Stroh snaps tie game with five to win win Medicine Hat women’s bonspiel

By medicinehatnews on March 25, 2019.

NEWS PHOTO RYAN MCCRACKEN
(From left) Renee Seitz and Shelley Bartlett, of Team Phaff, sweep during the first draw of the Ladies Bonspiel on Friday at Medicine Hat Curling Club. The event runs through the weekend with the championship draw scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m.

A count of five in the seventh end gave the Holly Stroh foursome the A event championship with a 9-4 win Sunday in the annual Medicine Hat women’s bonspiel.

Stroh and her rink defeated the Jackie Schell team, in the final. It was tied 4-4 after six ends until Stroh’s count of five in the seventh. The curlers then shook hands.

The B event went to a rink skipped by Desiree McLeod, who defeated the Strathmore foursome of Cindy Schakelton by a 7-3 score.

In the C event, it was Andrea Wilson’s team coming out on top, beating Lorraine Hilgendorf’s quartet 7-1.

Curling is wrapping up at the Medicne Hat Curling Club, with the Oilmen’s bonspiel concluding the season this Friday through Sunday.