WESTOBA CREDIT UNION MASTERS SUPER LEAGUE

Murray Duncan and his Virden team won 7 to 4 and now sports a 5 and 5 record and is tied for 5th spot in the 14 team division.

Terry Hayward and his Virden team, won a wild 10 to 9 match. The win puts Hayward in a second place tie with Gil Van Daele at 8 wins and 2 losses, behind Rollie Mckay's league leading 10 and 0 mark.

WESTMAN SUPER LEAGUE

On Wednesday night, the number one team, Kelly Skinner, lost to Willie Lyburn, 9 to 5 and now is tied for 1st place with a 6 and 2 record.

Allan Lyburn defeated Blair Goethals of Deloraine, 6 to one, to move to 6 and 2 and a first place tie.

Graham Freeman of Virden, was edged out 5 to 4 by Jerry Chudley of Neepawa. Graham now has a 5 and 5 record.

VIRDEN CURLING CLUB - YEARS GONE BY

CAN YOU NAME THE CURLERS IN THE 2 PICTURES. THEY WERE TAKEN JUST FOLLOWING THE LADIES BONSPIEL IN 1978.

ZONE 3 JUNIOR CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to the Erin Renard rink from Virden, for winning the Zone 3 Junior Girls playdowns in Shoal Lake on the weekend. Erin won a hard fought victory over Janelle Vachon, also of Virden ( Oak Lake ).

In the picture is Erin Renard, Megan Anderson, Courtney Chapman and Caitlin Sparwood.

Good luck Erin in the Provincial Playdowns.

INTERLAKE PARMACY CLASSIC - Stonewall

Allan Lyburn's team from Brandon, with Cory Barkley and Darcy Hayward, lost tonight in the Semi final of the bonspiel, to Jeff Stoughton. Stoughton now plays Brad Haight in the Final.

Lyburn won $3,000

GREY CUP PARTY - at the Virden Curling Club

Darwin Walker organized a very successful Grey Cup Party on Sunday, at the
Virden curling club. 10 teams curled and then many enjoyed the game together, on the clubs 42in LCD.

The Canteen made cheeseburgers for all, and the bar realized almost $1,000 in sales.

BAR MANAGER

The other half of the Bar Manager duo, is Karla Gardiner. Karla and Darla have done a great job, managing the bar this curling season. They had a very sucessful Grey Cup Party on Sunday, with over $950 in sales. Great work Girls !!!

FRIDAY MIXED LEAGUE

It was Roy Draper's teams turn to bring soup and help out in the Canteen. It was a great meal and we thank them all. Stella Tapp made one of the soups and can be seen in the Canteen with Rink Manager Debbie McLellan.

Doug Rookes, gets ready to curl and Karen McKinnon and Janice Simpson look at old pictures.

ZONE 4 - JUNIOR GIRLS PLAYDOWNS

The Danielle Wood foursome beat Krista McNamee last night in the finals of the Zone 4 Junior Girls playdowns. Danielle's team is made up of April Jorgensen, Rosaline Ripley and Ashley Ewasiuk.

MCT - INTERLAKE PHARMACY CLASSIC - Stonewall

Allan Lyburn and his team from Brandon seem to be on a roll. They recently won the Swan River Pharmacy Bonspiel and $9,000. They are now doing very well in Stonewall. After winning their opening game, they came up against well known Vic Peters and prevailed 8 to 3.

Allan ( including Cory Barkley ) now play one of three A side qualifing games against Jim Todoruk, at 11:30am this morning. The total purse for this spiel is $27,000. Check our the Manitoba Curling association site for more updates.

LYBURN QUALIFIES FOR FINALS ON MONDAY !!!!!

JUNIOR LADIES ZONE 3 PLAYDOWNS - Shoal Lake

Erin Renard and Janelle Vachon have both done very well in the Zone 3 playdowns this weekend. They both won their first two games and then met - head to head. Renard emerge the Zone 3 Champs with 2 hard fought victories over Janelle.

JUNIOR ZONE 3 PLAYDOWNS - Shoal Lake

Jay Kinnaird and his foursome from Virden, defeated Erin Olson at 10am on Saturday and then lost to Brett Fitzmaurice on Saturday afternoon.

