(December 3) Trevor Loreth and his Granite team and Deb McCreanor’s La Salle team have fallen short in their attempt to medal at the Everest Club Nationals in Ottawa.

After Team Loreth lost the opening playoff round to Quebec’s Phillipe Menard, they dropped to the “B” side of the playoff and posted a victory over Mark Noseworthy’s Nfld-Labrador team. Hey lost their elimination game they lost to Nicolas Deagle and his Nova Scotia team.

Team McCreanor had playoff losses to Julia Goodin of New Brunswick and Tiffany Steuber and her Alberta team.

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(December 2) BOTH MANITOBA TEAMS ADVANCE TO PLAYOFFS IN OTTAWA … Trevor Loreth and his Granite team on a pair of games on the final day of round-robin play to finish the Everest Club Championships first round of play with a perfect 6W-0L record. They advance to an eight-team double knockout payoff round and begin play Friday morning at 11:30 against Phillipe Menard of Quebec who finished 4W-2L..

Deb McCreanor and her La Salle team have also advanced to the playoff round – on the women’s side, a six-team double knock-out. They finished with a loss Thursday and a 3W-3L record – good enough for third place in their pool. They will play New Brunswick’s Julia Goodin who also finished 4W-2L.

(December 1) LORETH 4-0, MCCREANOR 3-2 AFTER DAY #3 IN OTTAWA .. Trevor Loreth’s Manitobans lead their pool with a perfect 4W-0L record at the national Club Championship in Ottawa. The Granite team won a pair today, 9-3 over BC and 6-3 over New Brunswick.

They complete their round-robin Thursday with games against Nova Scotia (3-1) and Northern Ontario (0-4).

The 4W-0L record has the Manitoba men on top of their pool with a strong possibility of being among the three teams who advance to the playoffs from their group. The Nova Scotia game Thursday on the early morning draw will be a key, as Nova Scotia is currently in second place. A Manitoba win would guarantee they advance to playoffs.

Deb McCreanor’s La Salle team split two games on Wednesday and have a 3W-2L record with a game to play tomorrow. Today’s win was a 5-4 victory over Saskatchewan, thanks to a three-ender coming home. The loss was an 8-4 defeat by previously winless Nunavut. They play undefeated Alberta on Thursday.

The Manitoba women currently rank third in their pool. Three teams advance to the playoffs from each pool so they are still in contention.

(November 30) DAY 2 RESULTS FOR MANITOBANS AT CLUB CHAMPIONS IN OTTAWA .. Granite’s Trevor Loreth team has a 2W-0L record and sits alone at the top of their pool in the Everest Club Championship in Ottawa. Team Loreth posted a 7-3 victory over North West Territories on Tuesday. They will play two games Wednesday, against BC (1W-1L) and New Brunswick (2W-1L)

On the women’s side of the event, Deb McCreanor’s La Salle team split a pair of games Tuesday. They won 7-4 over PEI (0W-2L) but lost 8-2 to Northern Ontario (2W-0L). They will play two games Wednesday, against Saskatchewan (1W-1L) and Nunavut (0W-3L)

(November 29) MANITOBANS START WITH WINS AT CLUB CHAMPIONS IN OTTAWA .. Manitoba’s champions, Deb McCreanor and Trevor Loreth, and their teams have started strong at the Everest Club Championships in Ottawa. Both Manitoba teams opened play Monday with wins over Newfoundland -Labrador.

Loreth’s Granite team (Brad Haight, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson) were 8-5 winners over a Nfld-Labrador team with an interesting Manitoba connection. Forty years ago, skip Mark Noseworthy skipped the Newfoundland team at the 1982 Labatt Brier in Brandon.

Manitoba has yet to win the Men’s division of the Clubs Championship.

McCreanor’s La Salle team (Trisha Hill, Michelle Buchanan, Jennifer Cawson) was a 7-4 winner over Nfld-Labrador Monday afternoon. Manitoba has won the Canadian title four times – Meghan Armit (2011), Stacey Fordyce (2013 & 2017), and Tracy Andries (2016)

The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams will be split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool will make the modified double-knockout playoffs, which begin Friday, Dec. 3, at 9 a.m. (all times Eastern). 

The championship semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4, at 9 a.m., and the semifinal winners will play for gold, and the losers will play for bronze later that day at 2 p.m.