TWO WOMEN’S TEAMS UNBEATEN; PLAYOFFS SET AT FORT ROUGE

Jennifer Clark-Rouire

Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Ft Garry) and Kara Balshaw (Thistle) ended the round robin of the Seagram’s Whisky Women’s Club Championship with wins – giving both teams perfect 5W-0L records and first place in their respective pools.

Team JCR beat former champion Loris Pelissier (Thistle) 6-2 while Balshaw was a 9-5 winner over former champ Tracy Andries.

In the semifinals, Sunday at 10AM, Balshaw will play Stacey Irwin’s former champion Brandon team who finished second in their pool with a 4W-1L record.

The Clark-Rouire foursome will play Lisa Dickson (St. Vital) who defeated Tiffany Armstrong (Dauphin) in a late Saturday tiebreaker. The two had both won their final round robin games to finish at 3W-2L and force the tiebreaker.

In the Men’s tiebreaker, Grant Brown (Burntwood) and Kyle Forsyth (Dauphin) both scored a pair of steals but Forsyth scored one more point in a 5-4 tiebreaker win. Forsyth advances to play David Bohn (AMCC) while Andy Stewart (Stonewall) plays Derek Anderson (Gimli) in the semifinals.

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