Fitzmaurice now awaits the winner of Kinnaird and Trevor Calvert at 10am Sunday morning. The final goes at 2pm to decide the rep for Zone 3.

ZONE 3 - JUNIOR PLAYDOWN

November 22 2008, 2:00 PM
Erin Renard(0) vs Janelle Vachon(0)

RENARD BEATS VACHON 9 TO 7

November 22 2008, 10:00 AM
Janelle Vachon(7) vs Erin Renard(9)


November 21 2008, 9:00 PM
Janelle Vachon(11) vs Gillian Lewis(7)
Erin Renard(9) vs Courtnay Patterson(6)


November 21 2008, 6:30 PM
Courtnay Patterson(5) vs Janelle Vachan (12)
Erin Renard(14) vs Gillian Lewis(4)

KINNAIRD WINS IN ZONE 3 JUNIOR BOYS PLAYDOWNS

November 23 2008, 2:00 PM
Unspecified(0) vs Unspecified(0)


November 23 2008, 10:00 AM
Unspecified(0) vs Unspecified(0)


November 22 2008, 2:00 PM
Jay Kinnaird(0) vs Brett Fitzmaurice(0)


November 22 2008, 10:00 AM
Brett Fitzmaurice(1) vs Trevor Calvert(11)
Erin Olson(5) vs Jay Kinnaird(8)


November 21 2008, 9:00 PM
Trevor Calvert(5) vs Jay Kinnaird(7)
Wes Gill(2) vs Erin Olson(10)


November 21 2008, 6:30 PM
Trevor Calvert(7) vs Wes Gill(4)
Erin Olson(3) vs Brett Fitzmaurice(8)

INTERLAKE PARMACY CLASSIC - Stonewall

Allan Lyburns foursome, including Cory Barkley won their first A side game, on Friday evening, over Chris Briand. That now puts them up against Vic Peters at 2:30pm Saturday afternoon. If they win, they will move into an A qualifing game at 11:30am on Sunday.

check www.mancurltour.ca for more updates

ZONE 3 - JUNIOR PLAYDOWN

Zone 3 Junior Women's Playdown
Junior Women's
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November Events
Start November 20, 2008
End November 23, 2008
Location Shoal Lake



Zone 3 Junior Women's Playdown

Janelle Vachon defeats Gillian Lewis 11-7

Erin Renard defeats Courtnay Patterson 9-6

Zone 3 Junior Men's Playdown

Jay Kinnaird defeats Trevor Calvert 7-5

Erin Olson defeats Wes Gill 10-2

DRAW

November 23 2008, 10:00 AM FINAL
Unspecified(0) vs Unspecified(0)


November 22 2008, 2:00 PM
Erin Renard(0) vs Janelle Vachon(0)


November 22 2008, 10:00 AM
Janelle Vachon(0) vs Erin Renard(0)


November 21 2008, 9:00 PM
Janelle Vachon(11) vs Gillian Lewis(7)
Erin Renard(9) vs Courtnay Patterson(6)


November 21 2008, 6:30 PM
Courtnay Patterson(5) vs Janelle Vachan (12)
Erin Renard(14) vs Gillian Lewis(4)

WESTOBA CREDIT UNION MASTERS SUPER LEAGUE

On Wednesday, Nov 19th, two Virden teams took to the ice in the Westoba Credit Union Masters Super League. The league has 28 teams and plays every Wednesday in Brandon.

Murray Duncan's team, in the Money Masters Division sits at 4 and 5.

In the Rock Solid Division, Rollie McKay leads at 9 and 0, followed closely by Terry Haywards team, tied for second at 7 and 2. Hayward won two games on Wednesday.

CURLING SHOTS

WCT NOTES

— Jeff Stoughton, with Brandon’s Rob Fowler at second, joins Brandon’s Allan Lyburn at the $27,000 Interlake Pharmacy Classic in Stonewall. Play opens Friday and concludes with Monday’s final.


ENTRY DEADLINE

— The Brandon Men’s Berth Bonspiel, which offers a spot in the 2009 Safeway Championship in Selkirk, will accept entries until Dec. 2. Teams not eligible for a berth are also welcome to compete, as the men’s championship berth will go to the highest placing eligible team. Entry fees are $320 per team. Contact Gary Poole at 729-1097 for details. Women’s teams looking for a berth into the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Neepawa must enter their names and pay fees by Nov. 27. Call Harvey Moir (Zone 4) at 522-8142, Jean Garbolinsky (Zone 3) at 867-2372, Dennis Hyrich (Zone 5) at 526-0995 or Bev Atkins (Zone 6) at 242-2581 for details.

