Gibsons rinks used their home-ice advantage the weekend of Feb. 10 taking home most of the top prizes at the annual Gibsons mixed curling bonspiel.
A total of 13 home rinks made up the field with some excellent curling all weekend long.
The 'A' event championship went to the Tony Todosychuk foursome of Michele Borley, Ed Hill and Darla Messner who knocked off the Jared Wannamaker foursome of Juanita Wannamaker, Ken Johnson and Sue Giles in the final.
In the 'B' event, the Howie Larsen foursome of Elaine Tattrie, John Lowden and Nadine Lowden beat the Jamie Dean rink from Hollyburn in the final. Kevan Penonsek from the Royal City Curling Club and Gibsons came in third, while the Kathy Rietze team from Gibsons came in fourth.
In the 'C' event, the Glenn Campbell foursome of Karen Judd, Rob VanBemel and Phyllis Pudek beat fellow Gibsons rink Larry Penonzek, Diane Penonzek, Ron Baba and Trudy Baba in the final. The Bob Hodgkins rink from Gibsons was third and the Ross Harry rink from Gibsons was fourth.
Elphi wrestlers qualify for provincials
Elphinstone wrestlers have garnered much success the past few weeks with several members of the team qualifying for the provincial championships.
On Feb. 15, a team of six attended the North Shore zone championships with five wrestlers qualifying for the provincials. Alex Ratcliff and Alysha Monk both won their weight classes, Jon Hutchinson came second and Nolan O'Reilly and Jon Sun came third and fourth respectively. Percy Stipec, the only Grade 9 wrestler, just failed to qualify, but his wrestling shows weekly improvement and he was not an easy match for any of his opponents, said coach Clint Fox.
"Alex and Alysha's results over the season have put them into the Team B.C. Canada Summer Games development program," said Fox. "Both wrestlers are attending training camps at Simon Fraser University and are competing for positions on the B.C. team, which travels to Austria for a competition in late May. They have an excellent shot at the team."
