Twenty-four teams, 12 Men & 12 Women, assembled at Fort Rouge CC this weekend to contest the Manitoba Curling Tour Championship.

Beth Peterson took on Sarah-Jane Sass in the Sunday afternoon Women’s final. Peterson (Kelsey Roque, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Kurz) controlled the game but Sass (Katie Lukowich, Mackenzie Arbuckle, Julian Milan) stole on the sixth to make it interesting, down 6-4 with 2 to play.  The game ended after seven ends when Peterson put a three on the board for a 9-4 final score.

To reach the final, Peterson beat Lisa McLeod 7-0 in the semifinal while Sass needed an extra end to oust Holly Duncan (Woodstock, ON)

Braden Calvert (Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Robbie Gordon-sparing for Brendan Bilawka)  won the Sunday afternoon Manitoba Curling Tour Championship Men’s final with a last rock draw to the button to score a pair for a 7-6 win over the Jordan Peters team (skipped by Adam Flatt with  Sean Flatt, Emerson Klimpke, and Ryan Wiebe subbing for Peters).

Calvert led 3-0 after 1 end and 5-1 after 3 but trailed 6-5 coming home after a deuce, a steal of two and a steal of 1 by the Flatt-skipped team. On the final end, Flatt had second shot in the four foot circle forcing the need for Calvert to be perfect on his last.

In the semifinals, Team Flatt/Peters defeated Brett Walter 5-4 with a steal coming home while Calvert beat Sean Grassie, tied 5-5 coming home.

All four semi finalist teams will be playing in the Viterra Championship in Portage in early February.