There was a fair amount of experience in the victorious Naseby curling team yesterday.
More than 150 years of playing the game featured on the ice yesterday as the team prevailed over the Curling Stone Cops 7-5 in the fours final.
The team was made up of skip Mervyn Jamieson, Drew Clark, Ken Gillespie and Pat O'Neill.
Jamieson has about 50 years playing the game and has participated in every Masters Games since its inception.
O'Neill is not far behind while Gillespie has played the game for more than 40 years.
Clark is the comparative junior among the group, having played the game for more than 10 years.
All have been heavily involved in the Naseby club, holding office at same time, but Jamieson has the privilege of being the skip for the side.
Gillespie should be handy at curling. He used to own the farm which surrounded the Idaburn dam.
When the dam, near Oturehua, is frozen over in winter, it sometimes becomes the site of a national bonspiel.
He joked when the opportunity arose he would use the dam but that was not always.
He sold his farm three years ago but still lives in the area.
The Curling Stone Cops, the beaten finalist, was also an experienced bunch of players.
The game went to the final end before Naseby prevailed.
The Curling Stone Cops team was made up of four players from the Omakau region: Peter McLeod, Ian Clouston, Colleen Cockburn and Joe Wells.
