Dennis Graber releases his stone during Draw 7 of the BC Senior Men's Curling Championship.

Dennis Graber releases his stone during Draw 7 of the BC Senior Men's Curling Championship. Photo - Krista Clarke, Copyright © Nanaimo Daily News.

Salmon Arm’s Wendy Cseke and Kelowna’s Rick Folk are off to the women’s and men’s British Columbia provincial senior finals. Both teams finished first in the round-robin and will play in the final at 2:00pm on Saturday against the winner of the semi-finals at 9:00am on Saturday.

Cseke and her team of Kate Horne at third, Gerri Kly at second and Hetty Burt at lead finished round-robin play with a 9-3 thrashing of Diane Tetreault of Oliver to improver her record to a perfect 7-0. Lori Freeman of Quesnel will face the Juan de Fuca Club’s Christine Jurgenson in the semi-final.

The men’s side is not as clear as Wes Craig, Doug Meger and Brian Gessner all finished tied for third creating two tie-breaker games to decide Saturday’s semi-finalist. Meger will face Brian Gessner after being dumped 6-2 by Ken Watson in the final draw reducing his record to 4-3. Gessner got by Wes Craig 9-7 in the final draw in a must-win game to get into a tie-breaker Friday at 2:00pm. Craig will await the winner of Meger and Gessner in the second tie-breaker Friday at 7:00pm.

Folk and Richmond’s Ken Watson finished with identical 6-1 records. Folk receives the bye to the final based on his win over Watson in Draw 5. Folk’s team of Kamloops guys with Brian Windsor at third, Dennis Graber at second and Randy Nelson at lead will face the winner of Saturday’s semi-final in the final. Watson and his team of Dale Hockley at third, Stephen Lambert at second and Mike Hanafin at lead will play in the semi-final on Saturday morning against the team that emerges from the two tie-breakers on Friday.

Photo – Krista Clarke, Copyright © Nanaimo Daily News