Spiel Wrapup
The first of two 2 on 2 spiels scheduled for the season was held in January on the 12th and 13th. A full roster of sixteen teams signed up to take part in the two day, double-knockout event. The $40 per team entrance fees was offered up as prize money and split between winners and runners-up in two divisions. The first of five draws for Friday night got underway at 6pm. All sixteen teams would play their first games on Friday with the final draw of that night being two of the winners of their first games. The first draw has John Donovan and Peter MacIntyre take on Wally MacDonald and Sid Murray on one sheet while Trevor Billard and Matt Tubrett played Rob Agnew and Cal Thistle in another game. Donovan/MacIntyre and Agnew/Thistle were winners and stayed in the top bracket to meet each other on Saturday while the losers dropped to the lower bracket to continue play. The next draw at 7pm saw Greg Wall and Chris Webb take on Bryant Cormier and Richard Lorway while Brian Laughlin and Gordie Cormier took on Julia Cormier and Brandon MacSween. Laughlin/Cormier and Cormier/Lorway were winners and would meet each other in their next game. Next on the ice was Lynn Kelly and Frances Ford, the spiels only all-female team, to take on Thomas and Nadine Drover. Alongside them was Walter Nichols and Chris 'Slugger' MacLeod facing Joe Erickson and Lonnie Howe. Winners from this draw were team Drover and Nichols/MacLeod and they would meet later that same night in Friday's final draw. The last of the first round draws would also play again that night. In that draw we saw the team of Wayne 'Bull' Bonnell and Rich Windsor defeat Justin Humphrey and Gary Landry and Stephen Leslie and Kevin Gouthro defeat the father/son team of Rick and Steve Billard. The two winners of the 9pm draw had to go right back onto the ice and play against one another. In that game, Bonnell/Windsor were victorious, dropping Leslie/Gouthro to the lower bracket while Nichols/MacLeod stayed in the upper division by defeating the Drover twosome and drop them down. Saturday play got underway early, starting at 10am, where the first two draws of the day would see all teams who lost their first games playing to try to move forward. Another loss for any of these teams would mean they were eliminated from the double knockout event. To keep winning meant that you were taking a long road to the final with having to play as many as five games that day. The first games on Saturday saw MacDonald/Murray win and move on to play Leslie/Gouthro later that afternoon. Wall/Webb were also victorious in that draw and would later play Thomas and Nadine Drover. In draw two it was Erickson/Howe over Kelly/Ford and Humphrey/Landry defeated Team Billard to move on. All losers of the first two draws on Saturday were eliminated. Noon Saturday saw the first games in the top division where winners from Friday night would meet one another. Donovan/MacIntyre took on Thistle/Agnew and Cormier/Lorway met Laughlin/Cormier. Thistle/Agnew won and stayed on top while Donovan/MacIntyre dropped down and would meet Humphrey/Landry next. Cormier/Lorway defeated Laughlin/Cormier who would next meet Erickson/Howe in the lower bracket. The two winners of this draw would play against each other with the winner making it to the final and the loser dropping down for a second chance at money in the lower bracket. With now four teams remaining in the top bracket, winners of their next game would move to the final and be guaranteed prize money. Losers still would have one more chance in the lower bracket. In these semi-final games, Agnew/Thistle moved on by defeating Cormier/Lorway and they would meet Bonnell/Windsor for the title after they defeated Nichols/MacLeod. A close, well played final saw Agnew/Thistle come out on top and take $220 in prize money. Bonnell/Windsor received $160 as runners up. Play continued in the lower division until the semi-final games would be filled in by teams dropping from the top. Semi-Final losers in the top division dropped down to play another semi-final game in the lower division. These games included Nichols/MacLeod taking on Leslie/Gouthro who had gotten there by defeating MacDonald/Murray and Team Drover earlier. The second semi-final saw Cormier/Lorway drop to play Laughlin/Cormier who had earlier defeated Erickson/Howe as well as Donovan/MacIntyre. The lower division final was set when Leslie/Gouthro and Laughlin Cormier were victorious but the game never happened. The two teams decided that they would split the prize money and not play. Overall it was a great spiel with lots of great doubles curling action. Everyone was treated to pizza on Saturday afternoon and the weekend was capped off with a great dance that had DJ Jimmy entertain the crowd into the early hours of Sunday morning. Everyone who took part in the spiel talked about how much they enjoyed playing in this format. If you missed out on this 2 on 2 spiel you'll have another chance when we run a second event with the same format on April 6 and 7. Sign up early as this spiel is sure to fill up quickly.
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