Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to speak about the fine curling exploits of curlers in the Northwest Territories. The first one I want to offer congratulations to, was the Kelly Kaylo rink from Yellowknife, who recently played in the Canadian Women's Curling Championship, the Scott Tournament of Hearts. They were the only team to beat the eventual winner of the championship. They were also only one win away from a tie-breaker for the playoffs. I believe that is the best a NWT team has ever done, so congratulations to the Kelly Kaylo rink.
The second curling exploits I would like to mention is a little closer to home and that is the government tournament that was held here last weekend in Yellowknife. There were two teams from the Legislative Assembly who were entered. First was the LA1 team, which included Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Todd, Ms. Hilda Camirand and Brian Armstrong. I understand this team had some lovely green jackets that they purchased from Wal-Mart using their own money. They came in 10th place out of 40 teams. They had two wins and one loss. There were several teams with the same record, but using points and tie-breaker, they came in 10th place.
There was another team from the Legislative Assembly, the LA2 short-strokers. On that team was Donna Friesen, Fred Koe, Roy Erasmus and David Krutko, but because Mr. Krutko had to travel, he asked Ray Jones Jr. to take his place. This team, very fortunately, came in second place, with three wins, no losses, and again, there were several teams at 3-0 but with points made, they came in second. I just wanted people to know I had selected a bird feeder for my prize because I wanted to look out at the world every morning and see all the birds flying around and know for sure the world is really going to the birds. Thank you.
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