News Releases and Current Results

<Aug 29, 2010>

Grassie Wins MCT Monsanto Sliding in Summer Spiel in Warren

Sean Grassie (with Corey Chambers, Scott McCamis, & Stuart Shiells) captured the championship and the $2,000 first prize in Warren’s Monsanto Sliding in Summer Bonspiel which wrapped up Sunday evening.

With their 6-0 win over Mike McEwen, skipping the Kevin Park team (Chris Galbraith, Taren Gesell, & Pat McCallum), the Grassie foursome also earned the champion’s invitation to compete in the 2011 Manitoba Curling Tour Championship. Team Park took home $1,500 to start their season.

Semi-finalists Jeff Stoughton (Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Steve Gould) and David Bohn (Dennis Bohn, Kody Janzen, Larry Solomon) both put $750 in the bank. Stoughton lost 8-7 to Park in the semi-final while Bohn was beaten 4-2 by Grassie.

Quarter-finalists Brendan Taylor (Scott Ramsay, Derek Samagalski, Nathan Bodnarchuk) and Jason Gunnlaugson (Justin Richter & Tyler Forrest) cashed $500 cheques.

The weekend results mean the Park, Gunnlaugson, Grassie, and Taylor teams all move up on the Manitoba Curling Tour Men’s Money winnings list while Stoughton and Bohn make their first appearance on this year’s money list. Mike McEwen’s share of the finalist purse increases the McEwen team’s total in the #1 position while Derek Samagalski’s share of the Taylor winnings improves the Rob Fowler team standings.

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<Aug 24, 2010>

Manitoba Curling Tour Fall Season Begins August 27 in Warren.

The August 27-29 Monsanto Sliding in Summer Bonspiel in Warren kicks off the Manitoba Curling Tour’s fall season with 14-teams competing in the event’s Competitive Division. It is the Warren bonspiel’s first appearance as an MCT–listed event.

Thirteen Men’s teams including provincial champion Jeff Stoughton and the names of Jason Gunnlaugson, David Bohn, Sean Grassie, Scott Madams, Brendan Taylor, David Kraichy, Richard Muntain, Brad Hemeryk, Andrew Irving, Dave Boehmer, Jerry Chudley, and Kevin Park  are on the draw.

Holly Scott skips the only women’s entry in the open event which will be played on championship ice prepared by Greg Ewasko.

The Bonspiel’s Recreational Division begins play Tuesday evening with the Competitive Division beginning Friday with games at 9AM and Noon. Play will continue Friday afternoon and Saturday with the 6-team championship round scheduled for Sunday. The final game in Warren is scheduled for 6pm Sunday.

The Monsanto Sliding in Summer Bonspiel is the third event of the 2010-11 competitive season. The winner will automatically be eligible to compete in this season’s Tour Championship which will be played at Morris, January 7-9, 2011.

Based on the entry of 14 teams, there will be a payout of $7,000 in prize money in the Warren event.

The Warren Bonspiel also introduces the Manitoba Curling Tour’s new relationship with CurlingZone, Canada’s premier curling results source. Curling fans are invited to follow the bonspiel at www.mancurltour.ca (Click on the Monsanto Sliding in Summer link on the schedule of events)

Based on current understanding of line-ups for this season, the top teams on the MCT Men’s & Women’s Money Winning Lists (individual earnings from Coors Light Christmas Spiel-Fort Rouge & DEKALB SuperSpiel-Morris) are:

MEN:
1) $9,000 ** Mike McEwen (winner DEKALB-Morris)
2) $2,500 Dave Boehmer (1/2 finalist DEKALB-Morris) (Boehmer-Bedard)
3) $2,500 Randy Dutiaume (1/2 finalist DEKALB-Morris) (Einarson-Lacroix from Boehmer)
4) $2,250 Jason Gunnlaugson (3/4 semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris) (team less Zawada)
5) $2,000 Vic Peters (quarter-finalist DEKALB-Morris)
6) $2,000 Ted Appelman (AB) (quarter-finalist DEKALB-Morris)
7) $1,500 William Lyburn (1/2 semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris) (Lyburn-Kilgallen with Team Carruthers)
8) $1,025 ** Dave Johnson (winner Coors Light-Fort Rouge)
9) $833.25 Scott Madams (1/4 semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris (Zawada) + earnings of N.Milnes @ Ft Rouge)
10) $775 Bryan Zachary (finalist Coors Light-Fort Rouge)
11) $750 Rob Fowler (1/4 semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris (Samagalski with Team Carruthers))
12) $750 Kevin Park (1/4 semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris (Galbraith with Team Carruthers))

WOMEN:
1) $7,000 ** Sherry Middaugh (winner DEKALB-Morris)
2) $4,000 Wang Bingyu (finalist DEKALB-Morris)
3) $2,000 Chelsea Carey (semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris)
4) $2,000 Alyssa Vandepoele (semi-finalist DEKALB-Morris)
5) $1,600 Brette Richards (quarter-finalist DEKALB-Morris)
6) $1,200 Jennifer Jones (3/4 quarter-finalist DEKALB-Morris) (team less C. O-Clapham)
7) Cathy Overton-Clapham (1/4 quarter-finalist DEKALB-Morris)

** McEwen, Johnson, Middaugh teams qualified for MCT championships
Note: the listed team standings are subject to change if team line-ups change.

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<June 10, 2010>

Dates of two Manitoba Curling Tour events have been confirmed and the accompanying schedule of events has been updated.

The Atkins Curling Supplies Charity Classic women’s event at the Charleswood Curling Club will take place again this year on the Thanksgiving weekend, October 8-11, 2010.

The White’s Drug Store Classic men’s event in Swan River will be held a week later this year than in previous years.  The Swan River bonspiel will be played November 11-14, 2010.

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