New Zealand Curling

The 2008 Wendorf Bonspiel was held at the Dunedin Ice Stadium this weekend. Curlers from Central Otago, Dunedin, Gore and Auckland were represented in the eight teams that competed, with the local team skipped by Dan Mustapic winning the Wendorf Rock.

Finals Round results

1st	Dan Mustapic	9	-	0	Peter Becker	2nd
3rd	Hans Frauenlob	7	-	4	Alexandra CC	4th
5th	Bydie Donald	10	-	4	Charlie Mcleod	6th
7th	Gore CC	8	-	5	Auckland CC	8th

Dan Mustapic (left), skip of the winning team, and Edwin Harley, lead

Earlier article

All teams will play 8 games. A full round robin will be followed by a final round where the two top qualifiers will play off for the title. There will also be playoffs for 3rd/4th, 5th/6th and 7th/8th.

The first game gets under way at 2pm on Friday 11 July, and allowance has been made in the tournament schedule for the other major sporting event in Dunedin over the weekend - the All Blacks play the Springboks in the second Tri-Nations test at Carisbrook on Saturday night.

Teams will play 3 games on both Saturday and Sunday, with the finals scheduled to finish around 4:30pm on Sunday.