ZONE 3 PLAY DOWNS THIS WEEKEND

Zone 3, which includes Brandon’s Wheat City Curling Club, will feature a junior women’s four-team double-knockout draw at the Shoal Lake Curling Club for one berth this Saturday or Sunday, if an A-B final is required. Courtnay Patterson of Shoal Lake, Janelle Vachon of Virden, Erin Renard of Virden and Minnedosa’s Gillian Lewis will play off for that berth. In the junior men’s draw, also in Shoal Lake, Virden’s Jay Kinnaird, Trevor Calvert of the Wheat City, Wes Gill of Rivers, and Erin Olson and Brett Fizmaurice of the Wheat City will play off in a double-knockout event.

VIRDEN GOLDEN BEARS WIN TOURNEY

HOLE'S GOALS HELP VIRDEN TAKE TITLE

VIRDEN — Riley Hole scored twice in a four-point performance to help the Virden Golden Bears win their own high school hockey tournament on Sunday. Brett Howell also scored twice for the Golden Bears, who blanked the Killarney/ Wawanesa Raiders 6-0 in the gold medal game. Bryn Chyzyk and Danny Cochrane also scored for Virden, while Jared Davies earned the shutout. In the bronze medal game, the Birtle Falcons beat the Major Pratt Trojans 4-1 behind a two-goal performance from Curtis Gardham, who also added an assist. Brendon Salmon and Aaron Lee also scored for Birtle, while Josh Dunn replied for Russell-based Major Pratt.

WESTMAN SUPER LEAGUE - Wednesday, Nov 19th

RESULTS FROM THE WESTMAN SUPER LEAGUE

Freeman 8 Marnoch 5

Graham Freeman (4-3) only scored points in deuces and stole his fourth one to net the victory. Marnoch, who notched a three-ender in the fifth end, fell to 2-5.

A. Lyburn 6 McNamee 3

Allan Lyburn (5-2) holds second place all by himself thanks to a three-ender in the fourth end, a stolen single in the fifth and a deuce in the seventh. McNamee dropped to 4-3 on the year.

Skinner 5 Lawn 4 (extra end)

Tied 2-2 after five ends, Skinner took scored singles in three of the last four ends, including the extra frame, to improve his league-leading record to 6-1. Lawn fell to 1-6.

VIRDEN HIGH SCHOOL CLINIC - MORE PICTURES

VIRDEN HIGH SCHOOL CURLING CLINIC - NOV 19th

Roberta Bailey, Mark Robertson and Louis Vachon organized a clinic for the High School Curling league. They enlisted Allan Lyburn's team from Brandon, with Allan, Scott Ramsey, Mark Taylor and Cory Barkley, giving them a hand in teaching curling skills to the young curlers. Mainline Motors, Allan's teams main sponsor, also got involved to make this a great day for everyone.

They started with warm-up tips before actually hitting the ice. Then they split into groups to teach curling technique and strategy. They had a break with hot chocolate and cookies and then back to the ice, to actually play some games with the instructors. All in all it was a great opportunity for the high school kids to learn from some very accomplished curlers.

The Virden Curling Club would like to express our sincere thanks to all those involved in setting up and conducting this clinic.

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This clinic followed a Junior Curling Clinic that was held at the rink on Tuesday. Brenda Gerrand, Doreen Grieve, Carol Anne Wood and Barry Hayward were all involved in organizing or instructing at the clinic.

TEAM MANITOBA WINS CANADIAN MIXED

Congratulations to Team Manitoba, Canadian Mixed National Champions

Manitoba's Sean Grassie won the Canadian mixed curling championship on Saturday by defeating Ontario's Wayne Tuck 6-4.

Down 4-3 in the sixth end, Grassie scored once in the sixth, seventh and eighth to complete the comeback victory.

Manitoba finishes with an overall record of 11-1 at the tournament, which was staged in the territory of Nunavut for the first time.

It's the eighth mixed title for Manitoba - first since 1991 - since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto. Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins, while Saskatchewan also has eight victories.

