Canadian skips Gushue, Einarson lock up playoff berths in Pan Continental curling

KELOWNA, B.C. — Canadian skips Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson clinched playoff berths at the Pan Continental Curling Championships on Wednesday.

Gushue, of St. John’s, N.L., skipped Canada to an 8-1 win over Taiwan’s Randy Shen in the men’s A division round robin to guarantee a spot in Friday morning’s semifinal at the Kelowna Curling Club.

His team has a 4-1 record and wraps up round-robin play with meetings Wednesday night against Australia’s Jay Merchant and Thursday afternoon against Guyana’s Rayad Husain.

Einarson’s team will advance to Thursday night’s women’s A division semifinal despite losing 9-8 to South Korea’s Eunji Gim on Wednesday.