Randy Neufeld and his La Salle team (Peter Nicholls, Darren Oryniak, Dale Michie, Dean Moxham) have served notice that their time at the top of Manitoba Senior & Masters Men’s curling will continue this season.

The Neufeld team opened the season with a victory in the CJOB Championship of the Bob Picken Open Masters bonspiel at Granite. The champions defeated Lionel Walz 5-2 in the Friday afternoon final game.

Because the Neufeld team already has a provincial championship berth, as defending champion, the 2024 provincial berth available through the ‘spiel had already been won by the Walz foursome.

Neufeld defeated former Manitoba Masters champion Gord McTavish (Pembina) 9-2 in their morning semi-final.  Walz defeated Lawrie Hogg (Stonewall) 5-4 in the other semi-final.   

Team Neufeld joins Hogg (2019), Walz (2021), and Joe Fouasse (2022) as champions of the event established in memory of legendary CJOB Broadcaster Bob Picken. There was no 2020 event due to Covid.

In the secondary event finals, Clarence Kohut defeated Allan Gitzel, Dave Fisher beat Joe Fouasse, and Dave Johannson won over Lori Pelissier.

FINAL GAME LINESCORES:

Walz: 101 0x = 2
Neufeld: 010 4x =5

Kohut: 200 000 12 = 5
Gitzel: 010 011 00 = 3

Fouasse: 020 301 00 = 6
Fisher: 202 020 12 = 9

Pelissier: 020 200 0x = 5
Johannson: 102 011 1x = 6