KIPLING - Kipling’s Logan Ede has emerged as one of the top young curlers in Saskatchewan.
Ede and his two older brothers Brett and Mark were raised in Kipling by their parents Ken and Sandy Ede.
Logan Ede graduated from Kipling School, but instead of going to college he works for his parents’ company, System III Supply Ltd., which is an excavating business.
As a young boy, Ede began to curl as his father was also into curling.
Around the age of 15, Ede started to curl competitively, attending as many bonspiels and tournaments as possible. During the winter, when curling season hits, he lives in Saskatoon, which is close to his team members.
In January, Ede and his team – Austin Krupski, Michael Hom and Brayden Grindheim – attended the Junior curling provincial finals in Swift Current.
Krupski is the lead, Hom is the second, Grindheim is the third and Ede is the skip, and all are under the age of 21.
The junior provincials, which had six teams, started with a round robin and then the top four teams advanced to the playoffs.
Ede’s team went to the playoffs defeating Team Brydon from Regina to take the provincial championship.
They also competed in the SaskTel Tankard men’s provincial championship in Estevan from Feb. 1-5. Ede said the competition was very strong with the 12 teams and they hoped for one win, which they did.
Another tournament they played in was in Red Deer, Alta., on Feb. 10-12, but were defeated by a Calgary team in the final game.
Now they are focused on Curling Canada’s Junior Nationals, which are held in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., from March 25-April 2.
Ede feels their chances at nationals are really good and they will do a lot of prepping to prepare for it. He believes the playoffs will be televised on TSN.
Although some of the expenses are covered by CurlSask, other expenses will come out of pocket for the team, such as hotels and meals.
To help with these expenses, a steak night and auction will be held on March 10 at the Kipling Recreation Centre. Funds raised will go to the team to offset costs.
Whitewood Mayor Rhett Parks will be the auctioneer, and anyone can donate to the event to support the Saskatchewan junior men’s team.
Ede and his team are excited about the opportunity to represent Saskatchewan and hope to bring home the championship.
