Carruthers – McEwen Final Game at Viterra Championship Mike McEwen’s Fort Rouge team has advanced to the final game of the Viterra Championship with a 6-2 victory Sunday morning over the junior champion JT Ryan (Assiniboine Memorial). On the opening end, Ryan missed a short runback and allowed Team McEwen skip BJ Neufeld a draw…
DetailsCarruthers Awaits Winner of Ryan-McEwen Sunday Morning Match Reid Carruthers and his 2015 Manitoba champion team from West St. Paul (Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson) have advanced to the Sunday afternoon provincial final at the 2018 Viterra Championship Carruthers defeated Team Mike McEwen (Fort Rouge) Saturday evening in Winkler by a 7-3 score. Still…
DetailsRyan, Irwin Advance to Viterra Page Playoff Round JT Ryan and his Manitoba Junior Champion Assiniboine Memorial team and the Brandon team skipped by Steve Irwin have won their Viterra Championship playoff round games. The two teams advanced to the Saturday 6pm Championship Page Playoff with wins on the afternoon draw. Ryan scored a three…
DetailsDraw 13: McEwen, Carruthers to Play Page 1-2 Playoff Game Defending champion and #1 seed Mike McEwen (Fort Rouge) and #2 seed Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul) have advanced to the 1-2 game on the top side of the 2018 Viterra Championship Page Playoff Round. Team McEwen, still playing with three players in Mike McEwen’s…
DetailsFour 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…
DetailsFirst 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…
DetailsVirden’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…
DetailsTop 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…
DetailsJunior Champ Ryan Among “B” Side Winners Thursday Manitoba Junior Champion JT Ryan and his Assiniboine Memorial team needed an extra end Thursday evening but posted their second win of the day 8-6 over Richard Muntain (Pinawa). Like eight other “B” Side teams, the junior champs will have to win a pair of games again…
DetailsGunnlaugson First “Top Five” Team to be Eliminated With back-to-back losses, third-seeded Jason Gunnlaugson and his Granite team have been eliminated from the chase for the 2018 Viterra Manitoba Men’s Curling Championship. After losing earlier Thursday to Daniel Birchard (Pembina), Gunnlaugson returned to the ice on the 4pm draw against Graham Freeman (Virden). Freeman led…
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