Dave Boehmer and his Team Manitoba scored an 8-5 win over Mike Kennedy (NB) to win the bronze medal game Saturday afternoon in Vernon. The gold medal was won by Paul Flemming and his Nova Scotians with a 4-3 win over Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte.

The Women’s gold medal game was won by Ontario (10-4 over Saskatchewan) while the bronze medal went to BC (7-3 over Alberta).

(Saturday AM) TEAM BOEHMER’S TO PLAY FOR BRONZE MEDAL: Team Manitoba lost 7-1 in 6 ends Saturday morning to Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte, dropping Dave Boehmer’s Petersfield team into the afternoon Bronze medal game against New Brunswick. Mike Kennedy’s NB team lost to first place Paul Flemming (Nova Scotia).

In the Women’s Everest Seniors, Saskatchewan will also play for the Gold medal, against Ontario. Alberta and BC will play in the Bronze medal game.

(Friday late) TEAM BOEHMER’S 8TH WIN PUTS THEM IN THE MEDAL ROUND: An extra end steal for a 5-4 win over Prince Edward Island has given Dave Boehmer’s Manitoba team an 8W-2L record and a berth in the Canadian Seniors medal round Saturday.

At the same time, Nova Scotia’s Paul Flemming was beating Bruce Korte (SK), meaning the two also finished with 8W-2L records. Flemming beat both Manitoba and Saskatchewan so Nova Scotia was assigned first place. Manitoba beat Saskatchewan so the Petersfield team was assigned second place in the standings.

Manitoba will play Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia will play New Brunswick in the semifinals Saturday morning. The winners play for the gold medal and the losers for the bronze Saturday afternoon.

Boehmer’s Manitobans were the only team in the men’s event to won all four of their championship round games. Flemming and New Brunswick’s Mike Kennedy both won three of four games while Korte had a split in his four games.

In the Senior women’s championship, Joelle Brown’s Manitobans finished with a record of 5W-5L after a final game loss to Northwest Territories.

Saskatchewan (9W-1L) plays BC (7W-3L) while Alberta (7W-3L) plays Ontario (also 7W-3L).

(Friday Afternoon) TEAM BOEHMER WINS 3 IN A ROW, POISED TO ADVANCE: Manitoba’s Dave Boehmer team has won three in a row to improve their record to 7W-2L at the Everest Seniors in Vernon.

After finishing the preliminary round with a 4W-2L record, the Petersfield foursome has improved to 7W-2L and now sits tied for second with a game to play this evening.

Bruce Korte’s Saskatchewan team leads the way with an 8W-1L record; their only loss came at the hands of Manitoba Thursday evening. They have also beaten British Columbia and Newfoundland-Labrador in the championship round. Their final game in this round will be Friday evening against Prince Edward Island, whose record currently sits at 4W-5L.

Behind Saskatchewan in first place, Manitoba is tied with Nova Scotia and British Columbia.

A win over PEI will assure Manitoba of advancing to the Saturday medal round. Even with a loss, they very well could advance – depending, of course, on the results by the other &W-2L teams.

In the Women’s division, Joelle Brown’s Charleswood team has a 5W-4L record after winning two of three games so far in the championship round. Their final game this evening is against Northwest Territories who are also at 5W-4L.

Only Saskatchewan at 8W-1L and Ontario at 7W-2L are assured of advancing to the medal rounds. They play each other this evening.

Among the other six teams, who play each other this evening, there is a possible five-way tie for third place with a 6W-4L record. Team Brown must win to be a part of that and then hope that the tiebreaker system works to their advantage.

Manitoba’s Senior champion teams have both advanced to the championship round of the Everest Seniors in Vernon, BC. They’ll each play two games today and two tomorrow – striving to reach the Saturday playoff round

In the Men’s, Dave Boehmer’s Petersfield team finished the preliminary round with 4W-2L record – behind Paul Flemming’s Nova Scotia team (5W-1L) and tied with Quebec and New Brunswick. Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte was the only unbeaten Men’s team. They topped the other pool at 6W-0L, followed by BC (5W-1L), PEI (4W-2L), and Newfoundland-Labrador (3W-3L).

In the Women’s, Joelle Brown’s Charleswood team finished at 3W-3L, in fourth place behind Ontario and Quebec (both 5W-1L) and Nova Scotia (4W-2L). Saskatchewan’s champions are also undefeated on the Women’s side, followed by BC (5W-1L), Alberta (4W-2L), and NWT (3W-3L).

The teams carry forward their records and add to it in games against the four teams from the other pool. The objective for both teams is to finish at least fourth to qualify for the playoff round: # 1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3 in the semifinals with the winners playing for the gold medal and the losers playing for the bronze.

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.