(Friday, February 6) The first playoff games were played in the 2026 Bunge Championship Friday evening in Selkirk with the winners, Jordon McDonald-Assiniboine Memorial and Braden Calvert-Heather, advancing to meet Saturday evening at 7:00PM in the Page 1-2 Playoff game.

The second-seeded Team McDonald (Jacques Gauthier, Elias Huminicki, Cam Olafson, Coach Bryan Miki) handed the defending champion Reid Carruthers-Granite team their second loss of the day, a 6-2 McDonald win. Team Carruthers  (BJ Neufeld, Catlin Schneider, Connor Njegovan, Alternate Kyle Doering, Coach Rob Meakin) had earlier lost their A-qualifier game to Brett Walter-Assiniboine Memorial before winning a B-qualifier over Steve Irwin (Brandon).

The third-seeded Team Calvert (Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka, Alternate Rob Gordon), playing their third game of the day, were 10-4 winners over fourth-seed Walter (Julien Leduc, Graham McFarlane, Hugh McFarlane). Earlier, Team Calvert had lost an A-qualifier game to McDonald before winning a B-qualifier over Jace Freeman (Virden).

The winner of the Saturday evening McDonald vs Calvert match-up will go direct to the Sunday afternoon final game. The loser will have a second chance in the Sunday morning semi-final.

Meanwhile, the final two playoff qualifiers will be identified Saturday morning at 9:00AM in Selkirk. The C-Side Qualifying games will feature #5 seed Tanner Lott (Fort Rouge) playing Steve Irwin (Brandon) and Freeman against Kelly Marnoch (Carberry).

On the late draw Friday, Irwin advanced with a win over Daniel Birchard (Pembina), Freeman eliminated Cale Dunbar (Brandon) and Marnoch handed a third loss to the Deer Lodge Sean Grassie team (skipped by Justin Richter).

(Thursday, February 5) TOP FOUR SEEDS ADVANCE TO A-SIDE QUALIFYING GAMES: The top four seeds have advanced to play the first two playoff qualifier games in the triple knock-out CurlManitoba Bunge Provincial Men’s Championship underway in Selkirk. The four have won their first two games in the competition. A Reid Carruthers (Granite) vs Brett Walter (Assiniboine Memorial) game and a Jordon McDonald (Assiniboine Memorial) vs Braden Calvert (Heather) match-up will be the feature attractions on the Friday 8:30AM draw. The winners will be the first qualifiers into the six-team playoff round.

Top-seeded Reid Carruthers (BJ Neufeld, Catlin Schneider, Connor Njegovan, Alternate Kyle Doering, Coach Rob Meakin) advanced with an extra end win over Andrew Wickman (Fort Rouge) and a last stone four-foot draw win over Jace Freeman (Virden).

Second-seed Jordon McDonald – Assiniboine Memorial (Jacques Gauthier, Elias Huminicki, Cam Olafson, Coach Bryan Miki) posted preliminary wins over Derrick Anderson (Gimli) and  Kelly Marnoch (Carberry).

The first two wins for third-seed Braden Calvert (Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka, Alternate Rob Gordon) came over Stefan Gudmundson (Steinbach) and Steve Irwin (Brandon).

Fourth-seed Brett Walter (Julien Leduc, Graham McFarlane, Hugh McFarlane) had their two victories over Marcus Titchkosky (Morden) and #5 seed Tanner Lott (Fort Rouge).

The losers of the Carruthers-Walter and McDonald-Calvert games will drop into B-Side qualifying games at 4PM Friday. The four other teams still alive on that B-Side are Irwin, Marnoch, Freeman, and Lott.

Eight teams will also play Friday in C-Side elimination games.  The first four teams eliminated from the new triple knock-out event on Thursday were Gudmundson, Ryan Hyde and Brett Moxham (Portage), and Cory Naharnie (Granite).