WATROUS — Wadena-based Team Syrota won the provincial masters women’s championship.
“It was a good feeling,” said Delores Syrota, the team’s skip. “This is our third consecutive year in a row that we won it, so it was really nice to cap the year off.”
The masters provincials for both women and men was hosted by the Watrous Curling Club March 14 to 18.
Team Syrota faced off against Moose Jaw-based Team Arguin and won 8-3. Before that game, Team Arguin won every single game, including a playoff game against Team Syrota.
“Yesterday when we played, that was our first loss and we just had that feeling of relief, that it was good to lose that game and not the final game,” Syrota said.
A few weeks before, Team Syrota had won every game in the senior provincial women’s championship, only for Team Sherry Anderson to win the final.
“For Lorraine [Arguin], I know how she feels because they only lost one game and it was the final. We went through that a couple of weeks ago and it’s not a good feeling.”
For Syrota, the defining moment of the final was when her team earned three points in the third end, followed by four points in the fourth end.
“Stealing a four-ender in a provincial championship doesn’t usually happen, so we were fortunate there.”
For the men, Kerrobert-based Team Brad Heidt won the final 6-3 against Regina Highland-based Team Peter Thiele. Both teams had only lost one game before the final, with Team Thiele being defeated by Team Heidt in round robin.
The national masters will be held in Saskatoon.
“This time, we don’t have to travel very far, so that’ll be nice,” Syrota said, adding that it will give more family members the chance to watch the games her team competes in.
Jamie Regier, the Watrous Curling Club’s ice technician, said he’s happy with how the provincials turned out.
“It’s really huge for for a small town curling club to put this on,” the event organizer said. “There’s been lots of volunteers and it’s been a great turnout. We’re very proud, being a small club, to put on such an amazing event.”
Regier said the provincials are the biggest event the club has ever hosted, with 24 teams – 12 men’s and 12 women’s – competing for the green jackets and a place on Team Saskatchewan.
