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Okanagan rink captures Grand Slam event

John Morris, Jim Cotter, Tyrel Griffith and Rick Sawatsky win Princess Auto Elite 10 in Nova Scotia
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The John Morris-Jim Cotter foursome, also featuring Kelowna含羞草研究社檚 Tyrel Griffith and Rick Sawatsky, won the Princess Auto Elite 10 curling event Sunday in Port Hawkesbury, N.S. -Image credit: Anil Mungal/Sportsnet

The John Morris-Jim Cotter team fell short of its own expectations by missing the playoffs earlier this month at the Tim Hortons Brier in St. John含羞草研究社檚, NL.

A little more than a week later, the Okanagan-based rink gained a measure of redemption with a big win in Port Hawkebsury, N.S.

The 2017 B.C. champs edged Sault St. Marie含羞草研究社檚 Brad Jacobs 1-up on Sunday to capture the Princess Auto Elite 10 title, the fifth event of the season on the Pinty含羞草研究社檚 Grand Slam series.

And the win came in dramatic fashion. With four in the house in the final end, but not sitting shot, Cotter angle-raised one of his team含羞草研究社檚 own rocks to chip out Jacobs含羞草研究社檚 counter for the winning point.

The Kelowna-Vernon team, which also features second Tyrel Griffith and lead Rick Sawatsky, earned $26,000 for the victory and along with it, a berth in the season-ending Humpty含羞草研究社檚 Champions Cup in Calgary.

含羞草研究社淚t was a great week and it feels super good,含羞草研究社 Cotter said. 含羞草研究社淲e played in a lot of these events and have been close a few times. To pull out the win just feels great. Hats off to the team this week. They played great, we really hung in there and played well.含羞草研究社

While it含羞草研究社檚 the 11th time Morris has found the winner含羞草研究社檚 circle in the series, it含羞草研究社檚 his first with Cotter, Griffith and Rick Sawatsky. Cotter, Griffith and Sawatsky were runners-up twice in the series and captured the inaugural Tour Challenge Tier 2 title in 2015.





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