Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women’s curling championship.
So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers might be due.
In front of plenty of boisterous green-clad friends, families and supporters at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre on Sunday afternoon, the young crew from Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club improved to 3-0 with a 6-5 victory over Ontario’s Krista McCarville (1-2).
Tied with Ackerman on top of Pool A is another mostly-rookie team in Alberta skipped by 25-year-old Selena Sturmay, who won 8-6 over the previously unbeaten and four-time champion Kerri Einarson (2-1) of
