The 2023
Icebreaker Challenge was held from August 25 to 27 at the
Morris Curling Club in
Morris
Morris may refer to:
Places
Australia
* St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia
Canada
* Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry
* Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba
** Morris, Man ...
,
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
. The event was held in a
round robin format with a $6,500 purse.
In the final,
Kate Cameron and her new Manitoba rink of
Meghan Walter,
Taylor McDonald
Taylor Rae McDonald (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. She currently plays third on Team Kate Cameron. McDonald previously played second for Team Laura Walker and Team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 W ...
and
Mackenzie Elias
Mackenzie Elias (born October 3, 2000, in Winnipeg) is a Canadians, Canadian Curling, curler from Rural Municipality of East St. Paul, East St. Paul, Manitoba. She currently plays Lead (curling), lead on Team Kate Cameron (curler), Kate Cameron.
...
capped off an undefeated week with an 8–6 win over the United States'
Delaney Strouse. Trailing by two in the eighth, Cameron scored four to defeat the American squad that began their season by winning the
2023 Euro Super Series the week before.
Sarah Anderson took third by defeating Kristy Watling 8–6 in the third-place game. In the seeding games, Rachel Workin finished fifth with a 10–3 win over Shaela Hayward while Katy Lukowich won 5–3 over Miranda Scheel in the seventh place game.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times listed in
Central Time (
UTC−05:00).
Draw 1
''Friday, August 25, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am''
Draw 3
''Saturday, August 26, 2:00 pm''
Tiebreaker
''Saturday, August 26, 6:00 pm''
Consolation
Fifth place game
''Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am''
Seventh place game
''Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am''
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals
''Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am''
Third place game
''Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, August 27, 1:30 pm''
References
External links
CurlingZone
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