By Troy Gillard

exciting endings

Champions crowned at the Red Deer Curling Classic

Nov 18, 2019 | 8:52 PM

A pair of late comebacks Monday made for an exciting end to the 2019 edition of the Red Deer Curling Classic at the Pidherney Centre.

Skip James Pahl and his Edmonton team of third Glen Kennedy, second Roland Robinson and lead Craig MacAlpine claimed the men’s title with a thrilling 6-5 win over Tyler Tardi’s team from Surrey, BC (skip Tardi, third Sterling Middleton, second Jordan Tardi and lead Alex Horvath).

Team Pahl opened the game with the hammer and opened the scoring with a first end deuce.

Tardi scored one in the second and stole another point in the third before Pahl scored twice in the fourth for a 4-2 lead.

Tardi kept chipping away with a single in the fifth and steals in the sixth and seventh for a 5-4 lead.

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But Pahl scored two in the eighth and final end to snatch the victory.

On the women’s side it was Team Sinclair from Charlotte, North Carolina who claimed the title.

Sinclair, third Cory Christensen, second Vicky Persinger and lead Taylor Anderson outduelled the Kelowna, BC team of Brette Ricahards, Blaine DeJager, Steph Jackson-Baier and Rachelle Kallechy by a score of 8-6 in Monday’s final.

Team Sinclair trailed 6-3 through six ends before scoring one in the seventh and stealing two in the eighth to sneak away with the title.

Both of the championship teams earned a cool $10,000 for winning the World Curling Tour event.