Don Craig watches the progress of his rock Saturday as Matt Wilson and Courtney Faulkner sweep. They were competing in the Fort Macleod Curling Club’s Farmers and Friends Bonspiel.
MARY-ANN DOYLE, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR
It was a busy weekend at the Fort Macleod Curling Club as they held the annual Farmers and Friends bonspiel with 12 teams competing.
Coming out on top was the Travis Doyle rink comprised of Travis Doyle, Butch Ferguson, Jim Jenkins and Richard Giebelhaus. Second place in the A event was the Shane Doyle rink.
First in the B event was the Darcy Blair rink, followed in second place by the Brady Hester rink.
First in the C event was the Tamra Barwegen rink and second place was the Kateri Blair rink.
The team draw to the button was won by the Todd Goulet team, placing the rock right on the button. This event was sponsored by the Fort Macleod Vet Clinic.
It was a fun weekend of curling and socializing. Bonspiel sponsors were: Rocky Mountain Equipment, South Country Co-Op (Barons), Hanlon Ag Centre, Fort Macleod Vet Clinic, D-4 Farms Ltd., UFA Petroleum, Brendan Grant, AJM Seeds, Alberta Hardware, Davis Dodge, Granum Seed Cleaning Plant, Green Prairie International, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Richardson Pioneer (Nobleford), Scougall Motors, Westco, Western Tractor, Connect First Credit Union.
The curling club will host a doubles curling’ night on Friday, Feb. 17 th at 7 p.m. All ages welcome, come out and give doubles a try.
The club will end the season with the Combo ’spiel, March 24-26. To register a team, contact Bruce at 403-553-4244 for men’s teams and Anne at 403-393-1922 for ladies teams or e-mail ftmaccurl@hotmail.com.
