CARSTAIRS - Carstairs’ Myla Plett and her curling teammates will be heading to the World U-21 championships in Finland after going undefeated at the U-20 nationals in Rouny-Noranda, Quebec March 26 to April 2.
The team is made up of skip Plett, third Alyssa Nedohin, second Chloe Fediuk and lead Allie Iskiw, and coached by Blair Lenton and David Nedohin.
The Plett team defeated Newfoundland & Labrador in the finals by a 10-4 score. The team took three in the first and three in the fourth in route to the win.
Prior to the final, the Plett team defeated Saskatchewan 11-6, Quebec 10-4, the other Alberta team 7-6, British Columbia 10-6, Yukon 12-4, Northern Ontario 14-5, Nova Scotia 12-6, Manitoba 9-7 and Ontario 11-3.
“We had a couple really close games but we were playing strong all week,” Plett told the Albertan. “Our team played fantastic the whole event. Allie, Alyssa and Chloe trained so hard to get there and I am so proud of them.
“We all just got off that plane ready to bring all we had and leave our hearts on the ice. We had a dream to one day make it here, and here we are.”
She said a highlight of the tourney was “going to the arena to cheer on all our friends and our province with cowbells and make new friends across the entire country.”
The win at the U-20s in Quebec came only weeks after the Plett team took silver at the Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island. Two weeks before that the same team won the U-18 national championships – for the second straight year.
As for getting ready for the U-21 Worlds, she said, “We will start off ice training soon and then start practising when we can get ice.”
She thanked the team’s “amazing” coaches and all the fans who have cheered the team on this season.
“The people of Alberta sure love curling and we are so lucky to be playing in this province,” she said. “We hope to make you all proud as we represent Alberta - and now Canada!”
