The quest for a provincial crown is over for the Candace Chisholm rink. The foursome, which is comprised of curlers from across the southeast, but curls out of Carlyle, dropped their final two round robin games Friday, and they slipped out of playoff contention at the Viterra Provincial Scotties in Melfort.

Team Chisholm opened the day with the afternoon draw against the Martin rink, which curls out of the Nutana in Saskatoon. Martin took advantage of hammer in the first end, and built up a quick 4-1 lead by the end of the third round. Chisholm’s rink managed singles in the second, fourth, and fifth ends, but a six point lead proved to be too much to overcome, and the teams shook hands after the seventh end.

In the evening draw, it was Team Chisholm against Stephanie Lawton’s rink. Chisholm and beaten Lawton in the qualifiers to make it to the tournament.

The two teams went back and forth, complete with a steal of two by Chisholm in the fifth. It came down to a 7-all tie in the tenth end, and Lawton had last rock. Her shot-calling made it count, and Lawton picked up an 8-7 win.

With the win, Lawton advanced to the tie-breaker Saturday afternoon, with the winner of that advancing to the Page Playoff.

The Candace Chisholm rink consists of Weyburn’s Candace Chisholm, Lana Vey from Regina, Carlyle’s Natalie Bloomfield, and Kristy Johnson from Estevan.