Canadian Olympic Curling Trials:
Halifax, Nova Scotia--(December 3-11)
Brad Gushue(St.John's) defeated Jeff Stoughton(Winnipeg) in the Men's final Sunday 8-7.
Shannon Kleibrink(Calgary)(Amy Nixon, Gladys Bakker, Christine Keshen) defeated Kelly Scott (Kelowna) 8-7 scoring 3 in the 10th end for the win and the right to represent Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympic games in Turin(Pinerola), Italy in February.
Point Optical Charity Classic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Glen Despins defeated Warren Hassall in the final Sunday.
Glen Despins--$12,000
Warren Hassall--$9,000
Bruce Korte--$6,500
Bob Ursel--$6,500
Brian Hmble--$4,000
Vic Peters--$4,000
Brent Scales--$4,000
Rick Folk--$4,000
Pat Simmons--$1,000
Scott Bitz--$1,000
Randy Gilewich--$1,000
Mark lane--$1,000
Korbel Madison International Spiel, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Pete Fenson defeated Rich Ruohonen in the final Sunday 5-4.
Pete Fenson--$4,647
Rich Ruohonen--$2,324
George Godfrey--$1,162
Troy Schroeder--$1,162
Scott Eigner--$1,162
Todd Birr--$1,162
Coupe Saguenay Spiel, Port Alfred, Quebec
Serge Reid(Chicoutimi) defeated Pierre Charette(Buckingham) in the final 8-5.
Serge Reid(Chicoutimi)--$10,000
Pierre Charette(Buckingham)--$6,000
Steeve Gagnon()--$4,000
Craig Kochan()--$4,000
Daniel Lafleur()--$3,000
Ontario Curling Tour:
Brantford Nissan Classic, Brantford, Ontario
Peter Mellor defeated Phil Daniel 7-2 in the final Sunday.
Peter Mellor--$5,200
Phil Daniel--$2,700
Roy Walker--$1,700
Heath McCormick--$1,700
Nick Rizzo--$1,200
Chorkawy--$1,200
Stu Garner--$1,200
Brent Palmer--$1,200
Kevin Breivik--$1,000
Chad Allen--$300
Hugh Widdup--$300
Pat Ferris--$300
Geoffrey Johnson--$300
McGlaughlin--$300
Darryl Prebble--$200
Kirk Ziola--$200
Cary Lunar--$200
Doug Garritsen--$200
Becky Philpott--$100
Gareth Parry--$100
John Bolton--$100
Scott Edie--$100
Todd Brandwood--$100
Aaron Ward--$100
Bryan Johnson--$100
Garth Mitchell--$100
Rick Thurston--$100
Steve Cartwright--$100
Manitoba Curling Tour:
Courtesy Freight Curling Classic, Thunder Bay, Ontario
John Salo defeated Jeff Currie in the final Sunday 8-7
John Salo--$4,500
Jeff Currie--$3,000
Denis Malette--$2,000
Trevor Bono--$2,000
Al Hackner--$1,100
Joe Scharf--$1,100
Bryan Burgess--$1,100
Marshall Bagdon--$1,100
Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Spiel, Dauphin, Manitoba
Ryan Fry(Winnipeg) defeated Peter Prokopowich(Dauphin) in the final 10-3.
Ryan Fry(Winnipeg)--$6,500
Peter Prokopowich(Dauphin)--$4,500
Don Spriggs(Portage)--$3,500
Graham Freeman(Virden)--$3,500
Wes Jonasson(Arborg)--$2,500
Ryan Hyde(Portage)--$2,500
Sam Antila(Thompson)--$2,500
Dave Boehmer(Petersfield)--$2,500
Enns Brothers Classic, Morris, Manitoba
Prize Money--$9,700, 1st-$4,000, 2nd-$2,000, 3-4th-$1,000, 5-6th-$600, Consolation--$500
Reid Carruthers(Winnipeg) defeated Ian Beavis(Mordon) in the final 10-3.
Reid Carruthers(Winnipeg)--$3,500
Ian Beavis(Morden)--$2,000
Rich Muntain(Winnipeg)--$1,200
Peter Pruden(Petersfield)--$1,200
Wayne Ewasko(Selkirk)--$500
Saskatchewan Curling Tour:
Benson Lampman Spiel, Benson, Saskatchewan
Al Schick(Regina) defeated Robert Keating(Benson) in the final.
Al Schick(Regina)--$2,200
Robert keating(Benson)--$1,500
Jim Packet(Estevan)--$800
Chris Moss(Weyburn)--$800
Les Saelhof(Young)--$550
Randy Bryden(Regina)--$550
Ottawa Valley Curling Tour:
WMCarp Classic, Carp, Ontario
Rachel Homan defeated J.P. LaChance 7-5 in the final Sunday.
Rachel Homan--$3,000
J.P.Lachance--$1,800
Brian Lewis--$1,250
Jean Pierre Croteau--$1,250
Laura Payne--$1,000
Howard Rajala--$1,000
Heather Quankenbush--$1,000
Mike Aprile-$1,000
Greg Richardson--$600
Ling-Hue Hung--$300
Erin Morrissey--$200
Pascale Letendre--$200
Pacific Curling Event:
Pacific Men's and Women's Curling Championship's
Taiwan, China(December 2-7)
Hugh Millikin, formerly from Ottawa and Vancouver, will be making his 15th appearence at the World Curling Championship's in Lowell, Mass. USA after winning the Pacific Men's title last week with a 6-3 win over Japan in the final. Japan also gets the nod to the World's.
It was Millikin's 7th Pacific Championship win, the last coming in 1997. He was a winner of the
Canadian Mixed Championship in 1986, playing 2nd for Dave Van Dine, out of Ottawa.
Japan's Yukako Tsuchiya defeated China's Bingyu Wang in the final 10-5. Both will represent the Pacific Division at the World's in Grande Prairie, Alberta in late March.
