Lampman’s Mark Walter has punched his ticket for the provincial senior men’s curling championship.
Walter won the B event at the southern men’s qualifier this past weekend in Outlook. After opening with a 7-4 loss to Rod Quintin, Walter rattled off three straight wins in the B side.
Quintin led 4-1 after four ends, and after Walter fought back to tie the game at fours through six ends by scoring one in the fifth and stealing two in the sixth, Quintin scored two in seven and stole one in eight for the win.
In his first game in the B event, Walter defeated Gord Bell 8-6. The two teams traded points for much of the game, and Bell had a 6-5 lead through six ends. Walter scored three in the seventh and ran Bell out of rocks in the eighth.
That would be Walter’s one close victory. He defeated the Greg Wittig rink 8-2 in the B event semifinal. The game was tied at 1-1 through two ends, and then Walter scored one in the third and stole four in the fourth for a 6-1 lead. Wittig scored one in the fifth, and Walter ended the game by scoring two in the sixth.
Walter then avenged his earlier loss to Quintin by defeating him 7-2 in six ends in the B event final. Walter scored one in the first and stole two in the second to lead 3-0. Quintin would score one in the third and fifth ends, but Walter put up two in the fourth and sixth ends.
Other members of the Walter rink were lead Dave Wetsch, second Jim Brown and third Garry Kreutzer.
Provincials begin Feb. 27 in Melville.
