dean) 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 X 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 🔨 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 4 2 1 0 3 5 X 15
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 🔨 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4

Seeding pool

Standings

Final Seeding Pool Standings

Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Ontario 2Paul Grose5363403521121
Saskatchewan 2Rodney Pederson5354493127017
Newfoundland and LabradorCecilia Carroll3548513228012
New BrunswickMichael Fitzgerald172754193506
Nova ScotiaLaughie Rutt173669213406
Alberta 2Don Kuchelyma172886183817

Results

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 🔨 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 7
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4
Ontario 2 (Grose) 🔨 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 🔨 2 2 4 2 0 1 X X 11
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2

Draw 7

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 🔨 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 X 9
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 8
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 X 7

Draw 8

Thursday, March 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 2 1 2 0 2 1 X X 8
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 🔨 2 3 1 1 2 0 X X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 🔨 0 0 0 2 2 0 X X 4
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 3 5 0 0 2 X X 12

Championship pool

Standings

Final Championship Pool Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Northern OntarioDouglas Dean7161403128013
Saskatchewan 1Gil Dash6271333224212
Alberta 1Jack Smart5349423425017
British ColumbiaGerry Austgarden5359363423119
Ontario 1Jon Thurston5357452829010
QuebecBenoît Lessard4442502831013

Results

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 X 9
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 4
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 2 0 5 0 0 2 0 X 9
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 8
Quebec (Lessard) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 7

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 4
British Columbia (Austgarden) 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Quebec (Lessard) 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 10
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 9

Draw 8

Thursday, March 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 3 0 1 0 3 1 X X 8
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 🔨 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 X 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
Alberta 1 (Smart) 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 7

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1 Northern Ontario 2
2 Saskatchewan 1 8 2 Saskatchewan 1 6
3 Alberta 1 2

Semifinal

Friday, March 24, 9:00 am

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 🔨 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 X 8
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2

Final

Friday, March 24, 1:30 pm

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 6

Final standings

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Saskatchewan 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Northern Ontario
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alberta 1
4 British Columbia
5 Ontario 1
6 Quebec
7 Ontario 2
8 Saskatchewan 2
9 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 New Brunswick
11 Nova Scotia
12 Alberta 2

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2022 & 2023 Wheelchair Curling Nationals". Curling Canada. December 22, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pandemic forces cancellations". Curling Canada. January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Draw Schedule" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.