Meachem and Chambers win Sasktel Tankard

A pair of Southwest curlers helped Team Casey win the 2017 Sasktel Tankard Men’s Provincial Championship in Tisdale. Cabri’s Shaun Meachem and Swift Current’s Jeff Chambers were both members of Team Casey, who defeated defending champion Steve Laycock in Sunday’s final.

Meachem was playing second on Team Casey, skipped by Adam Casey, while Chambers was the alternate player.

Team Casey won their opening game Wednesday with a 7-3 win over Scott Bitz and advanced in the A Event on Thursday morning with a 5-4 win Carl deconinck Smith. Kidby suffered an injury during the game and the team had to finish the game with only three players.

Chambers stepped into action for Team Casey that evening and they scored two points in the final end to defeat Saskatoon’s Dale Craig 6-5 on Thursday evening to advance to the A Event Final.

They suffered their first loss on Friday afternoon in an extra end, 6-5 to Saskatoon’s Laycock. Team Casey met Laycock again in the playoffs and Casey won 8-5.

The two rinks met for a third time in the provincial championship game and Team Casey earned a dominant 11-3 victory in eight ends. They opened the game with a three-point first end, added three in the third end and then stole three in the fourth to claim the provincial title and earn a trip to the 2017 Tim Horton’s Brier in St. John’s Newfoundland.