For the second straight year, Brent Gedak and his teammates were the first rink to book their ticket out of the southern curling playdowns.
Just as he did in 2014, Gedak went undefeated and qualified for the provincial Tankard through the A event.
The southern playdowns were held at the Tartan Curling Club in Regina.
It marks the 11th time in the last 12 years that Gedak has qualified for the Tankard. However, he is still looking for his first trip to the Brier.
Gedak's rink included third Catlin Schneider, second Derek Owens and lead Shawn Meyer.
Just because their road to provincials was short doesn't mean it was easy.
He needed an incredible comeback bid to win the A final on Saturday, 10-9 over Josh Heidt of Kerrobert.
Through seven ends, Heidt led Gedak 9-5. However, the Estevan skip proceeded to score two points in the eighth, steal one in the ninth and steal two more in the 10th to grind out the one-point victory.
Gedak opened the A final with a deuce in the first end, but Heidt responded with three points in the second. Heidt then stole another point in the third.
The two rinks traded deuces in the fourth and fifth ends, putting Heidt ahead 6-4. Gedak only managed a single in the sixth and Heidt made him pay for it with another three-spot in the seventh end.
To get to the A final, Gedak defeated former provincial champion and former teammate Joel Jordison 10-7 in the semifinals. The game required only nine ends.
Gedak scored deuces in the first, sixth and seventh ends, as well as a three-spot in the third, to defeat the Moose Jaw-based Jordison rink.
Earlier in the A draw, Gedak defeated Shane Vollman of the Highland Curling Club in Regina 10-5, and hammered Lionel Holm of Watrous 8-2.
Heidt and Jordison went on to qualify out of the B event, while the C qualifiers were Jamie Schneider and Erwin Hanley.
