Full Yearbook - Manitoba Curling Association

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brAndon CurlInG Club
(L-R) Resby Coutts – CurlManitoba President, Rob Fowler, Allan Lyburn, Richard Daneault,
Derek Samagalski, Ken Shaw – Dauphin Store Manager, Canada Safeway
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Assiniboine Memorial – Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld,
Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld, Chris Neufeld – Coach
C
anada Safeway Limited is proud to be the
title sponsor of the Safeway Championship
of Provincial Men’s Curling. Safeway’s involvement
in curling dates back to 1991 when they
were the title sponsor of the 1991 Safeway World
Curling Championships played in Winnipeg.
The 2011-2012 season marked the 18 th year
that Canada Safeway has been the title sponsor
of the Provincial Men’s Curling Championship.
CurlManitoba presents the winning team
with keeper trophies a championship banner
to be hung in the winner’s home club, the
coveted purple hearts as well as the Manitoba
bison crests.
The winner of the Safeway Championship
Trophy (Manitoba) represents the province at the
Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian Men’s Curling
Championship.
Last year’s championship was played at the Credit
Union Place in Dauphin, where the Rob Fowler
team from the Brandon Curling Club defeated the
Mike McEwen team from the Assiniboine Memorial
Curling Club in the final. The Fowler team went on to
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where they finished with
a record of 8 and 3 to finish second over all. They
played in the 1 versus 2 game and lost to Ontario’s
Glenn Howard. Fowler dropped to play in the semifinal
game against Kevin Koe of Alberta. Kevin Koe
defeated Fowler by a score of 8-6. Fowler defeated
Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories to earn the
bronze medal. Glenn Howard of Ontario defeated
Alberta’s Kevin Koe to win the Brier final.
The 2012-2013 Safeway Championship will be
played at Yellowhead Center in Neepawa from
February 6-10, 2013. The Brier will be held in
Edmonton, Alberta from March 2-10, 2013.
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