by John Walsh
The Christmas Wind Up Bonspiel of Sylvan Lake Seniors Curling League featured 16 teams of four competing on Dec. 20.
It was a day of hard fought, but friendly, competition between the teams. The teams were aware that they were each playing for a car — Dick Marriott had donated a car to each of the winning team.
Each team played two six-end games, one before lunch and the other following lunch. At the end of the day there were three teams tied for first place, the teams of Moss, Norris and Widdifield. In order to establish a winner, each skip was required to throw one rock; the nearest to the centre being the winning team.
A toss of a coin decided the order and Wayne Moss threw first rock to set a good standard; his rock was only inches from the button. Next to throw was Doug Norris who threw a little heavy and his rock settled further out into the house. The pressure was on Perry Widdifield, however he didn’t let it get to him. His was the winning rock that settled on the button.
The winning team was skip Perry Widdifield, third John Walsh, second Jane Walsh and lead Millie Little.
Runners up were skip Wayne Moss, third Fred Vert, second Klaas Van Veller and lead Carolyn Moss.
Following the curling, teams were joined by family and friends, many of whom were past curlers, for a Christmas Banquet. A total of 97 sat down to a wonderful Christmas supper supplied by Bob Ronnie Catering.
Three hours of fellowship and friendly banter followed. What a wonderful start to the Christmas festivities.