Thompson named to 2nd All-Star Team

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The all-stars and other award winners at the 2013 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships were announced on Friday at the awards banquet at MacDonald Island Park in Fort McMurray.

All-Stars
(determined by shooting percentages during the round robin)

Women First Team
Skip — Corryn Brown, British Columbia (74 per cent) *

Third — Chelsea Duncan, Yukon (77 per cent)
Second — Sheyna Andries, Manitoba (74 per cent) *
Lead — Katie Roskewich, Alberta (78 per cent)

Second Team
Skip — Sarah Koltun, Yukon (74 per cent)
Third — Holly Donaldson, Ontario (71 per cent)
Second — Megan Westlund, Northern Ontario (74 per cent)
Lead — Katie Fullerton, Prince Edward Island (77 per cent)

Men First Team
Skip — Thomas Scoffin, Alberta (78 per cent)
Third — Colton Lott, Manitoba (79 per cent)
Second — David Easter, Ontario (82 per cent)
Lead — Andrew O’Dell, New Brunswick (82 per cent)

Second Team
Skip — Stuart Thompson, Nova Scotia (76 per cent) 

Third — Aaron Squires, Ontario (77 per cent)
Second — Daniel Grant, Manitoba (81 per cent)
Lead — Brendan MacCuish, Manitoba (80 per cent)

* In the case of a percentage tie, the all-star position goes to the player with the highest plus/minus for the week (a player receives a +1 for every game in which he/she outcurls the positional opponent by five per cent or more). Should they still be tied, the pre-event draw to the button results are used to determine the all-star.

Ken Watson Sportsmanship Awards (voted by the players)
Women – Sheree Hinz, Northern Ontario
Men – Landon Bucholz, Alberta

Fair Play Awards (selected by the officials)
Men
Lead — Andrew Taylor, Newfoundland/Labrador 

Second — Sanjay Bowry, British Columbia 

Third — Jamie Airut, Nunavut Skip — Will Mahoney, Yukon Coach — Benoit Forget, Quebec

Women
Lead — Sydney Fraser, British Columbia

Second — Teresa Waterfield, Saskatchewan
Third — Sheree Hinz, Northern Ontario
Skip — Sadie Pinksen, Nunavut
Coach — Lynn Kreviazuk, Nunavut

ASHAM National Coaching Awards (voted by the coaches)
Women – Mark Noseworthy, Newfoundland/Labrador
Men – Tim Warkentin, Northern Ontario

Joan Mead Legacy Awards (selected by the event officials) 
($500 scholarship)
Women – Tirzah Keffer, Northern Ontario
Men – Jonathan Schut, Prince Edward Island  

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