TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY, B.C. — The all-stars and other award winners at the 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships were announced on Friday at the awards banquet at the Langley Events Centre.
All-Stars
(determined by shooting percentages during the round robin)
Women
First Team
Skip — Mackenzie Zacharias, Manitoba (85 per cent)
Third — Karlee Burgess, Manitoba (88 per cent)
Second — Calissa Daly, Northern Ontario (82 per cent)
Lead — Lauren Lenentine, Manitoba (86 per cent)
Second Team
Skip — Kira Brunton, Northern Ontario (78 per cent)
Third — Catherine Clifford, Alberta (83 per cent)
Second — Kristie Rogers, Prince Edward Island (80 per cent)
Lead — Jessica Leonard, Northern Ontario (86 per cent)
Men
First Team
Skip — Jacques Gauthier, Manitoba 2 (83 per cent)
Third — Scott Mitchell, Northern Ontario (88 per cent)
Second — Jeffrey Meagher, Nova Scotia (88 per cent)
Lead — Chase Dusessoy, Northern Ontario (87 per cent)
Second Team
Skip — Rylan Kleiter, Saskatchewan (83 per cent)
Third — Ryan McNeil Lamswood, Newfoundland and Labrador (86 per cent)
Second — Brayden Payette, Manitoba 2 (86 per cent)
Lead — Tie — Nathan King, Newfoundland and Labrador & Scott Weagle, Nova Scotia (87 per cent)
* In the case of a percentage tie, the all-star position goes to the player with the highest plus/minus for the week (a player receives a +1 for every game in which he/she outcurls the positional opponent by five per cent or more). Should they still be tied, the pre-event draw to the button results are used to determine the all-star.
Ken Watson Sportsmanship Awards
(voted by the players)
Women — Lyndsey Burgess, Nova Scotia
Men — Ryan Jacques, Alberta
ASHAM Fair Play Awards
(selected by the officials)
Men
Lead — Lawson Yates, Manitoba 1
Second — Joshua Miki, British Columbia 1
Vice-skip — Joshua Leung, Ontario
Skip — Rylan Kleiter, Saskatchewan
Coach — Anthony Purcell, Nova Scotia
Women
Lead — Julie Brenton, Ontario
Second — Kate Callaghan, Nova Scotia
Vice-skip — Peal Gillis, Northwest Territories
Skip — Mackenzie Zacharias, Manitoba
Coach — Michel Blais, Québec
ASHAM National Coaching Awards
(voted by the coaches)
Women – Mark Noseworthy, Newfoundland and Labrador
Men – Vic Shimizu, British Columbia 2
This story will be posted in French as soon as possible at http://www.curling.ca/2017juniors/?lang=fr–
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