CALGARY — Canada dominated Europe in Sunday’s skins matches to win the Continental Cup at Canada Olympic Park.
Canada swept all three afternoon skins games to guarantee the victory and then won two of the three evening matches for good measure.
In a race to 30.5 points, Canada entered Sunday’s draws with a 22-8 lead, needing just 8.5 points to win the event — which it did in Draw 10 by claiming 10.5 points. Canada then added another 9.5 points in Draw 11 to finish the four-day competition with a 42-18 advantage.
In the afternoon draws, Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen secured the victory when he picked up a full point in his match against Sweden’s Niklas Edin, giving Canada an insurmountable lead over the European team.
McEwen went on to win by a score of 3.5 to 1.5.
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson 3.5 to 1.5 and Canada beat Europe in the mixed team competition by the same score.
In the evening draws, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. beat Great Britain’s Dave Murdoch 4-1 while Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones played Scotland’s Eve Muirhead to a 2.5 tie.
Canada also edged Europe 3-2 in the evening’s mixed team competition.