Nova Scotia wins 2010 Canadian Mixed

BURLINGTON, November 21, 2009...Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, won the 2010 edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, Saturday at the Burlington Golf and Country Club, defeating Ontario (Mark Bice of Sarnia), 7-5 in the final.

It’s the seventh Mixed title for Nova Scotia since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto, but the first since 2003, when skip Paul Flemming won in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

It’s the second Mixed title for Dacey, who won in 2002 in Halifax, but the third Mixed crown for his wife, Heather Smith-Dacey, who, in addition to playing third for Dacey this year and in 2002, was also the third for New Brunswick’s Grant Odishaw, when winning in 1994 in Leduc, Alberta.

It’s the first Mixed title, though,  for Nova Scotia second Andrew Gibson and lead Jill Mouzar.

Mark Dacey and Heather Smith-Dacey will now represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, April 16-24 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.