Out-of-town teams dominated the 100 Mile Curling Club’s Men’s Bonspiel this weekend.
Team Bisaro from Williams Lake came out on top in the A Final with Team Matsuch from Mission finishing first in the B Final. 100 Mile House’s Team Leduc beat Team Gosselin in the C Final after going into an extra end.
Bonspiel organizer Debbie Barker said the competition was fierce all around, with 16 teams competing.
“Our Men’s Bonspiel is usually very quiet but not this year. Just before COVID it was starting to pick up because we got our name out there to other clubs,” Barker said. “We love to see the out-of-town teams come, we always get rave reviews from them.”
Barker said that the new ice put in last month was a welcome addition. The ice was replaced after it was discovered some lines had been reversed and the rink was flooded with unfiltered rather than filtered water.
Barker, who has been curling for decades, said she loves the social aspect of curling and bonspiels. While it’s a lot of work to pull a bonspiel off she said it’s worth it to watch everyone enjoy the fruits of her and her fellow volunteers’ labour.
“We always feed them Friday night and we received nothing but compliments. There was hardly any packaged food, we always home cook,” Barker said.
The success of the Men’s Bonspiel has made Barker and the other volunteers excited for their Open Doubles Bonspiel on Feb 10-12, which already has eight teams registered. She encourages any curlers interested in competing to sign up, preferably with a funny team name.
patrick.davies@100milefreepress.net
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