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Gold rush theme brings glimmer of fun to bonspiel

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Joanne Doddridge

Despite the ongoing stealing of points, the hammer didn't come down and nobody went to jail last weekend at the 100 Mile Curling Club's annual ladies bonspiel.

A total of 19 teams competed in the Gold Rush-themed event that included a jail cell among its curious array of decorations.

Club director Joanne Doddridge says there had been plans to put somebody in lock-up during the bonspiel, but all the women behaved themselves.

"It was a great weekend and lots of fun."

Saturday night's banquet included a dinner cooked by male members of the club, a dance and a surprise visit by actors Nick Goshorn and Kelsey Schuurman, who played Daddy Warbucks and Little Orphan Annie respectively in the recent 100 Mile Performing Arts Society production of Annie.

Following their performance that night, the pair showed up at the curling club to entertain the women with a song and dance from the show.

The three-day bonspiel featured finals on Sunday, where cash awards were presented to the top 3 teams in each of three divisions and jackets went to the first place winners in each event.

Winner of the "A" event was the Carol Hindle rink from Clearwater. The Evelyn Lawson foursome from Quesnel finished in second place, and the Char Marshall rink from 100 Mile House was third.

Brenda Ernst from Quesnel won the "B" event and the Marg Folk rink from 100 Mile House was second. Doddridge's 100 Mile foursome was third.

In the "C" event, it was Yvonne Teskey from Williams Lake in first place, Mickayla Brown from 100 Mile House in second and Debbie Phillips from Lillooet in third place.

TIM-BR Mart, Pharmasave and Tim Hortons sponsored prize jackets, and many local businesses showed their generosity through various other donations.

The bonspiel drew a large crowd of spectators, which has Doddridge hoping that what they saw will encourage the non-curlers among them to consider joining the club next year.

The club had 84 members registered for this past season, in addition to a large number of non-registered seniors who took advantage of weekly senior drop-in sessions.

This season winds up before the end of the month, but on March 27, at 2 p.m., at the curling rink, there will be an annual general meeting, along with the presentation of year-end club awards, Doddridge says.

"Then we take a breath and do lots go golfing before we start up again in September."