The Ron Hoehn rink of Canora, with Bob Roll, Eleanor Murray and Eileen Hupka, won the Canora Town and Country Bonspiel which concluded January 31.
There were 14 rinks participating and they represented mainly the communities of Canora, Buchanan and Preeceville.
The bonspiel is one of the oldest, most successful bonspiels sponsored by the Canora Community Curling Club, said Patty Kolodziejski who assisted with the bonspiel’s organization. It has already been long established as the Town and Country Bonspiel, but it had evolved out the Farmers’ Bonspiel which has a history that reaches back many decades.
With the change of the name, the nature of bonspiel has also evolved, she said. Several of the rinks registered could be identified as “family” teams. A good example is that the B-event was won by curlers with close family ties. Brothers Kent and Rob Zuravloff were curling with their sons, Lane and Brandon.
The Zeno Gulka rink of Canora won the C event. Gulka curled with his brother Roman, and friends Mel McCormick and Clarence Homeniuk.
This is a busy time of year for bonspiels at the Canora rink, Kolodziejski said. On February 15, the Ted Palagian Memorial Two-Person Stick Bonspiel was to have been held. In a preliminary count, more than a dozen teams had registered for the first-time event.
The Canora Ladies’ Bonspiel concluded on February 6 and the Canora Mixed Bonspiel is scheduled t run from February 17 to 21.
The Canora Men’s Bonspiel, which is always one of club’s biggest bonspiels, is scheduled to run on March 9-13.
