Kerry Galusha feels the joy, relief of joining Tournament of Hearts field
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Kerry Galusha shed tears of happiness as she, and others not so fortunate, bid good riddance to the qualifier to keep playing in the Canadian women’s curling championship.
Galusha’s Northwest Territories rink downed New Brunswick’s Melissa Adams 5-3 in Saturday’s opening draw to secure the final berth in the 12-team field at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Adams, Yukon’s Sarah Koltun and Nunavut’s Geneva Chislett are going home early in the final year of the unloved play-in of the four lowest-seeded provinces and territories.
The three-year experiment with it is over with Curling Canada introducing 16-team formats to next year’s men’s and women’s national championships.