U-18 Brush Performance provincial championship

The provincial championship took place from January 3 to 7 at the Montreal West Curling Club! 8 girls’ teams and 9 boys’ teams competed in a triple-elimination tournament.

Triple Elimination Qualifiers

While Kénogami Soudex on the girls’ side and Grand-Mère TALL on the boys’ side qualified for the playoffs through A, the B finals were won by Pointe-Claire U-18 on the girls’ side and Des Collines Réfrigération Gagnon on the boys’ side. Finally, the girls from the Noranda Domaine Opasatica and Riverbend/Opémiska teams qualified through the C finals, as did Pointe-Claire and Noranda/Buckingham Domaine Opasatica on the boys’ side.

Playoffs

On the girls’ side, Kénogami won in the extra end against Pointe-Claire in the Q1 vs. Q2 game. The Kénogami team then reached the final directly and secured one of the two berths for the Canadian championship. Pointe-Claire tried again to reach the final against the Riverbend/Etchemin team, but after a close game, the Riverbend/Etchemin team won the 2nd berth for the Canadian championship. The final then took place on Sunday afternoon to win the gold medal, the trophy, as well as to represent Quebec as Quebec 1. The girls’ final was close until the last rock of the 8th end! Congratulations to the 3 medal-winning teams:

Kénogami Soudex : Jolianne Fortin, Emy Lafrance, Megan Lafrance, Mégane Fortin, Brandon Lafrance

Riverbend/Opémiska : Léanne Fortin, Sarah Bergeron, Juliette Bergeron, Emmy Bélanger, Gabryelle Sasseville, Daniel Bélanger (ent.)

Pointe-Claire U-18 : Summer St James, Leonie Lamarre, Emma Nguyen, Wynter Schaap, Sonny St James (ent.)

On the boys’ side, Grand-Mère TALL (Q1) lost to Des Collines Réfrigération Gagnon (Q2) and had to face Pointe-Claire to get their ticket to the final. After an 8-2 win over Pointe-Claire, everyone had to hold their breath during the final! There was only one berth for the Canadian Championship, so only the winner of the final could secure their spot for the Canadian Championship. Grand-Mère TALL won on the last rock of the extra end and will represent Quebec at the Canadian Championships. They decided to take Team Pointe-Claire member Zachary Janidlo (bronze medal) with them as an alternate for the Canadian championships. We would like to congratulate the winning teams:

Grand-Mère TALL : Raphaël Tremblay, Mathis Arsenault, Thomas Lauzon, Justin Lapointe, Jean-Francois Tremblay (ent.)

Des Collines Réfrigération Gagnon : Pierre-Olivier Roy, Louis-François Brassard, Jacob Lepage, Thomas Corbeil, Jean-Sébastien Roy (ent.)

Pointe-Claire : Zachary Janidlo. Owen Paterson, Nicolas Janidlo, Cole Richard, Coby Olszewski, Stephen Janidlo (ent).

The provincial champions will represent Quebec at the U-18 Canadian Championship in Ottawa from February 4 to 10, 2024. Both teams will be joined by the Riverbend/Opémiska team as the QC2 team on the girls’ side.

Development cup

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the final of the development cup was played between the teams of Trois-Rivières and Victoria/Nairn Kia Beauport. We congratulate the Victoria/Nairn Kia Beauport team (Alexandre Melanson-Labbée, Leo-lou Boulianne, James Beaupré, Justin Massé and Richard Cadrin (ent.)) for their win! The girls’ and boys’ teams were together in the same development cup. This was created last year to allow teams eliminated after 3 or 4 games to continue to develop while trying to win the development cup.

Asham Coaches Award and Sportsmanship Award

At the gala on Friday night, we presented 2 awards. The Asham Coach of Excellence Award is presented at the U-18 Brosse Performance Provincial Championship to the coach who stands out for his or her sportsmanship and the coaching code of ethics. A coach from a men’s team and a coach from a women’s team were selected. This year, the coaches wanted to highlight coaches Nathalie Leblanc (Team Noranda Domaine Opasasatica, girls) and Stephen Janidlo (Team Pointe-Claire, boys). Thank you for dedicating time to the juniors and supporting them day after day!

The Sportsmanship Award was nominated by the Montreal West Curling Club. The winning team on the boys’ side was Team Rosemère and Team Bedford took home the honours on the girls’ side. We congratulate them on their exemplary sportsmanship!

Thank you !

We would like to thank the host committee for their hospitality and work throughout the event. The committee and all its volunteers made this event unforgettable! We would also like to thank our sponsor Performance Brush for their support during the junior events. Finally, we would like to thank the head umpire Jacques Desharnais and his assistant Kevin Alladin for the supervision and arbitration of the games.

The season is far from being over, you will see most of the athletes at the Jeux du Québec in Sherbrooke or at the U-20 provincial championship at the Noranda Curling Club.

U-18 Brush Performance provincial championship

Triple Elimination Qualifiers

Development cup

Asham Coaches Award and Sportsmanship Award

Thank you !

Author: Aline Fellmann

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