Fanshawe women’s curling team takes home gold at OCAAs
CREDIT: MOHAWK COLLEGEThe Fanshawe women’s curling team, consisting of Parker Doig, Abigail Brown, Veronica Broekhoven, and Kara Wrightson won gold at the OCAA championships.
The Falcons have brought home gold after winning the provincial championships.
Fanshawe's women's curling team saw a huge victory this season bringing home OCAA gold for the first time since 2018, making this is Fanshawe's 17th gold medal.
Parker Doig was named Most Valuable Player and a First Team Champion All-Star. Doig is from Egmondville and is in her fourth year at Fanshawe studying Sport and Event Marketing.
Head coach Barry Westman, meanwhile, earned OCAA Women’s Curling Coach of the Year honours.
The Falcons saw a dominating 12-1 win over the Fleming Phoenix, carrying that power into the following game where they shut out the Humber Hawks 9-0 before locking down a 10-1 victory over Confederation. The birds flew undefeated through the round robin defeating the Niagara Knights 8-0 and the Mohawk Mountaineers 8-1.
In the semifinals, the Falcons soared strong and put out Niagara 6-3 after eight ends to push through to the championship game against Humber.
The match was a tight fight, but the birds flew above in the seventh end with a dominating 8-6 victory over Humber. The win is huge comeback after the Falcons were shut out by the Hawks in last year’s OCAA final.
Alongside Fanshawe's Doig, was second Kara Wrightson, lead Abigail Brown and vice Veronica Van Broekhoven, all of which earned First-Team Championship All-Star honours.
The women’s team will head out to Alberta to compete for the CCAA national title.
The Falcons Men's team, consisting of Brandon Stirling, Brett Henderson, Kyle Henderson and Anden Fennell wrapped up their round robin with a close record of 4-3 before falling to the Humber Hawks 11-1 in the semifinals. Fanshawe's Mixed Doubles pair of Brennan Roy and Leah Gowan finished fifth with a 2-3 record.
Curling originated in Scotland in the early 16th century and was played on frozen ponds using flat stones. It became an official Olympic sport in 1998, and the Falcons have been dominating the sport ever since.
John Morris, a former Falcon, went on to compete in the Olympics in 2010 where he won a gold medal, and eight years later he returned to the Olympics and won another gold medal, so it’s no secret Falcons know how to bring home the gold, especially in curling.
