Eighty curlers from Clare, Yarmouth, Bridgetown and Liverpool joined Digby in the three-day event. With 20 four-member rinks, the local club’s ice was busy. Each team was guaranteed three games.

Depending on the draws and their success, some teams wound up playing six games, said club president Emily Carmen.

“Digby has a reputation as the best bonspiel host in the province,” said Carmen, explaining the perennial success of the end-of-season event. “And we have the best ice or at least second only to (Metro’s) Mayflower club.”

The curling club had planned to continue activities until the end of March, but the ice-making equipment is shared with the next-door arena, which began taking its ice out after Sunday.

The Digby rink of Mike Nichols, brothers Adam and Ryan Amero, and Brycen Halliday won the bonspiel.

They traded rocks and the lead before overcoming the foursome of David Raymond of Kentville, Mark Hebert of Halifax, and Cluny and Nonie Nichols of Yarmouth.

Club icemaker Rick Olsen, who was curling with the rink skipped by Keith Ring, said the championship game “was a real battle.”