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FINAL UPDATE: Safeway Zones Across the Province this Weekend
Thursday Jan 14 2010Former champion skips Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Dutiaume, and Brent Scales won zone berths this weekend to join defending champion Jeff Stoughton in the 2010 Safeway Championship in Steinbach. Dave Elias, third on the Dutiaume 2005 champion team, also skipped his team to a zone win. Along with veteran strength, the Steinbach field now includes some manitobaès top young comntenders including Jason Gunnlaugson and David Kraichy, who won zones this weekend to join previously qualified Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, and David Bohn. Notable by the absence from the list whihc qualifed this weekend are Vic Peters and Peter Nicholls who lost Winnipeg Zones A-B Finals to Andrew Wickman and Kraichy respectively. They will have to qualify through the last chance MCA Mens Bospiel at the end of January, the source of the final five qualifiers for Steinbach. Zone results across Manitoba are as follows:
Zone 1 (Steinbach) Randy Neufeld wins the Zone. David Hamblin won the A-Side but lost a B-Side game to Randy Neufeld. Neufeld defeated Bob Bartley in the B-Final Sunday morning and beat Hamblin 8-2 in the A-B Final.
Zone 2 (Springfield) Jason Gunnlaugson wins the Zone. Gunnlaugson beat Kevin Larson 9-4 in the A-Final. Larson beat Gunnlaugson 10-4 in the B-Final but Gunnlaugson won the A-B Final 6-4.
Zone 3 (Winnipeg Beach) Dave Boehmer wins the Zone. Boehmer defeated Jeff Davis (7-4) Sunday morning in the A-Final. Boehmer lost to Robin Nelson 6-5 in the B-Final, then beat Nelson 5-4 in the A-B game.
Zone 4 (Warren) Former champion Randy Dutiaume defeated Craig Nichol 6-4 in the A-Final late Saturday afternoon. Nichol plays David Green and Dutiame plays Richard Muntain in the B-semis.
Zone 5 (Treherne) Ryan Hyde wins the zone, defeating Barry Pugh 6-1 and 8-0 on Sunday.
Zone 6 (Glenboro) Kelly Marnoch wins the Zone. Marnoch defeated Myles Olmstead 8-1 in the A-Final Saturday evening. Marnoch beat Jerry Chudley (8-4) and Olmstead lost to Chris Wytinck (6-4) in B-semis Sunday. Wytinck beat Marnoch 6-3 in the B-Final but Marnoch won the A-B Final 6-1.
Zone 7 (Pilot Mound) Curtis McCannell wins the Zone. Steve Pauls defeated Rob Handford 8-5 in the A-Side Final Saturday evening. Pauls lost to Curtis McCannell (8-4) and Handford lost to Don Chatham (8-1) in the B-semis. McCannell beat Chatham in the B-Final (10-3) and Pauls 8-6 in their A-B Final.
Zone 8 (Brandon) Allan Lyburn defeated Brian Fowler in the B Fowler and scored on an extra end to beat Jim Renwick 7-6 in the A-B Final.
Zone 9 (Deloraine) Murray Warren wins the Zone. Warren beat Graham Freeman 6-4 in the A-Side Final. Murray Warren lost to Blair Goethals (6-4) and Freeman beat Barrie Sigurdson (9-4) to set up a Goethals-Freeman B-Final which Goethals won 6-3. Warren defeated Goethals 5-3 in the A-B Final
Zone 10 (Hamiota) Terry McNamee defeated Ken Lawn 8-4 in the A-Side Final Saturday evening. McNamee beat Lawrence Daniel 6-2 in the B Final to win the zone undefeated.
Zone 11 (Dauphin), Peter Prokopowich wins the Zone. Prokopowich defeated Ray Kujanpaa 6-5 in the A-Final. Prokopowich beat Kujanpaa again (7-4) and Jason Yates defeated Mark Hadway (8-7) in the B-semis, setting up a Yates-Prokopowich B-Final which Yates won 8-6. Prokopowich won the A-B Final 6-5 over Yates Sunday evening.
Zone 12 (Roblin) Former Champion Brent Scales has won the zone playoff with a 9-2 A-B Final victory over Warren Leflar.
Zone 13 (The Pas) Murray Woodward defeated A-Side Winner Jim Quinn twice Sunday by scores of 6-2 and 8-2 to win the zone.
Zone 14 (Thompson) Travis Graham wins the zone undefeated. Graham beat Sam Antila 12-4 in the A-Side Final. In the B-semis, Sunday Antila lost to Len Shackel (11-2) and Graham beat Rae Hainstock (7-5). Graham defeated Shacke (8-5) in the B-Final
Zone 15 (Winnipeg) Kerry Burtnyk wins the zone undefeated. A-Side Winner Burtnyk defeated Dave Smith (9-8) in the B-Final.
Zone 16 (Winnipeg) David Kraichy wins the zone. Kraichy defeated A-Side winner Peter Nicholls 6-5 and Dan Dixon in the B-Final at West Kildonan. Kraichy won the A-B Final 5-4 on an extra end.
