Homan wants to follow Jones lead at women’s world curling championship
R achel Homan intends to continue Canada’s curling dominance on the world stage. On the heels of Jennifer Jones’s 11- 0 run in Sochi to claim an Olympic gold medal for Canada, Homan would love to roll through the women’s world championship to a title in Saint John, N. B., starting Saturday. Homan and her Ottawa teammates boast their own unbeaten record domestically from the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal. They went 13- 0 en route to a second straight Canadian title last month. “Jones went undefeated. So did we,” Homan said. “We’re hoping to do the same thing at worlds and have a clean sweep for Canada. That would be a great ending to this year. “Me and Jen will take pictures of our gold medals, hopefully. I love those girls. They’re amazing curlers and amazing people. So happy they were able to run the table and so proud to be Canadian watching them celebrate at the end.” Canadian women also claimed this year’s world junior title in Flims, Switzerland, where Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque defeated South Korea’s Kyeong- Ae Kim 6- 4 in early March. Homan, third Emma Miskew, second Alison Kreviazuk and lead Lisa Weagle open their world title bid Saturday against Russia’s Anna Sidorova. Homan was a shot away from reaching last year’s world championship final in Riga, Latvia. With the score tied and Homan with hammer coming home, she missed a double takeout attempt to give Scotland’s Eve Muirhead the steal of a point and an 8- 7 victory. The Canadians defeated Erika Brown of the U. S. for a bronze medal in their world championship debut. “We were one shot short. That happens in sport,” Homan said. the senior women’s team of Colleen Pinkney, Wendy Currie, Shelley McNutt and Susan Creelman. The Green and Burgess rinks will compete at the Canadian championships March 31 to April 6 in Coaldale, Alta. The Pinkney foursome will attend nationals March 20 to 30 in Yellowknife. Tuesday’s event begins at 7: 30 p. m. at the club, and friends and family are invited to attend.