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BOEHMER 2-0, BROWN 1-2 AFTER TWO DAYS IN VERNON

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(l-r) Dave Boehmer, Dale Lott, Sean Bracken, George Hacking Photo: Curling Canada/Wayne Emde

Dave Boehmer and his Manitoba champions form Petersfield won their only game of the day Monday to improve to 2W-0L at the Everest Seniors in Vernon, BC. The Monday win was a close 6-5 victory over New Brunswick.

In the Women’s Division, Joelle Brown’s Charleswood team split their two game son the day. An afternoon 6-5 win over PEI followed by a 6-3 loss to Ontario has the Brown team at 1W-2L at the mid-point of their round robin preliminary round.

(Sunday 11PM) AN OPENING WIN AND AN OPENING LOSS FOR MANITOBA’S SENIORS: Dave Boehmer and his Petersfield team (Dale Lott, Sean Bracken, George Hacking) have opened their Everest Senior Men’s Championship in Vernon, BC with an 8-3 win over Ontario. Boehmer and Hacking are playing their fourth national together, having won Manitoba in 2018, 2019, and 2020. They are chasing their first national title.

On the Women’s side, Joelle Brown and her Charleswood team (Maureen Bonar, Allyson Bell, Natalie Claude-Harding) opened with a loss, 6-3 to Nova Scotia. It is Brown & Claude-Harding’s first provincial title and national quest. Bell is a once Manitoba Senior champion and Bonar is a Manitoba junior champion, three-time Manitoba Scotties champion and Manitoba-Canada-World Champion with Lois Fowler in 2014-15.

(l-r) Joelle Brown, Maureen Bonar, Allyson Bell, Natalie Claude-Harding and alternate Deb McCreanor Photo: Curling Canada/Wayne Emde

SCHWALLER, HORGAN DEKALB SUPERSPIEL CHAMPS

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(l) Bayer/DEKALB title sponsor rep Kevin Chevalier and (r) Meridian (Women’s Presenting Sponsor) rep Doug Eidse with Xenia Schwaller’s DEKALB Champions

The Swiss junior champion team of Xenia Schwaller has won the 2023 DEKALB SuperSpiel, making them the first non-Canadian champion in the 16 year history of the event.

Schwaller needed an extra end today in the DEKALB final in Morris to defeat Serena Gray-Withers Alberta team 6-5. Earlier in the day, the young Swiss team had beaten Selena Sturmay (Alberta) 9-2 in the semi-final and Corrie Huerlimann (Switzerland) 8-1 in the quarterfinal.

(l) Bayer/DEKALB rep Kevin Chevalier and (r) Valley Fiber (Men’s Presenting Sponsor) rep Conley Kehler with Tanner Horgan’s DEKALB Champions

In the Men’s final, Tanner Horgan (Northern Ontario) became a two-time champion with 4-2 final game win over Braden Calvert (Manitoba). Horgan was the 2019 champion when he was playing out of Manitoba.

In the semifinal, Team Horgan, which includes 2023 Manitoba Mixed champion Ian McMillan, beat Ryan Wiebe (Manitoba) 7-1.

(December 4 – 9AM) THREE MANITOBA TEAMS IN DEKALB MEN’S PLAYOFFS, ZERO IN WOMEN’S: Fourteen teams (8 women, 6 men) have advanced to the playoff rounds of the DEKALB SuperSpiel in Morris.

It was a pleasure joining the volunteer livestream commentary crew with my friend Norm Magnusson as colour man – watching some great curling this weekend in Morris.

Two Swiss teams and one from the United States join five Canadian women’s teams. One USA team reached the men’s playoffs with five Canadian teams.

Three Manitoba men’s teams are hopeful of winning the top prize – they include the Jordon McDonald, Braden Calvert and Ryan Wiebe squads. They are joined in the playoffs by Rich Ruohenen (Minneapolis), Tanner Horgan (Northern Ontario) and Owen Purcell (Nova Scotia).

The Women’s Division features a Swiss match-up in the quarterfinals where Xenia Schwaller will play Corrie Huerlimann. The other women’s teams include Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis); Serena Gray-Withers and Selena Sturmay (Alberta) Clancy Grandy & Corryn Brown (BC); and Danielle Inglis (Ontario.

Top prize in the 24 team women’s event is $36,000 while the 16 team men’s division pays $24,000 for first place.

The final games are set for 4PM Monday in Morris.