Brad Gushue and Bruce Mouat will meet in Sunday’s championship final at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-op Canadian Open in Nisku, Alta.
Gushue’s team from St. John’s — consisting of third Mark Nichols, second Brendan Bottcher and lead Geoff Walker — defeated Yannick Schwaller of Geneva, Switzerland 6-2 in Saturday’s semifinal.
Gushue scored a single in the second end, then had steals of one in the third and fourth ends before Schaller counted a deuce in the fifth end. Gushue struck for three in the sixth end and then ran Schwaller out of rocks.
Mouat of Stirling, Scotland defeated Joel Retornaz of Trentino, Italy 4-2 in the other semifinal.
Mouat scored a pair in the first end, stole one in the fourth and one in the sixth, before Retornaz counted a deuce in the seventh. Mouat ran Retornaz out of rocks in the eighth end.
In the women’s semifinals, Silvana Tirinzoni of Aarau, Switzerland scored a single in the eighth end to edge Kim Eun-jung of South Korea 5-4, while Rachel Homan’s team from Ottawa — consisting of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes — defeated Ha Seung-youn of South Korea 6-1 in the other semifinal.
Homan scored three in the first end, gave up one in the fourth and then added three more in the fifth to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
Tirinzoni and Homan will play in Sunday’s championship final.
