FREEMAN RINK ADVANCES TO THE SAFEWAY SELECT

The Graham Freeman rink had a weekend to remember, winning 5 straight
games, to advance to the Provincial Championships in Beausejour, Mb
on Feb 10 to the 13th.

This was no easy matter, as it meant beating perennial champ....
the Murray Warren rink from Deloraine. On Saturday morning,
Freeman had to steal 3 ends in a row to edge Warren and then on Sunday
afternoon, they counted 5 in the 2nd and then ran Warren out of rocks
in the 10th to win the berth to the provincials.

Freeman's team is as follows;

Skip - Graham Freeman
Third - Dwayne Barkley ( throws lead stones )
Second - Kevin Barkly
Lead - Cory Barkley ( throws 3rd stones )

Murray Warren Rink

MENS PROVINCIAL ZONE 9 PLAYDOWNS

The Mens Zone 9 Playdowns started on Thursday, December 16th in Virden, with 7 teams.

Three local teams competed for the honour of advancing to the Safeway Provincial Mens Championship, in Beausejour, on February 9th to 13th. They were:

Lyle Kinnaird, Kerry Sawyer, Doug Kyle, Jay Kinnaird

Sandy Ritchie, Dallas Ritchie, Greg Allison, Chris Allison ( note Murray Jorgensen spared )

Graham Freeman, Dwayne Barkley, Kevin Barkley, Cory Barkley

Of note, Murray Warren of Deloraine, is also in the competition.

On Saturday morning, Graham Freeman defeated Murray Warren to win the A side of the event. Then Saturday afternoon Freeman beat N. Bugg, while Warren defeated B. Goethals to set up the finals on Sunday.

The two teams will meet Sunday at noon to try to decide the Zone 9 representative. Warren must beat Freeman to force a deciding game at 3:30pm.


CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE RESULTS ON SUNDAY'S GAME

http://www.curlmanitoba.org/challengedetails.php?intChallengeID=17963