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Continued from page 50 Monpetit in the final. The “D” final
saw Team Kate MacDonald defeat
sparing for Richard Gadbois, at 2nd Team Dave Evans, and in the Points
we had Glen Pilon, with Bert Zylstra event the Junior Team skipped by
throwing lead rocks. Finishing tied for
Cameron Wright was the winner
second position with 15 points were
finishing with 32 1/2 points.
the teams skipped by George Doljesi
and Roger Lalonde. Following the Congratulations to Cornwall
Curling Club’s Matt Dupuis on
Marcel Morin Trophy draw was the
BMR Christmas Senior Bonspiel successfully defending the title.
with twenty-one teams participating. On the pro side of curling
Round robin play commenced on Cornwall’s adopted Team Epping
Thursday December 8 and continued participated in the Grand Slam of
until Wednesday December 21, when Curling Masters event in Oakville
the twelve team playoff took place on from December 6-11. The round
Wednesday, December 21. robin saw the Epping team win their
first game against Reid Caruthers
The team of Jean Gagnier, Tom
Cleary, Bert Zylstra, and Brian and drop their next three games to be
Landry were the winners with 15 eliminated from play.
points. Second place went to the In the Ladies’ semi finals Team Marcel Morin Senior Champions
L to R Bert Zylstra (lead); Glen pilon (2nd) Gerry Goulet (skip) Tom
team skipped by Wayne Lauber with Homan played Team Gin from China
Cleary (3rd) subbing for Richard Gadbois Photo Submitted
14 points and third place went to the defeating them 8-3 and earning a spot
Gilles Viau team with 13 points. All in the final. The other semi saw Keri
the seniors enjoyed a prime rib dinner Einarson take on Peterson from the
to celebrate the Christmas break. USA. Einarson stole 2 in the 6th end
The 59th Annual Astro Storage to go up 6-3 and 2 more in the 7th to
and Warehousing Turkey Bonspiel increase the lead to 8-3, with Peterson
took place at the club from Monday conceding and shaking hands to send
December 12 to Saturday December 17 Einarson to the final against Team
with twenty-four teams participating. Homan.
This is the longest running Bonspiel In the Ladies final it was a very
at the Cornwall Curling Centre. The well-played, hard fought, close game.
organizers welcomed players from Einarson won with a double in the 8th
the Saturday morning Industrial end to win 6-5.
league as well as the popular Learn to
On the Men’s side Scotland’s Bruce
Curl program. We also had a couple
Mouat defeated Team Ransfjell by
of Junior teams participating. Great
experience for both Junior teams. The a score of 7-1. The other semi saw
Italy’s Team Retornaz playing Team
finals took place on Saturday Dec. 17
Botcher. The teams blanked the 1st
with the team skipped by Rob Mahon
6 ends which is very unusual in a
winning the “A” event. Joining Rob
on the winning team was Terry Hart curling match. Retornaz stole a single
in the 7th with Botcher taking a
at 3rd, Amy Cruickshank at 2nd, and
single in the 8th and forcing the extra
Sean Amelotte throwing lead rocks.
end. With hammer, Retornaz scored a
The team skipped by Sean Landriault BMR Senior Christmas Bonspiel Champions
won the “A” Consolation defeating deuce in the extra end to earn a berth
in the final against Mouat. L to R Jean Gagnier (skip), Tom Cleary (3rd), Bert Zylstra (2nd), and
the team skipped by Jonathon King. Brian Landry (lead) Photo Submitted
The “B” division was won by the In an all European final, the team
team skipped by Al Solari defeating from Italy took a single in the 1st end, Mouat. It was Italy’s first win at a Christmas and health and Happiness
the team skipped by Dave Lalonde stole singles in the 2nd and 3rd ends Pinty’s Grand Slam Event. in 2023. Until next year, “Hurry
Hard”
in the final. The “C” event saw team and another one in the 7th on route Everyone at the Cornwall Curling
Mike Marleau defeat team Sylvain to a 6-2 win over the favorite Bruce Centre wishes everyone a very Merry Continued on page 53