Dianne Bowen’s Rocky Mountain House foursome started and finished strong in the Alberta senior women’s curling championship which concluded Sunday at the Edmonton Granite Club.
Bowen opened with a 6-5 win over Jodi Busche of Fort St. John and closed with a 9-3 victory over Michelle Ewanchuk of Calgary.
However, the Rocky quartet lost all five games in between. Bowen, who finished 2-5, fell 8-3 to Simone Handfield of Grande Prairie, 10-5 to Diane Foster of Calgary, 7-6 to Karen Morrison of Calgary, 7-5 to Cathy King of Edmonton and 7-6 to Deb Santos of St. Albert.
Santos defeated King 7-6 in the championship final.