Abbotsford resident Dean Joanisse has earned many curling accolades over the years, including a first-place medal at the 1989 Junior Curling Championship, and has now added another one to the long list after his team won gold at the 2022 Twin Anchors Houseboats Classic.
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Joanisse, who now manages the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge, opened the Salmon Arm tournament with an 8-6 victory over Team Longworth from Vernon.
Unfortunately, the second draw (a.k.a match) resulted in Team Joanisse being narrowly nudged aside by Vernon’s Team Nobert in a 5-6 loss.
But for the remainder of the tournament, Team Joanisse would remain perfect, beating out Cranbrook’s Team Medford, Salmon Arm’s Team Belway, and topping it off with a hard-fought 6-5 revenge win over Team Nobert.
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In the first round of the playoffs, Team Joanisse beat out Team Longworth in a 7-4 match.
They then proceeded to the finals against Salmon Arm’s Team Geall, who they handily defeated 8-4 in order to win first place.
Team Joanisse consisted of:
• Dean Joanisse as skip
• Grant Dezura as third
• Brendan Willis as second
• Dave Stephenson as lead
As winners of the tournament, Team Joanisse was awarded $5,000. This was their first BCCT event win of the 2022-23 season, with the next BCCT event happening from Nov. 25-28 in Dawson Creek.
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