SUMMERSIDE – A clash between two skips from Summerside had to be decided by a draw to the button and a measurement.
The Rod MacDonald rink inched past the Mike Gaudet foursome 4-3 in the championship game of the Atlantic Curling Tour’s Labatt/Journal Pioneer Cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club.
Photo (Stephen Brun/Journal Pioneer): Skip Rod MacDonald, right, releases a shot during the championship game of the Labatt/Journal Pioneer Cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club on Sunday. MacDonald defeated the Mike Gaudet rink 4-3. Mark O’Rourke, centre, and Mitch O’Shea are the sweepers.
With the match tied 3-3 in the final end, MacDonald’s last rock had a piece of the four-foot, forcing Gaudet to draw to the button with his final stone.
But Gaudet’s attempt came up just short, and a measurement determined MacDonald’s stone was shot rock.
“I just put the guard up and made (Gaudet) draw to the wings a little bit more,” said MacDonald. “He (Gaudet) almost made it. . .
“You can’t get much closer than that for a final.”