It was the first time the four had curled together, but Saturday’s final involving the Pettersen rink in the 2015 Prince Rupert Ladies Bonspiel went flawlessly for the team that went undefeated and 4-0 through the weekend.
A 5-0 win against the tough McLean rink solidified skip Aina Pettersen’s first-ever bonspiel victory returning to the Prince Rupert Curling Club after some time away.
“This is my first year back with the club. I was with Terrace for 18 years and we just threw the team together. We’d never curled together before,” said Pettersen after winning the ‘A’ draw.
Even getting to the final was a trial for Pettersen and her team, consisting of Kathy Yamamoto, Michelle Bartel and Jennifer Dias.
They had to overcome a tough Terrace Griffith rink, defeating them in a close battle, 5-4 and had prior stolen a deuce in the eighth end after taking five in the sixth against Team Wahl in a 12-9 victory Friday night.
“We were able to just get a lot of junk up front and plug it and got a couple in there ... and the girls curled great,” said the multi-sport whiz Pettersen, who has previously won at the Prince Rupert Ladies Jubilee golf tournament.
“Right from the first end last night, everything worked and it was a lot of fun.”
The second-place McLean rink, finishing 2-2, consisted of skip Jenny McLean, third Mona Izumi, second Natasha Lebedick and lead Marina Stevens.
Katie Wahl’s rink topped Team Wharton in the ‘B’ final, Linda Miller defeated Shawna Holkestad in the ‘C’ and Sylvia Griffith beat Margaret Copeland in the all-Terrace ‘D’ final.