News Releases and Current Results

<February 4, 2010>

The 2009-10 Manitoba Curling Tour champion, Reid Carruthers of West St. Paul, is the fourth seed in Curl Manitoba's 32-team field for the provincial Safeway championship in Steinbach this month.

Supported by Chris Galbraith, Derek Samagalski, and Shane Kilgallen, Carruthers earned $28,050 in tour events this past season, and won the MCT title in Brandon in December.

Mike McEwen of Assiniboine Memorial, who won the MCT crown in the two previous seasons (2007-08 and 2008-09), received the second seed in Steinbach, behind defending Manitoba champion Jeff Stoughton of Charleswood.

David Bohn and Kerry Burtnyk of Assiniboine Memorial, and Jason Gunnlaugson of Beausejour, who finished second, third and fourth in total MCT earnings, are seeded third, fifth and sixth by the teams for the shooting at the TG Smith Centre in Steinbach.

The Manitoba champion will represent the province in the Tim Horton's Brier in Halifax March 6th to 14th.

The next event on the Manitoba Curling Tour is the DeKalb SuperSpiel March 11th to 15th in Morris.

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<December 30, 2009>

Curling out of the Pembina club in Winnipeg, Dave Johnson skipped his team of Gary Shibata, Craig Scott, and David Bay to victory in the first event on the Manitoba Curling Tour's 2010-11 schedule (Wednesday night, Dec.30th/09).

Johnson won the COORS LIGHT CHRISTMAS OPEN at the Fort Rouge Curling Club with two playoff wins, 5-4 over Jay DeFoort of Fort Rouge in the semi-finals, and 7-1 over Bryan Zachary of the Granite in the final.

The double triumph was worth a total of $1,025 to the Johnson team on the progressive payout format, plus a berth in the MCT Championships in the season ahead.  Zachary's team earned $775, while DeFoort received
$385 and Sean Grassie of Deer Lodge, who lost 7-6 to Zachary in the semi-finals, picked up $305.

Nigel Milnes of Pembina received $335 and Norm Magnusson of Fort Rouge $305 for reaching the Coors Light quarter-finals (24 teams--six qualifiers).  Mark Franklin of Fort Rouge won the Consolation event and $240, beating clubmate Linda Stewart (who had Don Nelson skipping) 10-9 in an extra end final.

The Manitoba tour suspends at this point for the Curl Manitoba championship season, resuming March 11th-15th, 2010, with the DEKALB SUPERSPIEL at the Morris Curling Club.