ESTEVAN - The Brent Gedak rink is returning to the SaskTel Tankard provincial men’s curling championship.
Gedak, who hails from Estevan, won all four games that he played, including the A final, at the Last Chance bonspiel, held from Jan. 21-23 in Saskatoon.
Other members of the team are third Jason Ackerman, second Derek Owens and lead Curtis Horwath.
The Gedak rink opened with a 7-5 win in nine ends over Jaedon Miller, a game that Gedak led 7-3 after picking up three in the seventh end.
Then he defeated Ben Gamble 8-3 in six ends. The Gedak rink trailed 3-0 through two ends, but took over with five in the third.
The third game was a 7-6 win over Daymond Bernath, a game that Gedak led 5-1 through four ends. Benrnath scored one in nine and stole one in 10 to make it interesting.
The A final saw Gedak beat Joshua Heidt 8-6 in the A final. Heidt scored three in the ninth end to lead 6-5, but Gedak responded with three of his own in the 10th.
Another local team, comprised of fourth Tye Olson, third Allan Walter, second Tyler Corbin and lead Mark Walter, went 3-3 at the competition, bowing out in the C event.
They opened with an 11-2 win over Brad Heidt in five ends, keyed by five in the fourth end and three in the fifth. Then they lost 9-5 in nine ends to Bernath.
In the B event, the Olson rink scored two in the 10th to defeat the Anthony Neufeld rink 7-6, and won 9-4 in nine ends over Gamble. Olson had four in five and three in seven to pull away.
Olson dropped a 7-6 decision to the Steve Howard rink. The local entry stole four in the ninth end to lead 6-3, but then Howard scored four in 10.
Their final game was a 6-4 loss to Brett Behm. Behm scored two in the 10th for the winning points.
Another local curler, Kris Keating, was on the Howard rink. They went 4-3 at the event. In addition to the win over Olson, they defeated Shawn Joyce 8-1, Samuel Wills 5-1 and Gamble 11-7. Their losses were 8-3 to Josh Heidt, 5-2 to Bernath and 9-1 to Michael Carss.
A total of five teams qualified for provincials from the last chance event. The Tankard will be Feb. 9-13 in Whitewood.
