Twin Rivers rink looking for better fortunes today in Manitoba

Oct 21, 2017 | 11:27 AM

It’s back on the pebbled ice for North Battleford’s Robyn Silvernagle rink Saturday as day two of competition at the Canad Inns Women’s Classic gets underway in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The local team is 1-1 after opening day at the triple-knockout event, which features 32 teams on the World Curling Tour vying for $60,000 in prize money.

The Silvernagle foursome made up of Kara Thevenot of Prince Albert (lead), Dayna Demers of Meadow Lake (second), Jolene Campbell of Regina (mate) and Robyn Silvernagle (skip) beat Julie Tippin of Woodstock, Ont. 7-3 in their opening matchup Friday morning but dropped their second contest 11-4 to Michelle Englot of Winnipeg in the late afternoon draw.

Five points in the sixth end by Englot sealed the deal for the Winnipeg squad who moved to 2-0 after day one action.

“We didn’t curl very well against Michelle (Englot),” said Silvernagle. “So we shake it off and get back to our game plan today.”

Despite the loss, Silvernagle is still confident her team’s recent practices will pay off for a top-eight placing this weekend.

“Last week weekend was our first time with a high-performance coach,” she added. “We feel we are both mentally and physically prepared for this weekend and have to limit our mistakes and take advantage of our opponents errors.”

battlefordsNOW will have all the results of the Canad Inns Classic all weekend long.

You can follow the action streaming live here.

 

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