Full Yearbook - Manitoba Curling Association

mAnItobA’s CredIt unIons
Masters woMen’s ChaMPionshiP
brAndon CurlInG Club
(L-R), Joyce McDougall, Linda Van Daele, Cheryl Orr, Karen Dunbar
fInAlIsts:
Heather – Rita Vandevyvere, Clarice Fitzpatrick, Bonnie Jakilazek, Leslie McMahon
he 1999-2000 season was the first year of this
t competition. In 2001 Manitoba’s Credit Union
sponsored the Manitoba Diamond Ladies Provincial
Championship for women 60 years and over. The
name was formally changed to Manitoba’s Credit
Unions Masters Women’s Championship for the
2005-2006 season.
In addition to the trophy the winner and finalist
receive individual plaques. The winner also receives the
Manitoba bison crests, provincial jackets and shirts, a
travel grant and a banner to hang in their club.
The winner of the Masters Women’s Provincial
Championship represents Manitoba at the Canadian
Open Masters Championship to declare the
Canadian champion.
The 2012 Championship was played at the
Riverview Curling Club, Brandon, Manitoba where
the Joyce McDougall team from the Brandon Curling
Club defeated the Rita Vandevyvere team from the
Heather Curling Club to claim the Masters Women’s
Championship. They competed at the Canadian
Open Championship held in Montreal, Quebec.
They finished with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses,
which secured a spot in the semi-final game against
Ontario. Ontario defeated McDougall in the semi-final
by a score 9-6, which dropped them to the bronze
medal game against Northern Ontario. Northern
Ontario claimed the bronze medal by defeating
Manitoba 10-7.
The 2012-2013 Provincial Masters Women’s
Championship will be played at the East St. Paul
Curling Club, Manitoba from February 28 - March 3,
2013. The Canadian Open Masters Championship will
be held in Thunder Bay, ON from April 18-14, 2013.
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