Going for gold
Skip Owen Purcell, second Adam McEachren and coach Anthony Purcell, Owen’s father, captured first place for Nova Scotia at the 2021 Curling Canada World Junior Qualifier last November. The Halifax-based rink and Dal Tigers curling team members defeated Newfoundland and Labrador 10-9 in the final to qualify for the worlds in Jönköping, Sweden.
Bursting onto the scene
Together with Scotties teammates Emily and Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess and Lauren Lenentine won the World Junior Women’s Curling Championships in Russia last year. Burgess has represented Canada four times at the World Juniors and won three times. Lenentine won twice in three tournaments, and together with Burgess won in 2018 and 2020. Between titles in 2019, they helped Dal win an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championship. This year’s Scotties was the team’s first major senior tournament together, representing Manitoba as one of the three wild card outfits.
World-class athletes
The Dalhousie University women’s curling team won the AUS championships on Feb. 10, but their accomplishments in the sport reach far beyond the Atlantic provinces. Kaitlyn Jones, Lauren Lenentine, Karlee Burgess and Kristin Clarke have […]