Shypitka tied for first, Nichol even at Seniors Championships in Trail
By The Nelson Daily Sports
There’s a three-way tie for top spot after four draws at the Tim Horton’s BC Senior Men’s Curling Championships Wednesday in Trail.
Garry Gelowitz of Kelowna, Craig Lepine of Langley and Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka all sit at 3-1 midway through the provincial tournament.
Shypitka, third Fred Thomson of Nelson, second Don Freschi of Trail and Bill King of Fruitvale, was the last unbeaten team to fall.
Wes Craig of New Westminster rallied from a 4-2 deficit with three in the sixth end to knock off the Kootenay reps 7-5.
After scoring the bundle in the sixth, Craig stole singles in the seventh and eighth ends to put away Shypitka.
After going undefeated to open the tournament, Castlegar’s Myron Nichol lost two straight to sit in the middle of the pack at 2-2.
Nichol lost 8-6 to Shypitka in the morning draw despite jumping out to a 3-0 lead after two ends.
Shypitka scored three in each of the third and fifth ends to grab the victory.
Nichol, third Rick Brown, second Terry Kryzcka and lead Rob Babiarz, lost 6-3 to Lepine.
Thursday Nichol opens the morning draw against 2-2 Mel Steffin of the Royal City Curling Club before meeting winless Ken Teskey of Williams Lake.
Shypitka meets 2-2 Rick Pughe of New Westminster to open the day before playing 3-1 Gelowitz.
The top four teams advance to the playoff round Saturday with the final set for 2 p.m.
On the women’s side of the Tim Horton’s BC Senior Curling Championships, Kootenay rep Teresa Hiram of Grand Forks finished the day at 1-1 to sit 1-3 in the championship.
Hiram, third Rhonda Lee Bedard, second Rose Beauchamp and lead indy Pettapiece defeated Penny Shantz of Salmon Arm 8-7 in the morning draw before dropping a 12-1 decision to Karen Lepine of Langley.
Lepine leads the women’s standings with a 4-0 mark.
Hiram plays Brenda Ridgeway of Nanaimo (3-1) and Wendy Cseke of Salmon Arm (2-2) Thursday.
