PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Scott Ring struck gold in the men’s individual air pistol competition Thursday at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C.
“I went into the competition with no huge expectations,” said Ring, of St. George, moments after winning Team New Brunswick’s first gold medal of the Games. “I just wanted to shoot my absolute best and that’s all I could do.”
Ring’s 192.0 points was a Canada Games record.
Ring’s gold medal performance lifts Team New Brunswick’s medal count to four at the Canada Winter Games.
Ring’s target shooting teammates Emily Dean and Delayne Donohue, both of St. Stephen, earned Team New Brunswick’s first medal of the Games Monday, scoring silver in the women’s air rifle team competition.
New Brunswick’s other medal winners include archers Alyssa Murphy, of Hanwell, and Hailey Baisley, of Miramichi, who each won bronze medals Tuesday in separate archery competitions.
Team New Brunswick’s ringette squad goes for bronze Friday against Team Quebec. The ringette squad lost 7-4 to Team Manitoba in a key semi-final match Thursday.
Team New Brunswick’s wheelchair basketball squad defeated Team Manitoba 50-26 Thursday night. The wheelchair basketballers lost 60-56 to Team Ontario earlier in the day.
The 2-4 Fredericton curling foursome of Ben MacFarlane, Carter Small, Adam Tracy and Brent Wishart, defeated Team Quebec 9-5 in the morning draw. The crew was slated to meet Team Northwest Territories in Thursday’s evening draw.
Danielle Dumouchelle, of Quispamsis, was the top New Brunswick female skater in the 1000 metre long track event, placing 17th, Freya Clark, of St. Andrews placed 23rd followed by Abby Jackson, of Moncton, 29th and Maggie Oliver, of Grand Bay-Westfield, 32nd.
In the men’s 1500 metre long track event Ian Vershoor, of Berwick, was the top New Brunswicker, coming in 27th. Gabriel-André Savoie, of Dieppe, placed 28th followed by teammate Andrew Peppard, of Chamcook, 29th.
The long track speed skaters return to Prince George late Friday following their last event in the morning in Fort St. John, site of the long track speed skating event.
The women’s hockey team lost 4-1 to host Team British Columbia in a late Thursday night qualification game.
Following are Team New Brunswick Thursday Feb. 19 results at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C.
Alpine (Tabor)
Women’s Ski cross: Kay Mills (Fredericton) 7th, Jennifer Clarke (Fredericton) 12th, Sam Piekarski (Rothesay) 16th, Gabrielle Rutter (Fredericton) 18th, Olivia McLean (Penobsquis) 28th, Lucy Black (Fredericton) 32nd.
Men’s Ski cross: Cameron Magee (Rothesay) 4th, Brandyn Cooke (New Maryland) 8th, Caeden Carruthers (Fredericton) 10th, Ian Morrison, (Quispamsis) 22nd, Camden Sutherland (Fredericton) 28th, Frederic Verret (Edmundston) 33rd, Walter Teague (Woodstock) 40th.
Men’s Curling (Prince George Golf & Curling Club)
New Brunswick 9 Québec 5
Que 001 003 010 0
NB 210 140 100 0
Women’s Hockey
NB 1 BC 4
NB: Lindsey Donovan
Ringette (Coliseum)
New Brunswick 4 Manitoba 7
NB: Britney Snowdon, 2, Jenny Snowdon 2
Long Track Speed Skating (Fort Saint John - Pomeroy Centre)
Women's 1000m – Danielle Dumouchelle (Quispamsis)17th, Freya Clark (St. Andrews) 23rd, Abby Jackson (Moncton) 29th and Maggie Oliver (Grand Bay-Westfield) 32nd.
Men's 1500m – Ian Vershoor (Berwick) 27th, Gabriel-André Savoie 28th (Dieppe), Andrew Peppard (Chamcook) 29th.
Women's Mass Start: Freya Clark (St. Andrews) 13th, Danielle Dumouchel (Quispamsis)16th, Maggie Oliver (Grand Bay-Westfield) 25th, Abby Jackson (Moncton) 30th
Men's Mass Start:– Ian Vershoor (Berwick) 26th, Gabriel-André Savoie (Dieppe) 27th, Spencer Thorpe (Saint Andrews) 28th, Andrew Peppard (Chamcook) 30th.
Short Track Speed Skating (KIN 1)
Women’s 1000m – Rikki Doak (Fredericton) 7th, Courtney Sarault (Moncton) 8th, Heidi Evans (Fredericton) 10th, Sarah Gilbert (Fredericton) 11th, Alyssa Seymour (Baxters Corner) 29th,
Men’s 1000m – Seamus Smith (Saint-Andrews) 12th, Roger Fulton (Fredericton) 15th, Paul Tremblay (Saint John) 17th, Brady Oakes (Dalhousie) 18th, Brendan Corey (Fredericton) 29th.
Target Shooting (College of New Caledonia)
Women's Individual Air Pistol; Tonisha Noddin, (St. Stephen) 14th, Katelynn Turner (Sackville) 17
Men's Individual Air Pistol: Scott Ring (St. George) 1st, gold medal, Spencer Tapley (Williamsburg) 18th
Wheelchair basketball (Duchess Park Secondary School)
New Brunswick 56 Ontario 60
NB – John Collins 8, Sean Wilson 34, Jacob Fudge 10.
NB 50 Manitoba 26
NB -- Colin Higgins 12, Jacob Fudge 11, Marc Cyr 8, Natalie Young 7, Sean Wilson 4, Brandon Humphrey 4, John Collins 2, Alexandre Hayward 2.
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