CurlManitoba hosted the Viterra Men’s Regional Qualifiers at various clubs around the province from December 14-16, 2018. Berths were awarded for the 2019 Viterra Championship which will be played February 6-10, 2019 at the Tundra Oil & Gas Place in Virden, MB.
Congratulations to the following teams on earning a berth to the Viterra Championship:
East – Gimli Curling Club
Steen Sigurdson (Gimli) – Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson
South 1 – Manitou Curling Club
Curtis McCannell (Pilot Mound) – Rob Van Kommer, Bill Thiessen, Anthony Friesen, fifth Brian Stephenson and coach Jackie McCannell
Dean North (Carman) – Darcy Hayward, Wayne Nussey, Darren Peckover, fifth Kyle MacNair
Grant Shewfelt (Baldur) – Rob Van Deynze, Warren Alexander, Michael Orchard, fifth Mike Johnson
South 2 – Morris Curling Club
Randy Neufeld (La Salle) – Dean Moxham, Peter Nicholls, Brett Moxham
West 1 – Dauphin Curling Club
Kelly Robertson (Neepawa) – Peter Prokopowich, Ray Baker, Bob Scales, fifth Mark Hadway
Greg Todoruk (Dauphin) – Dwight Bottrell, Darcy Todoruk, Rob Lulashnyk
Jeff Stewart (Gladstone) – Dean Smith, Austin Mustard, Jefferey Steen, fifth Ronald Kulbacki
West 2 – Carberry Curling Club
Kelly Marnoch (Carberry) – Bart Witherspoon, Branden Jorgensen, Scott Crayston
Terry McNamee (Brandon) – Brendan Taylor, Geordie Hargreaves, Travis Gouldie
Steve Irwin (Brandon) – Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban
Winnipeg – Charleswood Curling Club
David Bohn (Assiniboine Memorial) – Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce McEwen
Daniel Birchard (Pembina) – Kelly Fordyce, Brody Moore, Andrew Peck
Trevor Loreth (Granite) – Brad Haight, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson, fifth Stu Gresham
Mark Lukowich (Granite) – Sheldon Oshanyk, Chris Chimuk, Kevin Wiebe
Brett Walter (Elmwood) – Zachary Wasylik, Terron Stykalo, Lawson Yates, fifth Chris Suchy
Sean Grassie (Deer Lodge) – Devin McArthur, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Chad Barkman, coach Jack Grassie
North – Burntwood Curling Club
Shaun Parsons (Burntwood) – Kevin Parsons, Bronston Jonasson, Jim Davidson
There are four more berths to be awarded for the Viterra Championship – Brandon Men’s Bonspiel with a berth (January 11-13) and the Manitoba Open (3 spots) that runs January 17-21, 2019.
For questions regarding the Viterra Championship please email Laurie Macdonell [email protected]
