The Estevan Oilfield Technical Society’s (OTS) 60th annual open bonspiel resulted in plenty of action at the Power Dodge Curling Centre.
Twenty-four teams entered the bonspiel, which started Friday afternoon and ended Saturday evening.
The Thirsty Bird Pumpjack Sales and Service rink, with skip Duane Lamontagne, third Ryan Hansen, second Lawrence Hansen and lead Jeremy Carlson, won the A final, defeating Dart Services 6-3.
After the game, Lamontagne said they were playing a really good team, but the Thirsty Bird rink was able to get a jump on Dart Services from the start, which played a key role in their victory.
“We were in trouble the one end, he picked a few points up on us. He made his draw to tie it up, but we managed to sneak one in there once in a while.”
In the last end, they ran the Dart Services rink out of rocks.
The games at the bonspiel went six ends for the first time this year instead of the traditional eight, in an effort to attract more teams.
Lamontagne pointed out the game with Dart Services was the first time Thirsty Bird went more than four ends during the bonspiel.
“I’m an old-time curler, so I prefer eight ends of curling than six ends of curling,” said Lamontagne, who added that he’d be willing to play 10 ends if he could.
In the B final, the Tarpon Energy rink, with skip Tyler Greenwald, third Jody Vatamaniuck, second Jason Clauson and lead Justin Pearce, defeated TSB; while in the C final, Nalco Champion, with skip Devon Fornwald, third Darryll Duce, second Tyler Forbin and lead Dave Dayman, defeated Mid-West Surveys.
Scores for those two games were not available.
The bonspiel also featured a banquet in the curling rink’s lounge on Friday night.
