Jeff Bauer’s defending championship foursome scored three points in each of the second and sixth ends Saturday en route to a 7-4 win over Garth Szakaly’s entry in the A-event final of the Red Deer Farmers Bonspiel.
The Bauer rink, consisting also of Daryl and Mitch Bauer, and Tom Svanes, added a single point in the eighth end at the Red Deer Curling Centre. The Szakaly foursome, with Brian Whittemore skipping, tied the game at three with a deuce in the fourth frame.
In the B-event final, Don Bonham executed a final-rock, double-raise takeout to post a 7-5 extra-end win over the Gary Wagers quartet, which had Richard Foshaug at skip.
In the C-event final, Brian Ziegler beat Steve Ramsay 8-3, and Larry Ellenwood defeated Ed Rice 7-4 in the D final.
Rob Purdie took E-event honours with a 4-3 victory over Murray Stringer.
Earlier scores Saturday:
10 a.m. — C-event semifinals: Ramsay 7 Klaas Brink 5; Ziegler 6 Brian Lougheed 5; D-event semifinals: Ellenwood 6 Doug Radomski 5; Rice 8 John Stol 7; E-event semifinals: Purdie 7 Lorne Wagers 3; Stringer 7 Jim Richardson 6.
Late Friday:
7:30 p.m. — D-event quarter-finals: Ellenwood 8 Wilson Lougheed 4; Rice 7 Brian Bickley 4; Stol 7 Mel Johanson 6; Radomski 6 Trent Harris 1; E-event quarter-finals: Purdie 9 Mike Parcels 1; Stringer 10 Danny McArthur 1; Wagers 7 Brad Bodwell 5; Richardson 7 Jeff Prince 6.