By Canadian Press

Canada’s Jennifer Jones hands Alberta’s Chelsea Carey her first loss at Scotties

Feb 21, 2019 | 3:35 PM

SYDNEY, N.S. — Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones handed Alberta’s Chelsea Carey her first loss at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Thursday afternoon.

Jones hit a delicate tapback for three points in the seventh end and held on for the 10-8 victory at Centre 200.

Carey fell to 7-1 while Jones improved to 5-3 in the opening draw for the eight teams who made the cut for the championship round.

Saskatchewan’s Robyn Silvernagle posted an 11-5 victory over Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville and Ontario’s Rachel Homan defeated Team Wild Card’s Casey Scheidegger 9-2.

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Homan broke things open with a four-point sixth end. Silvernagle, Homan and Scheidegger all had 6-2 records and were tied for second.

British Columbia’s Sarah Wark (5-3) beat Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt 9-8 in the other game. Birt (5-3) was millimetres heavy on a draw with last rock in the 10th, giving B.C. a steal of one.

Wark eliminated Manitoba’s Tracy Fleury earlier in the day in a tiebreaker.

Preliminary round records carried over into the championship round, which runs through Friday night.

The top four teams will qualify for the Page Playoffs starting Saturday. The semifinal and final will be played Sunday.

The winning team will represent Canada at the March 16-24 world women’s curling championship in Silkeborg, Denmark.

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Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press