Tunnel Town’s Team Macdonald captured the 2020 BC Wheelchair Curling Championship on the weekend at the Cloverdale Curling Club.
Mcdonald defeated defending champion Team Neighbour in a nail-biting final on the way to the gold medal. The Neighbour team features two gold medal winning Paralympians — Darryl Neighbour from Richmond and Ina Forrest from Armstrong.
Team McDonald includes — Bob Macdonald (Tunnel Town/Marpole), Alison Duddy (Quesnel), Gary Cormack (Cloverdale) and Vince Miele (Tunnel Town/Marpole/Richmond).
This was Macdonald’s fourth BC wheelchair title, Duddy’s sixth, Cormack’s eighth and Miele’s fifth.
Macdonald said he felt great about the win and was looking forward to nationals: “I had a great team behind me. We shook things up and tried a few different players and it was a great team effort.”
He added all the games were pretty close but the team managed force Neighbour into a difficult shot in the final end.
The Macdonald rink heads to nationals April 25-30 with the competition going ahead at Club de curling de Boucherville in Boucherville, Que.
