Tyler Klymchuk鈥檚 sa国际传媒 rink got off to the start everyone expected Saturday at the M&M Meat Shops Junior Curling Championship in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Opening against Nunavet, the first time the territory has been represented at a Canadian championship, Team sa国际传媒 went on to a decisive 11-2 win in eight ends over David Kakuktining.
Klymchuk, of the Langley Curling Club, is joined on the split sa国际传媒 rink by third Corey Chester and second Sanjay Bowry of the Victoria Curling Centre and lead Rhys Gamache of Tswwassen. Coach Todd Troyer also hails from the Victoria centre.
The foursome opened with one in the first end before stealing a deuce in the second and allowing Kakuktining a single in the third.
Klymchuk came back with a deuce in the fourth and a steal of two more in the fifth to pull away to a 7-1 lead at the break.
Allowing a single in the sixth, Klymchuk took two in the seventh and stole two more in the eighth as the teams shook hands.
Kakuktining was defeated 14-2 by Saskatchewan鈥檚 Brady Scharback 鈥� one of the favourites in the field 鈥� in the opening afternoon draw.
Corryn Brown鈥檚 junior women鈥檚 team, from Kamloops, won its opener 7-5 over Saskatchewan鈥檚 Jessica Hanson.
The Klymchuk rink faces Ontario today at noon and the Yukon/Northwest Territories at 5 p.m. and on Monday takes on Saskatchewan in the afternoon draw and P.E.I. in the nightcap.
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