_ Baz and Bob

Two out-of-town rinks
familiar with past high finishes
at the Terrace Men’s season-
closing Loggers’ Bonspiel came
through again as the 63-team
event wound up at the Terrace
Curling Club on Easter
weekend,

The Ken Bazansky rink of
Prince Rupert (skipped by Larry
Gordon) and the Rob Brise rink
of Smithers won the two. top
events and finished up playing
each other in the Grand
Challenge playoff.

The Challenge was a four-
team playoff involving finalists
from ‘A’ and ‘B’ events. In the
semi-finals, ‘A’ side’s Gordon
knocked off ‘B’ side’s Brian
Hobenshield of Kitwanga while
‘B’ side’s Brise downed ‘A’
side’s Brian Copeland of Prince
George. ;

Gordon took the final on an
8-6 win over Brise. The victory
earned Gordon $300 while Brise
picked up runnerup money ‘of
$100.

In the regular portion of the
spiel, Gordon skipped the
Bazansky gang to a win over
Ken Blanes of Terrace in the
semi-final. Copeland beat out
Glen Baker of Smithers in his
semi,

The championship games was

a thriller with Gordon emerging
with an 8-7 win.

In ‘B’ event, they needed an
extra end to decide the. winner.
Brise eliminated Kitimat’s Gary
Habinger in his semi _ while

Hobenshield defeated Don.

Oldham of Terrace.

They went 11 ends in the final

before Brise counted-a 9-8 vic-
tory. ee

Only one Terrace team won

an event and that was Dennis
Williams skipping the Doug
McKay rink in °C’ event.
Williams took out Malcom
Baxter of Kitimat in the ‘C’

semi. On the other side, Don q

Hunt of Hazelton beat out Steve
Jackson of Prince Rupert.

Williams made the final
against Hunt look easy — he
won 10-3 in seven ends.

. It was an all out-of-town bat-

tle for ‘D’ event as Rob Brown
of Rupert came up with a 7-4
win over Ken Pratt of Smithers
in the final. In the semis, Brown
earned his final shot on a win
against Dave Farkvam of Ter-
race while Pratt beat out former
Terrace resident (now of Prince
George) Dave Mallett.

Finally in ‘E’ event, Laurence
Folden of Hazelton scored a 5-4
victory over Ken Dyble of
Mackenzie in the final.

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The Ken Bazansky rink of Prince Rupert, skipped by Larry Gordon, won A’ event and the Grand
Challenge as the annual Terrace Men’s Loggers’ bonspiel wound up the curling season in Terrace
on Easter Sunday. . .

Rob Brise and his team from Smithers won ’B’ event at the last major curling spiel of the season
on the Easter weekend. Brise also finished second behind Ken Bazansky in the Grand Challenge.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 10, 1991 B3

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Dennis Williams skipped Doug McKay’s Terrace team to victory in ’C’ event at the annual
Loggers’ bonspiel.

Rob Brown of Prince Rupert was the winner in the 'D’ event at the Loggers’ bonspiel.