WEYBURN – A Weyburn junior curler, Nathan Cornish, had a personal victory at the Brier, as he took part in the provincial finals for the Hit-Draw-Tap competition, put on by CurlSask and held at the Brier.
Nathan placed first in the 9-10 age group with a total of 43 points, and was presented with a trophy, medal, cap and jacket.
As Savanna Taylor, Youth Programming Assistant for CurlSask explained, “Kids compete in their local curling centre throughout the year to try to qualify for the provincial championship. The top six kids in each age group across the province qualify for provincials and compete against five other kids in their age group in a skills competition.”
At the finals held in Regina, each child threw five hits, five draws and five taps and are scored 0-5 on each shot. The child with the most points after the 15 shots is the winner. For the 9-10 age category, Nathan and a boy from Saskatoon were tied after the 15 shots.
“They went to a shootout, throwing one of each shot, and Nathan won. It was pretty exciting,” said Taylor.
