After a slow start, the fourth end was the difference for Brent Gedak in his second straight Estevan Oilfield Technical Society curling championship on Sunday.
A steal of two in the fourth turned the tide for Brent Gedak Welding in a 5-3 victory over Southern Corrosion in the A final of the 54th annual OTS bonspiel.
Gedak's team included third Jarett Mosley, second Brad Orsted and lead Jesse Rosengren.
Southern Corrosion skip Jeff Mosley scored two in the first end, and Gedak blanked the second before being forced to settle for one in the third end.
In the fourth, Mosley's triple takeout attempt failed to give Gedak the steal.
"We were fortunate. I gave him a chance to try a triple takeout and we were on the right side there. He just hit it a little bit on the wrong side and it didn't work out. We stole two instead of him getting two, so it was a four-point swing. It really turned the game around," said Gedak.
"We were down and we weren't looking good, so I'd say that was the turning point, when we stole two there to take the lead and never looked back."
Gedak followed it up with another steal of two in the fifth end to take a 5-2 lead.
"To get up in this type of bonspiel, it's easier to score points and keep scoring, because to keep a lead isn't always the easiest," he said.
Mosley scored one in the sixth to make it 5-3.
In the seventh end, with Gedak lying five with the hammer, the teams shook hands before he had to throw his last rock.
There were plenty of rocks in play throughout the A final and Gedak said that was a strategy resulting from an earlier game in the tournament.
"Keeping it clean with the lead wasn't really working for us, so we tried to change gears and keep on the offensive instead of trying to peel them out of rocks," he said.
Gedak got to the final by defeating Akme in the semis, while Southern Corrosion beat Frontier to make the final.
Epping Energy topped Smart Power 10-6 in the B final, while Estevan Meter won the C final.
The D1 and D2 final winners were Clean Harbours and Certified Energy Services, respectively.
