Brent Gedak had a dream finish for his 201617 curling season. His team, Brent Gedak Welding, defeated Eagle Oilfield Services, skipped by Kevin Anderson, 10-8 in the A final of the Estevan Oilfield Technical Society’s (OTS) Open Bonspiel. Twenty-eight teams entered the competition, which was held from Thursday to Saturday at the Power Dodge Curling Centre. Gedak had already captured one marquee event this month, when he skipped a team to the Travellers’ Curling Club Championship men’s provincial title on March 19 at the Power Dodge Curling Centre. His win in the OTS came five days after he captured the provincial event. And he won the OTS on the same sheet of ice as the Travellers title, which also bears the BGW logo as the sheet sponsor. Anderson held the lead for much of the A final, thanks in large part to a pair
of three-point ends. Gedak tied it up at 8-8 in the seventh end with a score of two. “It was a fun game,” said Gedak. “Kevin’s team played really well. They were up on us almost every end. It was a back and forth battle, getting deuces and threes.” The eighth end saw Gedak place numerous rocks in the four-foot ring. Anderson’s first shot removed two of them, leaving Gedak with three in the four-foot. Anderson had to draw to the button to win. He came up short and Gedak scored two to win. “I couldn’t ask for a better game, though,” said Anderson. “It was tied up coming home.” Gedak noted there were lots of rocks in play throughout the game, and the final end was no different. “There was a little error on our part,” said Gedak. “We shouldn’t have come so close to give him the chance to make that shot (the double takeout).” Anderson said it was a good game throughout the
A final. He said it worked out to his advantage to have the hammer in the last end, but he couldn’t capitalize on it. Other members of the Gedak rink were third Jesse
Rosengren, second Justin Fieber and lead Evan Wild. In other results, Estevan Meter 2, skipped by Jarett Mosley, won the B event, defeating the Redvers Generators, skipped
by Mike Miller. CSM Inspections, which was skipped by Clayton Jahn, took the C1 final. C&D Electric,
led by Andrew McMillan, captured the C2 final. The bonspiel was the final event at the curling club this season.
