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The Stouffville resident and Stouffville District Secondary School teacher and her rink came close to fulfilling that goal at the 2014 Women's Ontario Scotties Tournament in Sault Ste. Marie. To be precise, just three rocks to win after they suffered a heartbreaking 7-5 loss to Allison Flaxey's Listowel Curling Club entry, who will represent Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Sunday's final. Collins took solace in the fact their appearance in the final marked the first time as a group they were in a position to vie for the title. Their prior best effort in the provincials was in 2009 when they reached the semifinals. "We did well and I think once we get over the fact that we got so KATRINA COLLINS: Stouffville teacher hopes her hometown builds a curling rink. close it will sink in that we're the second-best team in the province," Collins said. "In the past we had set a goal just to be in the playoffs but this year we set a goal to be in the final. "With this year being an Olympic year, a lot of other teams had set their goal to try and represent Canada in the Olympics. But our goal was to try and be No. 1 in the province." Having curled with Hastings since 1994 and starting up their team that included Smith the following year and having McPherson join them this year when Hastings' sister was on a maternity leave, Collins noted their rink entered the provincial championships having pocketed close to $10,000 in the cash spiel circuit this year. During the round-robin segment of the 10-rink field, Collins and her teammates finished with a 7-2 won-loss mark and were tied with Flaxey with the best record. Flaxey, though, defeated their team during the round-robin segment and were awarded first. But in meeting Flaxey for a second time in their page one versus page two match Saturday, they prevailed 8-3 and with it, were guaranteed entry into Sunday's final. Despite losing the game, Flaxey was given a second life and played the winner of the page three versus four match in a semifinal Sunday morning. Collins noted having the additional time off can work for or against you. "She definitely had an advantage of playing earlier that day and in knowing what the ice conditions were," Collins said. Collins credited the approach her rink took throughout. "We just wanted to stay in the moment, to take things one shot at a time. We weren't looking at the scoreboard until the very end," she said. "All we wanted to do was to focus on our game and concentrate on what we had to do." Collins said that would definitely serve as an incentive for their foursome to settle some unfinished business next year. "Right now it's too soon just after the final. Maybe in a week or so we'll discuss plans for next year," she said. What Collins would like to see in the meantime is for the creation of a curling club in WhitchurchStouffville. 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