"It's not only the first time a Bay View team has won it ... it's also the first time for all of us. I've been trying for nine years too," a delighted Johanson said.
A site foreman for Red Steel, Johanson, described the final as a tight affair.
"When they got within one on the 16th or 17th end I thought they were going to roll us because of the class of the players Barry had," Johanson said, referring to Wynks team of three Jim Bentley of the host club, and David Adams and Clark Norris of Palmerston North's Takaro club, who played two and lead respectively.
"Although we led all the way it was a case of us getting one and then them getting one a lot of the time. We broke away on the second to last end leaving them four to get ... we managed to hold them out and get another one," Johanson recalled.
The veteran of 12 years in the sport, Johanson, said his four don't play together often.
"We were lucky we clicked together at the weekend. All of us put in a solid effort and Wayne [Parker] was outstanding when it counted."
"Wayne is our most experienced player and I've often played with him. Terry [McGurk] is a very good player too," Johanson said.
"We'll be back next year with the aim of trying to retain the title," he said.
Like Wynks team, Johanson's quartet, had one loss before the final.
"We got whipped by a Havelock North team in our second game," Johanson added.
His team's next outing together in a "big-name" tournament is likely to be the Bowls Hastings Classic in September.
A composite team skipped by Jack Phillip of Bowls Taradale beat the Havelock North team skipped by Greg Hodges 21-15 in the Hawera Cup final.
This was the bottom eight section of the tournament and Phillip had Havelock North's Graeme Fulford at three, Taradale's Dave Bond at two and Taradale's John McLaughlin at lead.
Hodges had Grant Hall at three, Hall's father Bob at two and Merv Brown at lead.
Although beaten in this final Hodges team was the only one to beat the winning Bay View quartet.
