Canadian skips Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson clinched playoff berths at the Pan Continental Curling Championships on Wednesday.
Gushue, of St. John’s, N.L., skipped Canada to an 8-1 win over Taiwan’s Randy Shen in the men’s A division round robin to guarantee a spot in Friday morning’s semi-final at the Kelowna Curling Club.
His team has a 4-1 record and wraps up round-robin play with meetings Wednesday night against Australia’s Jay Merchant and Thursday afternoon against Guyana’s Rayad Husain.
Einarson’s team will advance to Thursday night’s women’s A division semi-final despite losing 9-8 to South Korea’s Eunji Gim on Wednesday.
While Canada lost, its 3-3 record was enough to qualify after New Zealand’s Jessica Smith (2-4) and Mexico’s Adriana Camarena (1-5) also lost on Wednesday afternoon.
Einarson, of Gimli, Man., wraps up the round robin on Thursday morning against Mexico.