BURSTThe battle of the unbeaten went to the rink from the Prairies.
Saskatchewan’s Inglis foursome stole the game’s final five points to beat Team B.C. – which includes Coldstream’s Penny Shantz – 10-4 at the 2026 Pomeroy Hotel Canadian Masters Curling Championships Wednesday, April 8, in Grande Prairie.
Both teams entered the contest atop the standings at 3-0.
Inglis jumped out to an early lead by picking up three in the second end. B.C. – skipped by Donna Mychaluk of Langley – got back into the match by picking up a deuce in the third end with hammer, then stole two in the fourth end for a 4-3 lead at the break.
The Saskatchewan squad scored two with the hammer in five for a 5-4 advantage, stole one in the sixth and forced handshakes from B.C. by thieving four in the seventh.
Earlier Wednesday, Team B.C. improved to 3-0 with a 12-3, six-end victory over Team New Brunswick.
Saskatchewan entered play Thursday alone in first place at 4-0. B.C. was in a four-way tie for second at 3-1 with Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.
Shantz and company – which includes the front end of lead Janet Suter of Parksville, and Victoria Murphy from New Westminster at second – play Nova Scotia and Manitoba Thursday.
In the men’s tournament, B.C.’s Wes Craig of Duncan begins play Thursday alone in third place in his round-robin pool of six rinks with a record of 3-2.
Twelve men’s teams and 10 women’s rinks are competing for the national titles.