Mark, Armstrong qualify for OCA championships
ARNPRIOR – Winchester’s Jordan Mark and Greely’s Jessica Armstrong are going to compete in the Ontario Curling Association’s (OCA) 2012 Bantam Girls Provincial Curling Championships.
Mark, a member of the Winchester Curling Club and student at Ecole Secondaire d’ Embrun, is the third on Lauren Horton’s Almonte Curling Club rink, while Armstrong, a student at Osgoode Township High School, is the lead. Leigh Gustafson of Ottawa throws second stones.
The Almonte foursome, representing Zone 3, earned the right to compete for the Ontario title at the Galt Curling Club (Feb. 8-11) by capturing the OCA’s Region 1 “A” title in Arnprior on Sun., Jan. 22. Horton defeated Kingston’s Shannon Maxwell in the opening draw on Sat., Jan. 21, knocked off Hailey Armstrong of Perth in the second round and defeated Campbellford’s Natalie Gagnon in the “A” side final.
Kimberly Gannon of Ottawa’s Navy Curling Club emerged as the “B” event winner.
Horton will be making her fifth appearance at the provincials and won the gold medal at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax.