Active Aging in Manitoba’s 55+ Games (Curling) wrapped Thursday, March 6 in Steinbach with the Bev Haas team wining the 7-team Women’s event. Doug Kok and his team won the Mixed division gold medal, Paul Scinocca’s team won the Men’s 55+ division, and the Dennis Vassart entry was awarded the Men’s 65+ gold medal.

In the 2-person Stick events, Manitoba’s recently crowned Open and Women’s champions both advanced to the finals.

In the 8-team U70 group, Ralph Nespor & Rob Lacombe played Warren McKennitt & Daniel Botha. Tied coming home, 3-3, Nespor made a hit to win.

In the 19-team 70+ group, Lynne Rehbein & Gwen Smith played reigning Canadian champions Warren Johnson & Dan McDonald. Johnson & McDonald led 3-2 coming home but bottled up the home end and didn’t have to throw their final stone.

In all 52 curlers from Southern, Winnipeg, Eastman-Interlake, and Prairie Mountain Health Regions were part of the 13 teams in the event. An additional 52 curlers took part in the two divisions of 2-person stick curling.

The curling is the preliminary event to the Manitoba 55+ Games which will be hosted by Steinbach in June.

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Steinbach Curling Club’s Cody Bergen presented the medals to Mixed winners Doug Kok, Pamela Kok, Bryan Harder, & Karen Harder

Paul Scinocca (Richard Muntain, Paul Armstrong, Joel Newbury)