Ritchie rink takes top spot

A total of 27 teams took to the ice for the Salmon Arm Men’s Open Bonspiel, which was held at the local curling rink on the weekend.

  • Jan. 30, 2013 12:00 p.m.
Top team: Cliff Hosker, Hugh Bennet and Gary Ritchie sweep to win at the Men’s Open Bonspiel held on the weekend at the Salmon Arm Curling Club.

Top team: Cliff Hosker, Hugh Bennet and Gary Ritchie sweep to win at the Men’s Open Bonspiel held on the weekend at the Salmon Arm Curling Club.

A total of 27 teams took to the ice for the Salmon Arm Men’s Open Bonspiel, which was held at the local curling rink on the weekend.

Teams from Kamloops, Pritchard, Chase and Vernon joined local teams on the ice.

At the end of the day, all the teams competing in the final were from Salmon Arm, with the exception of one Pritchard team.

Winners following the final draws Sunday were:

• A Event – The Gary Ritchie team with Cliff Hosker, Hugh Bennet and Wayne Shepherd defeated the Gord Duplisse rink.

• B Event – The Ian Turner rink with Lyle Chapman, Jeff Chesham and Reg Fogarty defeated the John Danks team.

• C Event – The Dave Long team with Chad Hagel, Todd Roberts and Dennis Robertson defeated the Kevin Ihlens team from Pritchard.

• D Event – The Wayne Mertens team with Doug Murray, Cliff Davies and Wayne McGill defeated the Ken Nielsen team.

• E Event – The Darin Gerow rink with Cam Gerow, Chad Foreman and Darrin Halloran defeated the Rob Udy rink.

• F Event – The Al Mostrovich team with Chris Lowe, Eugene Roy and Andy Munro defeated the Gene Puetz team.

Salmon Arm Observer