Manitoba’s Senior champion teams have both advanced to the championship round of the Everest Seniors in Vernon, BC. They’ll each play two games today and two tomorrow – striving to reach the Saturday playoff round

In the Men’s, Dave Boehmer’s Petersfield team finished the preliminary round with 4W-2L record – behind Paul Flemming’s Nova Scotia team (5W-1L) and tied with Quebec and New Brunswick. Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte was the only unbeaten Men’s team. They topped the other pool at 6W-0L, followed by BC (5W-1L), PEI (4W-2L), and Newfoundland-Labrador (3W-3L).

In the Women’s, Joelle Brown’s Charleswood team finished at 3W-3L, in fourth place behind Ontario and Quebec (both 5W-1L) and Nova Scotia (4W-2L). Saskatchewan’s champions are also undefeated on the Women’s side, followed by BC (5W-1L), Alberta (4W-2L), and NWT (3W-3L).

The teams carry forward their records and add to it in games against the four teams from the other pool. The objective for both teams is to finish at least fourth to qualify for the playoff round: # 1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3 in the semifinals with the winners playing for the gold medal and the losers playing for the bronze.