Four Teams a Win Away from the Page Playoffs The eight-team playoff round, the second stage of the 2018 Viterra Men’s Curling Championship, got underway on the Friday evening draw at Winkler’s Centennial Arena. Defending champion Mike McEwen’s team from the Fort Rouge, continued play without their skip on this draw. They played Steve Irwin…
First Playoff Round Games Set The Friday evening draw, the first round of the 2018 Viterra Championship playoffs, is set following the “B” Side qualifying games on the late afternoon draw in Winkler. JT Ryan (Assiniboine) defeated Dennis Bohn 9-3 in 5 ends Steve Irwin (Brandon) upended 5th seed William Lyburn (Assiniboine) 8-5 David Bohn…
Virden’s Freeman Continues Impressive Run at Viterra Perhaps looking forward to next year when Virden will host the 2019 Viterra Championship, Graham Freeman and his Virden foursome have strung together an impressive three wins in a row to reach the 2018 event’s “B” Side qualifying games. On Friday’s noon draw, Team Freeman defeated Darryl Friesen…
Top Seeds Advance to Playoff Round The defending champions and number one seeded Mike McEwen team (Fort Rouge) and second seed Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul) have advanced to the second stage, the playoff round, of the 2018 Viterra Championship. Playing their second game without skip Mike McEwen, his team (BJ & Denni Neufeld and…