The Confederation Thunderhawks (Thunder Bay) and Seneca Sting (North York) captured provincial banners this past weekend at the 2006 OCAA Curling Championships at the Welland Curling Club, hosted by Niagara College. Confederation successfully defended their women’s title going 5-0. Meanwhile the Sting picked up gold in the men’s competition after going 6-3.

The Seneca men went 5-2 in round robin action and defeated Fleming (Peterborough) in a close 7-6 final victory to win the Championship. For the Seneca men, it was their first OCAA title since 1998-99. The medal podium saw Seneca take gold, Fleming, P won the silver and Fleming (Lindsay) finished with a bronze. The championship is Seneca’s fifth overall men’s title. The golden squad was made up of Mike Barfield (lead), Tyler McDermott (second), Sean Harrison (vice), Chris Van Huyse (skip), Craig Glassford (spare) and Brian Moffatt coached the team.

The Confederation women’s team thundered through round robin action going 4-0. The championship final was a repeat of last year’s as the Thunderhawks defeated Fleming, P 6-4 for the title. Fleming finished second and Mohawk (Hamilton) won third. The win hands Confederation their twelfth overall women’s title. The team included Christina Simperl (lead), Lisa Auld (second), Alissa Begin (vice), Ashley Miharija (skip) as Ron Fearon and Walter Risi coached the team.

At the close of the weekend’s competition several teams were awarded for their first-class performance representing their colleges. Congratulation’s goes out to:
St. Clair – Men’s Fair Play Award
Niagara – Women’s Fair Play Award
Confederation – Mixed Fair Play Award

Click here to see results from the Men’s Draw

Click here to see results from the Women’s Draw