CurlManitoba hosted the Viterra Regional Qualifiers at various clubs across Manitoba from January 5-7, 2018. The winners of these regional qualifiers have earned a berth to the Viterra Championship, January 30-Februay 4, 2018 at the Winkler Centennial Arena in Winkler, MB.
The following teams earned their berth to the Viterra Championship:
Winnipeg
Travis Bale (Fort Rouge) – Andrew Irving, Geoff Lang, Brad Van Walleghem, Roy Janz, coach Guy Mao
Daniel Birchard (Pembina) – Kelly Fordyce, Brody Moore, Andrew Peck
Tyler Drews (Fort Rouge) – Joshua Drews, Daryl Evans, Jake Zelenewich
Andrew Wickman (Fort Rouge) – Ryan Hlatkey, Justin Paddock, Rodney Legault
David Bohn (Assiniboine) – Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce McEwen
Riley Smith (Fort Rouge) – Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Brett Walter (Elmwood) – Zachary Wasylik, Chase Dusessoy, Liam Tod
Westman
Cale Dunbar (Riverview) – Shayne MacGranachan, Cody Chatham, Kyle Sambrook
Steve Irwin (Brandon) – Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban, Dale Brooks
Terry McNamee (Brandon) – Brendan Taylor, Geordie Hargreaves, Trevor Calvert, coach Grant Calvert
Central
Randy Neufeld (La Salle) – Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Dale Michie, Dean Moxham
Ryan Thomson (Morden) – Kyle Peters, Mark Georges, Evan Gillis, Mitch Halstead
Parkland
Rob Fisher (Dauphin) – Jason Yates, Mike Csversko, Lawson Yates
Brandon Radford (Swan River) – Brett MacDonald, Carter Watkins, Austin Pearson, Neal Watkins
Eastman
Richard Muntain (Pinawa) – Mike McCaughan, Rylan Young, Stu Shiells
Interlake
Tanner Lott (Winnipeg Beach) – Justin Reynolds, Wade Ford, Nick Weshnoweski
Norman
Travis Graham (Burntwood) – Grant Brown, Shaun Kennedy, Jeff Ziemanski
They join the following teams who have already earned their berth to this year’s championship:
Kelly Marnoch (Spring Berth)
Braden Calvert (Fall Berth)
Julien Leduc (Fall Berth)
Jason Gunnlaugson (MCT Champion)
William Lyburn (MCT Ranking)
Dennis Bohn (MCT Ranking)
Reid Carruthers (2016-17 CTRS Points)
Pat Simmons (2017-18 CTRS Points)
JT Ryan (2017-18 CTRS Points)
Mike McEwen (Returning Champion)
Sean Grassie (Carberry MCT Champion)
