Garnet Boese and Dave Johnston lived a curling highlight last weekend.
They wouldn't mind experiencing another one at this weekend's Kelly Cup.
Boese and Johnston are the skip and third respectively on a Kelly Cup team that also includes second Wade Eberle and lead Bob Kapphahn. At the 86th annual Kelly, which started Thursday at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, the Boese rink is off to a 2-0 start and has already qualified for the championship round.
A Kelly Cup title would be the first for Boese and fourth for Johnston.
"The end goal is always the same -- you want to get to the Kelly final," Boese said.
So far, Boese and company have recorded victories against Bill Cameron and Brian Bailey. If their streak of success continues, they may just find themselves in Sunday's championship game, slated for 1:30 p.m. at the PGGCC.
For Boese and Johnston, wins have been plentiful lately. At the senior men's provincial championship in Kelowna last weekend, they were part of a rink that went 7-1 overall. Included in that record was a 7-4 decision against the Doug Meger foursome in the final game. Now, the P.G. curlers will be part of Team B.C. for senior nationals, March 17-25 in Abbotsford. The other members of the rink are skip Dennis Graber and third Brian Windsor, both of whom reside in Kamloops.
Boese, 54, became a provincial champion for the first time. He has been curling since he was 14.
"It was kind of surreal," he said of the Feb. 19 win against Meger, a game in which Meger had a 4-1 lead after six ends. "I think it's sinking in more and more now."
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