Zone 17 (Winnipeg) Brendan Taylor wins the zone. A-Side Winner Taylor lost to Larry Dreger (7-3) in the B-Final at Grain Exchange. Taylor defeated Dreger (8-3) in the A-B Final.
Zone 18 (Winnipeg) Andrew Wickman wins the zone. A-Side Winner Vic Peters lost to Andrew Wickman in the B-Final (7-2) and again in the A-B Final (9-3).
Zone 19 (Winnipeg) Dave Elias wins the zone undefeated. A-Side Winner Elias beat Collin Sundell 8-4 in the B-Final.
Zone 20 (Winnipeg) Bob Sigurdson wins the zone. Scott Madams defeated A-Side winner Bob Sigurdson 9-8 and lost to Gord Green (7-6) in the B-Final. Sigurdson defeated Green 4-1 in the A-B Final.
Zone 21 (Winnipeg) Sean Grassie won the zone. A-Side Winner Grassie lost to Mike Mahon (7-6) in the B-Final but beat Mahon (8-7) in the A-B Final.
Previously qualified:
2009 Champion: Jeff Stoughton
CTRS Berth: Mike McEwen
MCT Champion: Reid Carruthers
Brandon Berth: William Lyburn
South Berth: David Bohn
North Berth: Wayne Ewasko
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Update #2: The top seeds in the seven Winnipeg Safeway zones have all advanced to Zone final games as winners of their respective zones. In Zone 15 - Kerry Burtnyk, Zone 16 - Peter Nicholls, Zone 17 - Brendan Taylor, Zone 18 - Vic Peters, Zone 19 - Dave Elias, Zone 20 - Bob Sigurdson, and Zone 21 - Sean Grassie all drop into the B-Side semi-finals. B-Finals take place at 10AM Sunday at West Kildonan and Grain Exchange. Any required A-B Finals go at 2pm at the two clubs. In other zones around the province.........
Zone 1 (Steinbach) David Hamblin defeated Randy Neufeld 11-6 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 2 (Springfield) Jason Gunnlaugson won the opening game of the 3-team zone playoff over Lorne Ryall.
Zone 3 (Winnipeg Beach) Dave Boehmer has won his first two games in the playoff.
Zone 4 (Warren) Sam Good bounced back from a first game loss to defeat Jared Kolomaya 9-4.
Zone 5 (Treherne) Ryan Hyde plays B. Pugh inthe A-Side Final.
Zone 6 (Glenboro) Jerry Chudley defeated Doug Armour 7-6 and plays Myles Olmstead in on A-Side semi-final. Kelly Marnoch beat Geoff Trimble 9-5 and plays Perry Fisher in the other A-Semi.
Zone 7 (Pilot Mound) Steve Pauls and Rob Handford have won two games to open the zone playoff.
Zone 8 (Brandon) Allan Lyburn defeated Brian Fowler (8-2) in an A-Side game to advance against McDiarmid Lumber Senior Men's Bonspiel winner Jim Renwick.
Zone 9 (Deloraine) Graham Freeman and Barrie Sigurdson won opening games.
Zone 10 (Hamiota) Terry McNamee and Erle Brewer were first game winners.
Zone 11 (Dauphin) Ray Kujanpaa and Jason Yates have won a pair of games to open the competition.
Zone 12 (Roblin) Brent Scales has won a pair of games 4-2 over Warren Leflar and 9-3 over Neal Watkins.
Zone 13 (The Pas) Jim Quinn defeated Murray Woddward 4-3 in his second victory of the playoff.
Zone 14 (Thompson) Ray Hainstock, Travis Graham, Sam Antilla, Shaun Parsons and Garry Adams were first game winners.
Zone 15 (Winnipeg) Kerry Burtnyk defeated Adam Norget 9-2 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 16 (Winnipeg) Peter Nicholls defeated Neil Okamura 7-4 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 17 (Winnipeg) Brendan Taylor defeated Andrew McMillan 9-3 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 18 (Winnipeg) Vic Peters defeated Jim Conacher 9-5 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 19 (Winnipeg) Dave Elias defeated Craig Strand 8-1 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 20 (Winnipeg) Bob Sigurdson defeated Dave Johnson 10-4 in the A-Side Final.
Zone 21 (Winnipeg) Sean Grassie defeated Mike Mahon 7-6 in the A-Side Final.
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UPDATE #1: Former Manitoba Mixed champion skip Sean Grassie is a win a way from winning a Safeway Championship berth. Grassie won the A-Side of his Winnipeg zone Friday evening, 7-6 over Mike Mahon. Grassie now plays in the B-Side of his zone against Doug Riach in a semi-final game. Bob Sigurdson (10-4 over Dave Johnson) has also won his zone A-Side final. In his B-Side semi-final, Sigurdson plays Gord Green. A-Finals in the other Winnipeg zones are set for Saturday morning, 91m at Grain Exchange. Kerry Burtnyk plays Adam Norget and the other games are Craig Strand vs Dave Elias, Peter Nicholls vs Neil Okamura, Brenda Taylor vs Andrew McMillan, and Vic Peters plays Jim Conacher.
