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~ Maple

‘TERRACE — The Ken
Watson rink of Maple
Ridge ran off with seven

‘straight victories to cap-

ture the Royal. Canadian
~ Legion’s B.C. regular
curling championship at

‘the Terrace Curling Club_
-- on the Feb. 7 weekend.
' After winning all four -

-of his games on ‘A’ side of

this: 14-team,. modified

~’-double-knockout | series,
‘Watson dropped to ‘B’.

side to win three more

games and take the title.
without having to play a

tie-breaker.
- The victory by Watson
pushes. him on to national

finals coming up March 16 —

‘to 20 at Brooks, Alberta.
-Here’s how the seven

draws went.

Draw. One

-- Watson began his quest

with a 7-3 win over Eric

Podetz. of Port Alice. In
other first-round games,
~ Keith Lofgran of Merritt
‘downed Chuck Bown. of

Esquimalt 9-7; Larry’

Burke, of Terrace needed
“an extra end for a 7-6 vic-

-tory over Ted Crocker of

Cloverdale; Don Druet of
Hope also took an extra

-end to beat John Gerow of

Burns Lake 11-10; Rod
Morrison of Nakusp took
-an 8-5 win over Roger
Hochnell of Gibsons; and
Ken Sawyer of Malahat
bombed Ian Cook of |
Mount Benson 10-1.
Draw Two
Watson posted his se-
cond:win over Lofgran by
a 9-2 score. Merve Geall
of Kelowna and Mike
Henderson of Penticton
saw their first action after
an opening bye with Geall

winning 7-2. Druet and
: Morrison also advanced to
the ‘A’. semi-finals with

_ Druet. beating Burke 8-3

and Morrison shading

the ‘A’ final against Mor-

Sawyer 8-7,

 Oraw3 |
Watson connected for
his third win in a row by
beating -Geall.8-6 in an ex-
tra end. This put him into

Ridge —

_rison who came up with a
7-4 victory. over Druet.

‘Meanwhile in the first two. -
*B’ side games, Cook -
dumped Hochnell 8-1 and
Gerow. whipped : Crocker .

10-3,
Draw Four

Watson needed an extra 2 “:
end against Morrison to |;

° Rear window

-win’ 6-5 and put the ‘A’
side title in his pocket.

Down ‘on ‘B’ side, it was

Lofgran over cook 7-5,
Henderson over -Gerow

6-4, Podetz over Bown 8-7. .
in an extra. end, and {
Sawyer over Burke 8-6. .

Draw Five .
In the eights of ‘B’ side,

Geall bumped Lofgran -
8-1, Henderson edged
 Druet 5-4, Morrison nip-

ped Podetz 8-7 and Wat-
son whipped Sawyer 9-2.

In. the first two *C’ side

consolation games, Bown

eliminated Hochnell: 7-5 :

and Crocker .knocked out
Burke 8-6.

‘Draw Six

The ‘B’ side semi-finals. D>

saw Watson and. Hender-
son emerge to meet.in the

final. Watson took Mor- —

rison 7-3 while Henderson

dropped Geall 4-3 in a .B |

tight extra-ender.. In. the
semi-finals of ‘C’ side,
Bown needed one: more
end to beat Crocker 7-6
while’ Cook downed
‘ Gerow 6-4:

Draw Seven

In the last draw of the’

two-day playdown, Wat-
son clinched the title with
an exciting 8-7 victory

_over Henderson in the ‘B’

final. Bown won the ‘C’
event with a 10-5 victory
over Cook.

It was the second time
Terrace held this presti-
gious event. The city also

hosted the Legion Provin- |

cials in 1985.

The playdown was’ or-
ganized under Chairman
-Maria Thomsen, She was
aided by members of the
Terrace Legion Branch
No. 13, and members of

the Tertacé Curling Club. |

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