Nanaimo鈥檚 Kalia and Marika Van Osch saw their chances for a second straight sa国际传媒 curling crown slip through their fingertips Sunday evening.
Corryn Brown of Kamloops recorded a deuce in the ninth end and stole two in the 10th to come up with a 7-4 victory in the Tim Hortons Junior Women鈥檚 provincial curling championship.
The Van Osch girls had won last year鈥檚 title at the Victoria Curling Centre with older sister Kesa at skip. Kalia took over the skipping duties this season with Marika at second, Victoria鈥檚 Carley Sandwith at third and lead Ashley Sanderson.
The Nanaimo rink was hoping to return to the M&M Meat Shops national junior championship, slated for Feb. 2-10 in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Instead, it鈥檚 Brown who advances after earning a timely steal of two in the sixth end that broke open a 1-1 game.
Van Osch bounced back for a deuce of her own in the seventh and stole one in the eighth, but the outcome turned in the ninth and 10th ends at the Coquitlam Curling Club.
In junior men鈥檚 play, skip Tyler Klymchuk of Langley, with third Corey Chester and second Sanjay Bowry of the Victoria Curling Centre, and lead Rhys Gamache of Tsawwassen, defeated Tyler Tardi of Langley 9-4 in Sunday night鈥檚 final.
The Klymchuk rink is also coached by Todd Troyer of the VCC. Troyer coached Josh Hozack to a sa国际传媒 junior crown last season with Chester at third.
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