In rural zone play, Randy Dutiaume opened with an 8-4 win over Sam Good in Warren. Ray Kujanpaa won his opener in Dauphin. Brent Scales won in Roblin. Carl German and Dave Boehmer won openers in Winnipeg Beach. Kelly Marnoch and Doug Armour won their first games in Glenboro. Steve Pauls in Pilot Mound, Murray Woodward in The Pas, Travis Graham in Thompson, Brian Fowler in Brandon, and Graham Freeman in Deloraine were other first game winners as zones across Manitoba will be completed this weekend.
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Safeway Zones Across the Province this Weekend - The largest entries in Safeway Championship zone competitions are in three separate parts of rural manitoba as the competition for entries into the Steinbach championship event take place this weekend. The most entries are in Warren where a dozen teams are competing, including former Manitoba Champion Randy Dutiaume and former provincial Junior Champion Sam Good. The competitions at Pilot Mound and Dauphin include eleven entries each.
In Winnipeg, the top seven seeds (the high seed in each of the seven zones) won their openers. Six of them await semi-final winners in their respective A-Side finals. Kerry Burtnyk (#1), Peter Nicholls (#2), Brendan Taylor (#3), Vic Peters (#4), and Dave Elias (#5) all play their A-Side finals on Saturday morning at 9am at Grain Exchange. Bob Sigurdson (#6) plays his A-Side Final at 5:45pm Friday at Elmwood. Sean Grassie (#7) dropped into the only eight-team Winnipeg zone and therefore did not get a first round bye. His A-semi goes at 5:45pm Thursday at Elmwood. Mike Mahon has already won the other semi-final in that zone.
The line up of A-side finals and semi-finals yet to be played follows, along with details of most rural Manitoba Safeway zones.
Winnipeg Zone 15: A-side Final - 9am Saturday, Grain Exchange Kerry Burtnyk (Assiniboine Memorial) vs Winner Adam Norget (Pembina). /Kelly Dennison (Pembina). Norget-Dennison game 5:45pm Thursday Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 16: A-side Final - 9am Saturday, Grain Exchange Peter Nicholls (Deer Lodge) vs Winner David Kraichy (Pembina)/Neil Okamura (Pembina). Kraichy-Okamura game Thursday 9:15pm, Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 17: A-side Final - 9am Saturday, Grain Exchange Brendan Taylor (West Kildonan) vs Winner Andrew McMillan (Wildewood)/Dave Carswell (St Vital). McMillan-Carswell game 5:45pm Thursday Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 18: A-side Final - 9am Saturday, Grain Exchange Vic Peters (Ft Garry) vs Winner Jim Conacher (Victoria)/Rob Cosens (West St Paul). Conacher-Cosens game Thursday 9:15pm, Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 19: A-side Final - 9am Saturday, Grain Exchange Dave Elias (West Kildonan) vs Winner Brad Haight (West Kildonan)/Craig Strand (Ft Rouge). Haight-Strand game Thursday 9:15pm, Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 20: A-side Final - Friday 5:45pm, Grain Exchange Bob Sigurdson (Granite) vs Winner Scott Madams (Pembina)/Dave Johnson (Pembina). Madams-Johnson game 5:45pm Thursday Elmwood
Winnipeg Zone 21: A-side Final - Friday 9:15pm, West Kildonan Mike Mahon (Deer Lodge) vs Winner Sean Grassie (Deer Lodge)/Don Nelson(Ft Garry). Grassie-Nelson game 5:45pm Thursday Elmwood
RURAL ZONES:
Zone 1 - Steinbach: 8 teams competing including David Hamblin
Zone 2 - Springfield: 3 teams including Jason Gunnlaugson
Zone 3 - Winnipeg Beach
Zone 4 - Warren: 12 teams competing including Randy Dutiaume and former Provincial Junior Champion Sam Good
Zone 5 - Treherne: 5 teams competing including Ryan Hyde
Zone 6 - Glenboro: 9 teams competing including Doug Armour, Kyle Marnoch and Rob Van Kommer
Zone 7 - Pilot Mound: 11 teams including Steve Pauls and Rob Ramage
Zone 8 - Brandon: 5 teams competing including Allan Lyburn and Brian Fowler
Zone 9 - Deloraine: 6 teams including Murray Warren
Zone 10 - Hamiota: 5 teams competing including Terry McNamee
Zone 11 - Dauphin: 11 teams competing including Peter Prokopowich, Greg Todoruk, Jim Todoruk and Ray Kujanpaa
Zone 12 - Roblin: 4 teams competing including Brent Scales
Zone 13 - The Pas: 4 teams competing including Murray Woodward
Zone 14 - Thompson: 9 teams competing including Travis Graham
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