A world championship is being contested at the Kelowna Curling Club this week, but there香蕉视频直播檚 a logo on the wall at the away end that is a vivid reminder of Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚 biggest-ever curling event, half a century ago.
The 1968 Macdonald Brier was contested at Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚 Memorial Arena 香蕉视频直播� just a 15-minute walk due south from the curling club 香蕉视频直播� and while the star of the show was Alberta香蕉视频直播檚 Ron Northcott, who claimed his first of back-to-back Brier titles with a 10-1 record, two other players from that Canadian championship are here this week with more than a passing interest in what香蕉视频直播檚 transpiring at the 2018 Winn Rentals World Mixed Curling Championship, according to a Team Canada news release.
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Jim Waite 香蕉视频直播� who played second for Don Gilbert香蕉视频直播檚 Ontario team in 1968 香蕉视频直播� is coaching the Canadian team this week in Kelowna, a team that improved to 4-1 on Tuesday morning with a 10-1 paddling of New Zealand香蕉视频直播檚 Dave Watt (0-4).
And Jim Anderson, the father of Canadian skip Mike Anderson, played second in 1968 for the New Brunswick foursome skipped by Jim Ayer.
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Waite香蕉视频直播檚 Ontario team, in fact, was the only one that bested Northcott, who finished atop the field with a 9-1 record, the release said.
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Ontario and Anderson香蕉视频直播檚 New Brunswick team would finish with identical 6-4 records. Interestingly, Anderson香蕉视频直播檚 vivid memory of that Brier also was a game against Alberta.
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Waite has been back to Kelowna since, but Anderson, who now lives in Markham, Ont., is making his first trip to the Okanagan since he was slinging the corn broom for New Brunswick at Memorial Arena.
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Both Waite and Anderson had plenty of fun watching on Tuesday morning as Canada 香蕉视频直播� Mike Anderson is backed up by vice-skip Danielle Inglis, second Sean Harrison and lead Lauren Harrison 香蕉视频直播� played its best game of the week to close within one victory of locking up a playoff berth.
Canada opened with three in the first end, and then proceeded to steal one in the second, three more in the third and one in the fourth.
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New Zealand got one back in the fifth, but the Canadian team, representing the Thornhill, Ont., Curling Club, but the game away with two in the sixth end.
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Canada closes out its round-robin schedule with 8 a.m. PT games Wednesday against Hungary香蕉视频直播檚 Zoltan Palancsa (2-2) and Thursday against Slovakia香蕉视频直播檚 Daniela Matulova (4-0), the release said.
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