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A young Langley-based curling team sa国际传媒� headed up by skip Tyler Tardi and vice-skip Sterling Middleton sa国际传媒� has etched its name in the record book today.

The duo won their third New Holland Canadian Junior title in a row sa国际传媒� a feat never before accomplished.

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The British Columbia team is made up of Tardi (a Cloverdale skip who plays out of the Langley Curling Centre), Middleton (the third who hails from Fort. St. John, and curls out of New Westminster), Matthew Hall (second, who lives in Cloverdale but also plays out of the Langley rink), and Alex Horvath (the lead who plays out of Victoria). The coach is Tylersa国际传媒檚 father, Paul.

Manitoba was the only team, who in the week leading up to the finals, was actually able to beat British Columbia. But Manitoba couldnsa国际传媒檛 do it a second time.

When it came to the gold-medal round today (Sunday) at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Sask., Tardi and his team triumphed over J.T. Ryansa国际传媒檚 Manitoba team by the score of 7-5.

Team BC opened the scoring in the second end with an angle raise takeout for three.

But Manitobasa国际传媒檚 Ryan took control of the middle portion of the game. Ryan, vice-skip Jacques Gauthier (Tardisa国际传媒檚 cousin), second Jordan Peters, lead Cole Chandler and coach John Lund scored two in the fourth and followed it with a steal of two in the fifth to lead by one point heading into the fifth-end break.

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But British Columbia took control in the latter part of the game with a deuce in the eighth and a steal of one in the ninth end to lead 6-5. Manitoba had hammer in the final end, but over-swept its final attempt, causing the stone clip off another and give up a steal of one.

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With todaysa国际传媒檚 win, Tardi and Middleton surpass the likes of John Morris, Craig Savill and Brent Laing sa国际传媒� among others sa国际传媒� who have all won back-to-back titles, but never a third.

Tardi and Middleton won their first New Holland Canadian Juniors title in 2017 in Victoria against their current second Hall, who was representing Ontario at the time.

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The pair returned as part of the British Columbia team in Shawinigan, Que., in 2018 and defeated Northern Ontariosa国际传媒檚 Tanner Horgan in the final. While all three victories were sweet, Tardi believes they all hold a part in his memory for distinct reasons.

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The team will represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, N.S. from Feb. 16 to 23.

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