Nova Scotia team wins world senior men's curling championship
CBC
A Nova Scotia men's team captured the gold medal Saturday at the world senior men's curling championship in Ostersund, Sweden.
Skip Paul Flemming of Halifax and teammates Peter Burgess, Kris Granchelli and Martin Gavin defeated the U.S. 4-3 in the championship match to cap an undefeated week.
Flemming's team scored the deciding point with the final shot.
The Canadian men have now won five straight men's titles since 2018. The 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is the first world senior men's title for a Nova Scotia foursome. Colleen Jones and Colleen Pinkney are past champions on the women's side.
Flemming's team won the right to represent Canada at the world championships by defeating Saskatchewan in the national final earlier this season in Vernon, B.C.
It marked Flemming's first chance on the world stage after coming close in the past. He was part of a Nova Scotia team skipped by Shawn Adams in 2005 that lost the Brier final to Alberta.
The Canadian women's team skipped by Susan Froud of Alliston, Ont., made it a clean sweep for Canada in Sweden. Froud, Kerry Lackie, Kristin Turcotte and Julie McMullin defeated Lithuania 7-3 in the final.