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…
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…
Details“A” Side Qualifying Games Set Team Mike McEwen (Fort Rouge), playing without their skip who is under the weather, and Team Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul) have won their second games of the 2018 Viterra Championship in Winkler. The top two seeds in the event both scored eleven points enroute to games on the Friday…
DetailsSecond Viterra Wins for Lyburn, Simmons After surviving an extra-end thriller on opening day at the Viterra Championship in Winkler, #5 seed William Lyburn and his Assiniboine Memorial team were first off the ice Thursday morning. The extra end stolen victory Wednesday over young Brett Walter (Elmwood) may have served as a wake-up call for…
DetailsRyan Loses Opener, Four Teams Eliminated Manitoba Junior Men’s Champion JT Ryan and his Assiniboine Memorial team (Jacques Gauthier, Colin Kurz, Brendan Bilawka), coming off a finalist finish in the Canadian Juniors, lost their opener in the Viterra Men’s championship in Winkler Wednesday evening. The Ryan foursome led Kyle Foster (Arborg) 4-2 after six ends…
DetailsMcEwen Begins Quest for Return Brier Trip Defending champion Mike McEwen and his Fort Rouge team ( BJ & Denni Neufeld, Matt Wozniak) were one of two teams to steal five-enders on the 4pm draw at the Viterra Championship in Winkler. McEwen went on to defeat Merv Satterthwaite (St. Vital) 9-2 as he began his…
Details2018 Men’s TankardThis is some text… blah blah blah. Gunnlaugson, Simmons Post Opening Victories Third seed Jason Gunnlaugson and his Granite team (Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan) and fourth seed Pat Simmons, also from Granite, (Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Rob Gordon) have both won their openers at the 2018 Viterra Men’s Curling Championship…
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