B.C.’s Tardi wins gold over Ontario at Canadian junior curling championship
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Tyler Tardi downed Ontario’s Matthew Hall 9-7 to win the men’s Canadian junior curling championship on Sunday.
Tardi, who helped Canada’s mixed team capture gold last year at the Winter Youth Olympics in Norway, will represent Canada at the world junior championships in South Korea next month.
Earlier Sunday, Alberta’s Kristen Streifel won the women’s gold medal with a 5-3 win over Ontario’s Hailey Armstrong.
“I’m getting chills right now,” said Tardi, whose team represented the Langley and Royal City (New Westminster) curling clubs. “There’s literally no words you can possibly say. It’s a dream I’ve always had, and it’s always seemed so distant. Now that it’s here, it’s just an unreal feeling. It’s pretty spectacular.”