The 1998 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held January 24-February 1 at the Calgary Curling Club and the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta.
Men's Teams Province / Territory Skip Third Second Lead Carter Rycroft Glen Kennedy Marc Kennedy Jason Lesmeister Kevin Dey Chris Morrison Robert Gallaugher Chris Cowan Mike McEwen David Chalmers Bryce Granger Kevin Schmidt Rob Heffernan Patrice Robichaud Ryan Cain Kevin Tippett Brad Gushue Ryan Davis Jason Davidge Brett Reynolds Andrew Mikkelsen Mark Koivula Ben Mikkelsen Brian Adams Jamie Koe Kevin Whitehead Matt St. Louis Kevin Cymbalisty Peter Eddy Hugh Fidler John Friel Andrew Gibson John Morris Craig Savill Andy Ormsby Brent Laing Kyle Stevenson Robbie Gauthier Rodney Hood Terry Hood Nicolas Menard Benoit Veronneau Jonathan Hubert Martin Menard Ryan Miller Carmen Koch Kevin Ackerman Stuart Person Jason Nolan Jessi Birnie Bryan Kowalyshen Joshua Clark
Standings LocaleSkipWL Carter Rycroft 9 3 Mike McEwen 9 3 John Morris 9 3 Rob Heffernan 9 3 Ryan Miller 8 4 Peter Eddy 7 5 Nicolas Menard 6 6 Andrew Mikkelsen 5 7 Jamie Koe 5 7 Brad Gushue 4 8 Kevin Dey 4 8 Kyle Stevenson 2 10 Jason Nolan 1 11
Results Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Draw 13
Playoffs
Tiebreaker
Semifinal
Final
Women's Teams Province / Territory Skip Third Second Lead Bronwen Saunders Jennifer Vejprava Tara Runquist Erika Hildebrand Melody Chilibeck Pauline Levasseur Victoria Cannon Denise Levasseur Lisa Roy Amy Rafnkelsson Kerry Maynes Jaimie Coxworth Melissa McClure Nancy Toner Brigitte McClure Bethany Toner Cindy Miller Kim Conway Stephanie LeDrew Laura Strong Elaine Uhryn Kari MacLean Krista Scharf Amy Stachiw Kerry Koe Shona Barbour Stacey Treptau Meagan Crawley Meredith Doyle Beth Roach Krista Normore Candice MacLean Jenn Hanna Amanda Vanderspank Julie Colquhoun Leesa Broder Suzanne Gaudet Stefanie Richard Stephanie Pickett Kelly Higgins Marie-France Larouche Nancy Belanger Marie-Eve Letourneau Valérie Grenier Shannon Farough Rachel Scholz Jill Bacon Amanda MacDonald Nicole Baldwin Jaime Milward Hailey Birnie Jaime Hewitt
Standings LocaleSkipWL Jenn Hanna 10 2 Melissa McClure 10 2 Suzanne Gaudet 9 3 Meredith Doyle 8 4 Shannon Farough 8 4 Elaine Uhryn 7 5 Nicole Baldwin 6 6 Bronwen Saunders 5 7 Marie-France Larouche 5 7 Lisa Roy 5 7 Kerry Koe 2 10 Cindy Miller 2 10 Melody Chilibeck 1 11
Results Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Draw 13
Playoffs
Semifinal
Final
Qualification Ontario The Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held in Oshawa, with the finals on January 11.
After posting a 7-0 round robin record, the Ottawa Curling Club's Jenn Hanna rink had to be beaten twice by the Bluewater club's Susan Keeling for the women's championship. Hanna won the first game 11-2, clinching the championship.
In the men's final, John Morris (also of the Ottawa Curling Club) defeated Sarnia's Jason Young in the final. Morris had to win a tiebreaker match against Barrie's Ryan Werenich, before beating St. Catharines' Greg Balsdon in the semifinal to get there.Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 1998, pg D4, "Ottawa junior curlers rule Ontario"
References
External links Men's statistics Women's statistics