SMITH/REHBEIN WIN MANITOBA STICK WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

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As President of MSCA, it was my privilege to present the champions trophy to Gwen Smith and Lynne Rehbein.

Gwen Smith & Lynne Rehbein (St. Vital) needed extra end wins in the semi-final and the final Sunday afternoon to win the Manitoba Stick Curling Association’s Women’s Championship today at East St. Paul.

Smith/Rehbein were the only team to run undefeated through the four-game round robin and three playoff rounds. Their final game opponents Darlene Maywood & Kathie Allardyce (also St. Vital), were also unbeaten going into the final.

Two blue OR one yellow wins the game – one blue it is a tie and an extra end. The game went to the extra end!

The champions survived a three-stone measure , one of theirs vs two of the opponents, giving up a single point and a tie to force an extra end. Smith/Rehbein won 6-5, scoring one on the extra without throwing their final stone.

To reach the final, Smith/Rehbein also needed an extra end to be Britta Spiring/Terry Beaudoin) St. Vital/Ft Rouge) in the semifinal. Allardyce/Maywood defeated Debbis Palson/Marian Versluis (East St. Paul) in their semifinal.

The other four qualifiers, eliminated in quarterfinals, were Janice White/Shelly Stupnisky (Morris), Lorna Marr/Val Kolson (Springfield), Alison King/Irene Runolfson (Warren), and Sherry Gruhle/Fern McConnell (Victoria Beach).

The MSCA’s second championship, the Open Championship, will be played next weekend in Stonewall.

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