Sheila Cowan’s Royal City Curling Club team put up a good fight before finishing second at last month’s B.C. Women’s Senior Curling championships in Trail.
Single points in both the bottom of the seventh and eighth ends lifted Marilou Richter’s rink from Penticton and Kelowna to a 6-4 victory in the final.
Cowan trailed 2-0 and 4-1 after four ends, but rallied with two in the fifth and one in the sixth to pull even.
Richter’s rink went undefeated at the championships, while Cowan posted a 5-2 record.
The Cowan team, which includes Donna Mychaluk, Sandra Comadina and Victoria Murphy, and also carries the Delta Thistle club banner, advanced to the final by beating the Deputan rink of Chilliwack.
Cowan jumped out with points in the first two ends, but Deputan grabbed a 3-2 lead after closing the gap in the third, then adding a pair in the fourth.
Undeterred, the Royal City crew reclaimed the advantage by scoring two in the fifth end, then added single points in the sixth and seventh to build a healthy lead.
In the round robin, Cowan got an early jump on the eventual champions, tallying three points in the bottom of the second end to lead 3-1.
Although Richter would close the gap, the New West squad notched two more points in the sixth and appeared to be in control. But the Penticton-Kelowna rink replied with two in each of the seventh and eighth ends to steal the win.
