Nordin rink just misses the podium at firefighters nationals

By Ken Johnston
Editor

The Rainy River/Dawson volunteer fire departments were really well represented at the National Curling Championships in Thunder Bay last week.
Tim Nordin, Dale Morrison, Dave Seguin and Dale Ossachuk just missed the playoffs losing in a tie-breaker on Friday to Alberta leaving them with a fourth place finish.
Not bad for a first time visit to the nationals.

Here is the scores for the draws:
Draw 1
Nor. Ont-Bye
Draw 2
Nor. Ont (Nordin) beats Alta. 11-4.
Draw 3
Nor. Ont. beats PEI 9-4.
Draw 4
Que. beats Nor. Ont. 13-5
Draw 5
NWT beats Nor. Ont. 10-7
Draw 6
Sask. beats Nor. Ont. 8-2
Draw 7
Nor. Ont. beats MB 8-6
Draw 8
Nor. Ont. beats BC 9-3
Draw 9
S. Ont. beats Nor. Ont. 9-4
Draw 10
Nor. Ont. beats NS 11-5
Draw 11
Nor Ont. beats NB 9-2
Tie Breaker
Alta. beats Nor. Ont. 9-2
The final standings were as follows:
Southern Ont 10-0
BC 8-2
Que 6-4
Nor. Ont. 6-4
Alta. 6-4
Man. 5-5
NB 4-6
Sask. 4-6
NWT 3-7
PEI 2-8
NS 1-9