Trafalgar will have two teams competing in the "big one" today at Newborough.
After a week off, the club's division one team is set to play Traralgon.
Finishing fourth on the ladder, the division two side staged a great comeback to win a close preliminary final over Drouin to advance to today's grand final.
Division one:
Trafalgar has met Traralgon twice this season, winning on both occasions.
The grand final teams have been announced. They are: Matt Schreyer (skip), Edward Kuklinsky, Heather Taylor and Mary Holdsworth; Adam Proctor (skip), Paul Dawson, Helen Robertson and Sue Robinson; and, Ian Miles (skip), Matt Ogilvie, Noel Rubenstein and Pat Tatterson.
Division two: Trafalgar (2) 16/65 defeated Drouin (2) 0/55
After a close win, Trafalgar will play off against Newborough at Newborough in the grand final.
Peter Watson (skip), Greg Sephton, Lyn Hill and Col Carmichael won 22/20.
Wayne Hurst (skip), David Wilson, Paul Gridley and Joanna Reekie won 21/18.
Rob Matthews (skip), Darryl Horner, Rob Connell and Tony Dawson won 22/17.
Trafalgar got off to a bad start in the preliminary final, with Rob's rink and Peter's rink being kept scoreless 0/8 and 0/10 respectively for the first six ends.
Luckily, Wayne's team had the upper hand and led 12/2 at this stage, leaving Trafalgar in deficit by 12 shots.
Over the next few ends, Trafalgar slowly whittled away Drouin's lead to five shots.
The tide then turned, with Trafalgar scoring 10 shots across the three rinks on the 12th end. For the first time in the game, Trafalgar led overall 36/31.
At the 12th end, Wayne's rink was up 16/4 and held off a strong finishing Drouin side to score a 21/18 win.
Peter's rink outscored their opponents 19 to 6 for a two-shot win, and Rob's team scored 17 to 4 to earn a five-shot win and rink of the day.
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