WCT Recap: Edin betters Morris in Oakville

Niklas Edin and his Swedish crew defeated the reunited pair of John Morris and Jim Cotter at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard this weekend. Casey Scheidegger and Silvana Tirinzoni were also victorious on the World Curling Tour this week.

TSN.ca Staff

Niklas Edin , The Canadian Press

Men's Tour

Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ont.

Sept 8-11, 2016

Purse: $27,000

The reunited British Columbia duo of John Morris and Jim Cotter had a good week in their return to the ice as teammates, but ultimately fell to Sweden's Niklas Edin 6-3 in the final on Sunday.

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Edin, a two-time world champion, as well as third Oskar Eriksson, second Rasmus Wrana and lead Christoffer Sundgren beat Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers in the quarter-finals, Scotland's Kyle Smith (who won the Oakville OCT Fall Classic last week) in the semi-finals and Morris in the championship game.

Morris is teaming up with Cotter this year once again after spending the past two seasons with Pat Simmons in Calgary. Morris and Cotter made it to the Brier and Canadian Olympic Trials final in 2013-14, their only season together. In Oakville, Morris, who is the skip but throws vice stones, beat the likes of Mark Kean, Matt Dunstone and Steve Laycock in the round robin. He topped Mark Nichols, who took over skip duties for the injured Brad Gushue, in the quarters and Brendan Bottcher in the semis.

Other notable names in the 20-rink field included John Epping (failed to make playoffs), Glenn Howard (lost in quarters), David Murdoch (failed to make playoffs), John Shuster (failed to make playoffs) and Laycock (failed to make playoffs).

Gushue was the defending champion at this event.

Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Tier 2 in Oakville, Ont.

Sept 8-11, 2016

Purse: $16,000

Jaap van Dorp of the Netherlands beat Sudbury's Tanner Horgan in final 4-2.

Women's Tour

HDF Insurance Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alta.

Sept 8-11, 2016

Purse: $32,000

Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Alta. was the underdog, but ended up edging former world champion Eve Muirhead and her Scottish squad, 6-5, in the final of the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out. The foursome actually stole a point in each of the last four ends to take the improbable victory.

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The 28-year-old skip, alongside third Cary-Anne McTaggart, second Jessie Scheidegger and lead Stephanie Enright lost only once over the four-day tournament, also beating Edmonton's Val Sweeting in the quarter-final as well as Chantelle Eberle of Saskatchewan in the semis.

Other teams in the 24-rink field included Scotties champ Chelsea Carey (lost to Muirhead in quarters), Stefanie Lawton (failed to make playoffs), Kelsey Rocque (lost to Muirhead in semis) and Sweeting.

Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ont.

Sept 8-11, 2016

Purse: $24,000

Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni beat Caledon's Allison Flaxey in the final, 8-5, on Sunday.

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The 37-year-old skip alongside third Manuela Siegrist, second Esther Neuenschwander and lead Marlene Albrecht lost just once all week. The 24-rink field included world champion Binia Feltscher (failed to make playoffs), former world champion Alina Paetz (failed to make playoffs), Sudbury's Tracy Fleury (lost in quarters), Anna Hasselborg of Sweden (lost in quarters) and Sherry Middaugh (lost in quarters).

This is Team Tirinzoni's first win of the season after taking three last year, finishing second on the overall WCT Money List.