Tuesday, December 4

Middaugh Rink Wins Sobeys



From the Chronicle Herald - Monday, December 3, 2007.

NEW GLASGOW — It was Quebec versus Ontario for the big loot in Sunday’s final of the $54,000 Sobey’s Curling Classic before 400 fans at John Brother MacDonald Stadium.


A hot-shooting Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., seeded No. 8 in a 32-team field, beat No. 29 Marie-France Larouche of Levis, Que., 6-4 in the championship final. The four-time Ontario women’s champion and 2003 Canada Cup winner claimed the $14,000 top prize with Larouche, the 1999 world junior bronze medallist, taking $10,000.


It marked the first Grand Slam of Curling women’s event for the Maritimes and the first of a three-year deal for the Slam event in New Glasgow.


Middaugh, a 40-year-old full-time mother, won seven straight games facing elimination after an 0-2 start. Larouche, a 27-year-old teacher, was 6-0 heading into the final.
The Ontario skip robbed Larouche’s team blind, stealing four consecutive points in the middle ends for a comfortable 6-1 lead.

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