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Cripps and Lindstrom team the champs at Vale bonspiel

The team of Ron Cripps, Debbie Cripps, Jeff Lindstrom and Shannon Lindstrom were the winners of the first event at the 43rd-annual Vale Employees and Pensioners Bonspiel held April 5-7 at the Burntwood Curling Club, prevailing over the Shaun Parsons
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The team of Ron Cripps, centre, Jeff Lindstrom, left and Shannon Lindstrom, right, along with Debbie Cripps, were the winners of the first event final April 7 during the 43rd-annual Vale Employees and Pensioners bonspiel.

The team of Ron Cripps, Debbie Cripps, Jeff Lindstrom and Shannon Lindstrom were the winners of the first event at the 43rd-annual Vale Employees and Pensioners Bonspiel held April 5-7 at the Burntwood Curling Club, prevailing over the Shaun Parsons team in the final on Sunday afternoon.

The Cripps team was undefeated in the tournament, beating Darren Belanger's team to open their run and then getting past Jon Cooper's rink before knocking off Joe Armstrong's team in the semifinal. The Parsons team beat Jeff Anderson's squad to start and then got by Derek Mymko's team for a semifinals berth, where they qualified for shot at the tile by defeating Jon Sawatzky's team.

The second event was won by the team of Bert Wentzell, Blaine Morry, Juan Valero and Nikhil Handa, while Ernie Lafreniere, Ray Boisvert, Jerry Garrioch and Reg Hitch came out on top in the third event final. The fourth event was taken by Terry Lamontagne, Gord Unger, High McMillan and Janet Southern.

Twenty teams competed in the bonspiel.

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