At 4-0, Tyler Klymchuk鈥檚 rink is threatening to run off and hide at the 2013 Tim Horton鈥檚 Junior Men鈥檚 provincial curling championship at the Coquitlam Curling Club.
Klymchuk鈥檚 experienced crew, which includes Victoria Curling Centre鈥檚 Corey Chester at third and Sanjay Bowry at second, along with Rhys Gamache of Tswwassen at lead, is off to a roaring start.
鈥淲e鈥檝e had a few good games,鈥� said Klymchuk鈥檚 coach Todd Troyer, who also hails from the VCC. 鈥淢y guys have played very well so far.鈥�
Which comes as no surprise to Troyer, who won a national junior title of his own with Mike Wood back in 1988 before finishing second at the world junior championship to Peja Lindholm of Sweden.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 their last kick at it, too, so they really want to perform for themselves,鈥� added Troyer, who coached Chester 鈥� under skip Josh Hozack 鈥� to a sa国际传媒 title last season.
Klymchuk, who hails from Langley, doubled Paul Henderson鈥檚 split rink from the VCC and Esquimalt clubs, 6-3 in the Thursday morning draw. He followed that up with a 6-2 victory over Brandon Emslie of Kelowna in the afternoon to stay ahead of 3-0 Kyle Habkirk of the host club.
Henderson also lost 8-2 to Cameron de Jong鈥檚 VCC rink in the afternoon as they improved to 2-2.
Duncan Silversides, also of the VCC, was 1-2 heading into a late draw against Emslie.
Meanwhile, in junior women鈥檚 play, Kalia Van Osch鈥檚 Nanaimo rink is 3-0 courtesy of an 8-1 afternoon win over Stephanie Prinse of Chiliwack.
n LAST CHANCE: Wes Craig and Neil Dangerfield, of the VCC, and Nanaimo鈥檚 Steve Waatainen are among the 17 teams looking to earn the final five qualifying spots towards provincials.
The Men鈥檚 Open is the last opportunity for rinks to advance to the 2013 Canadian Direct Insurance sa国际传媒 Men鈥檚 championship in Parksville, Feb. 5-10. Play begins today with draws at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge.
