The 2020 Connect Hearing BC Masters Curling Championships are about to get underway in Lake Cowichan and Duncan.
The event features the top eight 60+ men’s teams and top eight 60+ women’s teams in BC and starts tomorrow (Mar. 3) and continues until Mar. 8.
Among the competitors in women’s play are the 2017 and 2019 BC masters champions, Team Klebe (Chilliwack/Richmond/Cloverdale/Langley), who won silver at nationals. The competition also features former world senior champions Pat Sanders and Roselyn Craig (Victoria/Duncan).
In men’s play, the reigning BC Senior Men’s champion, Wes Craig, will lead a team from Victoria and Kerry Park. Meanwhile, Elkford’s Team McHargue features Ken McHargue and Gerry Kent, BC Men’s champions in 1991.
The event will be split over two clubs in the Cowichan Valley, Cowichan Rocks in Lake Cowichan and the Glen Harper Curling Centre in Duncan. The opening ceremonies are at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Mar. 3) at the Glen Harper Curling Centre in Duncan.
TEAM ROSTERS:
MEN
Team Craig, Victoria, Kerry Park
Skip: Wes Craig
Third: Ron Schmidt
Second: Tony Anslow
Lead: Blair Cusack
Team Sieg, Cloverdale/Langley
Skip: Lyle Sieg
Third: Roy Beugelin
Second: Don Wakefield
Lead: Nick Douce
Fifth: Stu Harris
Team Rafter, Tunnel Town/Vancouver/Delta/Marpole
Skip: Bill Rafter
Third: John Smiley
Second: Mike Weir
Lead: Alan Rampton
Fifth: Bud Harbidge
Team Lepine, Langley/Royal City/Penticton/Cloverdale
Skip: Craig Lepine
Third: Neil Houston
Second: Craig McLeod
Lead: Kevin Jeannotte
Coach: Karen Lepine
Team Moore, Royal City/GEWC
Skip: Garth Moore
Third: John Zwarych
Second: Fred Fox
Lead: Wayne Saito
Team vanYzerloo, Castlegar, Trail, Nelson
Skip: Bill vanYzerloo
Third: Myron Nichol
Second: Garry Beaudry
Lead: Richard Faunt
Team McHargue, Elkford
Skip: Ken McHargue
Third: Gerry Kent
Second: Brian LeMoel
Lead: Bill King
Team Hoffman, Kelowna
Skip: Eric Hoffman
Third: David Johnston
Second: Jim Stephenson
Lead: Lyle Hnsrud
WOMEN
Team Sanders, Victoria/Duncan
Skip: Pat Sanders
Third: Diane Myrden
Second: Sherry Findlay
Lead: Roselyn Craig
Team Erdos, Nanaimo/Qualicum
Skip: Debbie Erdos
Third: Heather Lindsay
Second: Peggy Aikman
Lead: Carol Dorman
Fifth: Teri Palynchuk
Team Tromans, Nanaimo
Skip: Carol Tromans
Third: Tanis Wilson
Second: Anita Chambers
Lead: Michelle Plamondon
Fifth: Diana Baker
Team Pedersen, Vernon
Skip: Kathy Pedersen
Third: Shirley Vedan
Second: Diane Nohr
Lead: Rosemary Eller
Fifth: Marlene Everett
Team Klebe, Chilliwack/Richmond/Cloverdale/Langley
Skip: Janet Klebe
Third: Kerri Miller
Second: Laurie Shimizu
Lead: Donna Christian
Coach: Vic Shimizu
Team Gardner, Royal City
Skip: Isobel Gardner
Third: Nancy Stagg
Second: Dianne Armstrong
Lead: Rita Araki
Team House, Royal City
Skip: Cindy House
Third: Carol McFadden
Second: Myra Antaya
Lead: Terry Townsend-Jones
Team Rampton, Marpole
Skip: Laura Rampton
Third: Pam Chow
Second: Connie Bailey
Lead: Jay Taylor