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Event News / History:
October 11, 2005
Jeff Stoughton of Charleswood and Janet Harvey of
Fort Rouge skipped their teams to victory in the inaugural ASHAM 8-ENDER
OPEN, held at the former Valour Road Curling Club in Winnipeg. Stoughton
(with Jonathan Mead, Garry Van Den Berghe, and Steve Gould) won seven
out of eight starts, including a 7-4 victory over Mark Lukowich of
Valour Road in the men's final at the Asham Arena. The win was worth
$10,000 to Stoughton, who also captured the Manitoba Lotteries Wheat
City Classic to start the MCT circuit two weeks ago.
Lukowich earned $6,000, while
losing semi-finalists Graham Freeman of Virden and Sean Grassie of Deer
Lodge picked up $4,400 apiece. Dave Smith of Valour Road, Doug Riach of
St. Vital, Allan Lyburn of Brandon, and Brent Scales of Swan River
received $3,600 each in losing in the quarter-finals, while Reid
Carruthers of Valour Road earned $2,400 for reaching the playoff extra
series (24 teams-9 qualifiers).
In the women's division, Harvey
(with Jill Thurston, Cherie-Ann Loder, and Carey Burgess) had a perfect
5-0 record, beating Linda Stewart of Swan River 7-1 in the final to earn
$1,800. Stewart took home $1,160, losing semi-finalists Karen Porritt
and Marlene Lang, both of St. Vital, $800 apiece.
October 12, 2004
The teams of Dave Smith and Janet Harvey
won the men's and women's titles in the LABATT VALOUR ROAD CASH SPIEL
last night (October 11th).
Smith's foursome (with Don Nelson, Rick Lemoine, and Greg Klassen) from
St. Vital earned $4,800 and a berth in the MCT Championships in January.
Smith defeated Vic Peters of Winnipeg's Granite club ($2,400) 6-3 in the
final.
Russ Hays of St. Vital and Brent Braemer of Assiniboine-Memorial ($1,375
apiece) lost in the semi-finals, while Dave Johnson of Deer Lodge and
Chris Galbraith of Stonewall ($900 each) were sidelined in the
quarter-finals (24 teams-six qualifiers). Rob Atkins of Valour Road
($500) was the consolation winner.
Harvey's Fort Rouge team (with Jill Thurston, Kim Overton, and Carey
Burgess) earned $1,800 and an MCT berth, topping Kristy Jenion of St.
Vital ($1,160) 5-4 in the women's division final at Valour Road. Lynda
Stewart of Swan River and Karen Porritt of St. Vital ($800 each) were
the semi-final losers (16 teams-four qualifiers).
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