Four teams, one in the Women’s competition and only three in the Men’s championship, are unbeaten after the two-game opening day of the Manitoba’s Credit Unions Masters Championship in Portage.
In the four team Women’s division, where the teams will play a double round-robin with playoffs, East St. Paul’s Judy Colwell team leads the way with a pair of first day victories. Skipped by Wendy Nykoluk, the leaders defeated Karen Fallis (Fort Rouge) and Deb McCreanor (La Salle) in their two victories. Fallis and McCreanor both have 1W-1L records.
In the Men’s competition, defending champion Randy Neufeld (La Salle) and the Stan Struthers (Pembina) team, with Gord MacKay throwing fourth stones, have 2W-0L records to lead the Asham Group standings board. Former champion Murray Warren (Brandon) has the only 2W-0L record in the Asham Ultra Force Group.
The 16-team Master Men’s championship features three teams from the Granite CC, two each from Brandon, Hamiota and Fort Rouge and single entries from Arden, Burntwood, East St. Paul, La Salle Miami, Stonewall, and Virden.
The teams will play seven games in their 8-team round robin pools.
Playoffs in the Women’s championships will wrap up Sunday afternoon and the finals of the Men’s championship on Monday afternoon.
