Lori Eddy returns to Scotties for first time since dropping ’97 final to Schmirler Globe_Sports
For her Scotties return, Eddy will be joined by third Sadie Pinksen, second Alison Griffin and lead Kaitlin MacDonald. They were unchallenged in Nunavut to secure a berth in the Feb. 14-23 competition at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Sask.“I know last time I went with the attitude of, ‘Enjoy every second and have the best week of your life,“’ Eddy said. “That’s what happened and I’m hoping to just do the same thing.
Plans for her new team came together last June, when Griffin reached out to see if she’d be interested. Pinksen and MacDonald, who came up through Nunavut’s junior program, were also on board. The team held a training camp in Halifax before making its debut at a recent World Curling Tour event in Kemptville, Ont., posting a 1-3 record. Its opening game, a 5-2 defeat, was a stiff test against world No. 20 Isabella Wrana of Sweden.“When we went upstairs with the Wrana team afterwards, they asked us how long we’d been playing together,” Eddy recalled. “I took that as a big compliment because it was in fact our first game together. They were very surprised to hear that.
“We want to put in a good performance,” Eddy said in a recent interview. “We want to make have to work hard to beat us. The goals are to be competitive and give everybody a good run and you never know.” Nunavut will be making its fifth Scotties appearance overall and third in the main draw. The territory’s first Scotties victory came last year in Sydney, N.S., when Jenine Bodner’s team edged Quebec’s Gabrielle Lavoie 4-3.
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