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Sunday, March 05, 2006

Great Scott! Scott wins the Scott!

After coming in third place last year in St. John's, and losing in the final game at the Olympic trials in Halifax, Kelly Scott of British Columbia can finally say she's the best Canadian woman in curling.

She had the best team through the round robin, and downed the million time Canadian champion Colleen Jones in the semi-finals, before arriving at Sunday's final match. Which, she won. She almost threw the game away when her team missed a pile of shots in the 9th and 10th end, but managed to desperately cling to the lead and ended up winning it by a score of 7 - 6 .

So Kelly Scott may be the best woman curler... but no the best looking curler by any means. That title would go to the woman she beat, Jennifer Jones, who won the Scott last year in St. John's.

That's her over there in the red and white jacket. The winner of the Scott always comes back the next year with a red and white jacket as "Team Canada" and competes against the ten provincial champions and a team representing the territories.

I think Jenny Jones' team was really the crowd favorite all through the round robin... perhaps because they're good curlers, but honestly... I think most people just wanted to see more of her. It's great for TV ratings. Don't call me pig headed or nothing yet. Just think about it. Somebody flicking through the channels who isn't necessarily interested in curling would probably pass on by the channel if they saw the stereotypical old gross curling lady throwing a rock and yelling like a banshee. But now, if they see hottie Jennifer Jones throwing a rock... they may stick around and watch a bit of the game. It's good for the game of curling, it's good for the sponsors, and hell, it's good for the viewers! Which is why it's pretty unfortunate that Jen lost the game and won't be able to represent Canada at the worlds. Oh well. Enough about curling.

This is Jennifer Jones and her third... Cathy Somebody.

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