CHESTERMERE, Alta. 鈥� Canadian Brad Gushue won the Grand Slam of Curling's National on Sunday while Tracy Fleury dropped the women鈥檚 final.
Gushue of St. John's, N.L., captured his 12th career Grand Slam title by defeating Scotland鈥檚 Bruce Mouat 5-2 in the men鈥檚 final.
Gushue, third Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker won $33,000.聽
The three-time Canadian champion Gushue outshot Mouat 94-41 and finished the tournament undefeated at 6-0.
鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to pull it out,鈥� Gushue said. 鈥淚t was a tough battle. Bruce and his team have been playing so well over the last year. It took our best game of the week and fortunately, we picked a good time to do it.
鈥淲e were really solid. Mark鈥檚 played great all week and that continued today. Both Brett and I stepped up our game today (Sunday) and Geoff played well again.鈥�
Gushue advanced to the final with a 5-2 victory over Calgary's Kevin Koe in the semifinal Saturday.
Later, Fleury of East St. Paul, Man., lost the women鈥檚 final 9-6 in an extra end to Sweden鈥檚 Anna Hasselborg at the Chestermere Recreation Centre.
Fleury, third Selena Njegovan, second Liz Fyfe and lead Kristin MacCuish won $20,000.
Team Fleury had a perfect 5-0 record entering Sunday鈥檚 final after eliminating Kelsey Rocque of Edmonton 6-3 in the semifinal.聽
The $300,000 National featured 16 men's and 16 women's teams in a triple knockout of three brackets.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2021.
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