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September 28th - October 1, 2017 
Entry Fee : $500 per team
First 24 paid entries accepted
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FRCC's Team Mike McEwen recovered from a devastating semi-final loss Saturday night to capture the bronze medal on Sunday, at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St John's, NL. McEwen was left with an open hit for the 7-5 extra end win over Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs. Leading 5-4 in the 10th end, it appeared Jacobs was headed for a certain two and the victory until McEwen executed a very difficult double with his last rock, leaving Jacobs with a draw to tie the game and force the extra end.
The bronze medal game at the Brier and the Scottie's is always a difficult game for the competitors. To reach the bronze medal game, you have to suffer the frustration of losing either the 3rd - 4th place game or the semi-final. To the credit of the teams, they always manage to pick themselves up after the tough defeats to play well and give fans one more opportunity to watch the very best in the game.
Congratulations to Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, and Denni Neufeld, for an outstanding week of curling, a 9-2 round-robin record, and this year's Brier bronze medal.
Fort Rouge had another successful Manitoba Open in terms of participation, hospitality and competitor success.
We are proud to once again have entered the most teams of any club into the big spiel, with 42 teams claiming Fort Rouge affiliation. We are also thankful for the many kind words received from curlers on our hospitality and "fabulous ice".
On the ice, while many battled hard, not all could win. Congratulations to the Andrew Wickman foursome (Jeff Tarko, Mark Blanchard, Cam Barth) for winning the Atkins Event. We extend particular congratulations to the Ron Westcott team (Howard Restall, Dave Hardy, Don Shiach, Bob Boughey) and the Greg Mikolajek (Ian Harkness, Clinton Fuz, Dean Nero) squad for earning their berths into the upcoming Viterra Men's Provincial Curling Championships.
Well done to all Rougers.
Team Kim (Chang-Min Kim, Se Hyeon Seong, Eun Soo Oh, and Chi goo Kim) from Korea defeated Team Bohn (Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, and Daniel Hunt) in the Championship Final.
Kim received $2500, while Bohn received $1800. Kim defeated Matt Dunstone and Bohn got by Hayden Forrester in the semifinals. Dunstone and Forrester each received $1250. The four other qualifiers were Taylor McIntyre, Braden Calvert, Daley Peters, and Andrew Wickman. These teams each received $800 for their efforts.
Clark Norman (KKP) - Team Kim
The Fort Rouge Curling Club's Team Tracy Andries captured the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship on Saturday, in Kelowna, BC.
Teammates for 20 years, Andries, along with Crystal Kennedy, Diane Christensen, and April Klassen, found themselves down one coming home in the final against Alberta's Morgan Muise. The end was set up early and Andries continued to apply the pressure throughout with Manitoba rocks building up around the rings. Alberta's final rock draw attempt rubbed a tight guard and rolled to a position that was mostly exposed, but was shot rock. With no hesitation, Andries placed the broom on the centre line and headed to the other end where she would calmly deliver a flawless hit and stick for a score of four and the victory.
The close knit group were joined in Kelowna this week by nearly 50 friends and family. Congratulations to Team Andries on behalf of everyone associated with the Fort Rouge Curling Club.
The FRCC was also represented in the Men's category by Team Andrew Wickman. Wickman, joined by Jeff Tarko, Mark Blanchard, and Cam Barth, followed up a solid 5-1 round robin record with a disappointing quarter-final loss to BC.
Manitoba's Skip, Andrew Wickman, was presented with the Sportmanship Award - Men's Skip, as voted on by the curlers.
By all accounts, the FRCC was very well represented at the annual national event. Next year's Travelers Curling Club Championship will take place in Kingston, Ontario at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Nov. 20-25