It's also the first Canadian mixed title for Grassie, lead Kendra Green, second Ross Derksen and third Alli Nimik, who represent the Deer Lodge Curling Club.

Derksen is a former Canadian and world junior champion, having played third for David Hamblin in 2002.

Two players from the winning team will now represent Canada at the 2009 world mixed doubles championship, April 17-25, 2009 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

For more information on the story please visit www.thecurler.com

Westoba Credit Union Masters Super League

Two Virden teams are competing in the Westman Credit Union Masters Super League, each Wednesday in Brandon.

Murray Duncan, along with Jim Lyons, Grant Wilson and Roy Draper play in the 14 team MONEY MASTERS GROUP. Murray at 4 and 5, finds his team in the middle of the 14 team division. On Wednesday the foursome won big, beating Mike Maloney 9 to 3.

Terry Hayward, along with Bruce Sawyer, Geordie Barkley and Bill Barkley play in the 14 team ROCK SOLID GROUP Terry's team find themselves at 5 and 2 and in a four way tie for second spot, two games behind the leader, Rollie MacKay 7 and 0. Hayward beat Keith Privat 8 to 7 on Wednesday afternoon.

Westman Super League

Allan Lyburn defeated Kelly Skinner in Swan River last weekend, in the Whites Drug Store Classic, winning $9,000 but Skinner ( Darcy Hayward ) found revenge, beating Allan ( Cory Barkley ) on Wednesday night in the Westman Super League 6 to 4. The win moved Skinner to 5 and 1 and first place in the 12 team league. Lyburn fell to 4 and 2 and a tie for second place.

Graham Freeman's Virden team lost to Willie Lyburn and now sports a 3 and 3 record. Full standings and results can be found in the Westman Super League website.

NEW BAR MANAGERS

Karla Gardiner and Darla Hayward have taken on a new enterprise this winter. They are the Virden Curling Club's new Bar Managers. They both have curled at our club for sometime and now they bring their pleasant, bubbly personalities to serve our members in the curling club's lounge.

Sales to start the season have been very strong and it has been due largely to some new things that they have tried.

Come and join the friendly atmosphere they have created in the Virden Curling Club Bar.

GREAT WEEKEND FOR LOCAL VIRDEN CURLERS

Allan Lyburn's Brandon team vaulted into third place in the MCT standings by winning the WHITES' DRUG STORE CLASSIC today in Swan River, topping Kelly Skinner of Hamiota 8-4 in today's final.

With support from Scott Ramsay, Mark Taylor, and Cory Barkley, Lyburn opened an early 4-1 lead in the final, and coasted to a victory worth $9,000 to the Brandon foursome. Playing out of Hamiota, Skinner's crew of Allan Lawn, Darcy Hayward, and Trevor Taylor, failed to add a second MCT triumph to its earlier win this season in the King Spud Classic in Carberry. Runner-up money in Swan River was $7,000.

Skinner defeated Randy Bryden of Regina 3-2, while Lyburn was a 6-2 winner over Murray Woodward of Ste. Anne in the semi-finals. Bryden and Woodward took home $5,000 apiece, while losing quarter-finalists Brent Scales of Swan River, last year's winner Joel Jordison of Moose Jaw, Craig Disher of Rolla, North Dakota, and Saskatoon's Shawn Joyce each received $3,500 (18 teams - 8 qualifiers).

CFL PLAYOFF POOL

EDMONTON BEAT WINNIPEG 29 TO 21 = 50

WINNER DOUG ROOKES

BC BEAT SASKATCHEWAN 33 TO 12 = 45

WINNER FRANKIE GOOD

VIRDEN CURLING CLUB - NOV 7TH

THE SECOND WEEK IS NOW HISTORY AND WE ARE WELL INTO OUR CURLING SEASON. ATTACHED YOU WILL FIND SOME PICTURES OF MEMBERS, ON FRIDAY, NOV 7TH.

VIRDEN CURLING CLUB WEBSITE - NEW

Darwin Walker has done some work on a new Virden Curling Club Website. You can get to it, by clicking on the Link to the right of this posting. It is in the development stages, but Darwin has the Tuesday Evening Ladies and the Wednesday Mens league teams and schedule. CHECK IT OUT and watch for more information on other leagues.