Team Dunstone win Curling Provincials in Neepawa

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

There was a dramatic finish to the Viterra Men’s Provincial Curling Championship in Neepawa on Sunday, Feb. 12. Trailing by two in the final end, Matt Dunstone, and his team from the Fort Rouge Curling Club, staged an improbable comeback, to win 8-7 over the team lead by Reid Carruthers. This is the first time, Dunstone has won Manitoba’s curling crown. Though defeated in the Championship game, Carruthers’ team will still advance to the Tim Hortons Brier, set for London, ON in March, as a wild card team.

A shocking conclusion

Going into the 10th and final end, Carruthers lead 7-5, after scoring two with the hammer in the eighth and stealing one in the ninth. The game took a turn, however, when Team Carruthers’ fourth stone of the 10th end in Manitoba’s final was removed because Connor Njegovan burned it with his broom while sweeping. That allowed for Dunstone’s team to jam the house with several stones.

Carruthers, who had curled with just a threeman team throughout the provincials, then missed a difficult takeout with his final rock to leave Dunstone counting three.

“Hats off to my boys for setting up the end,” said Dunstone after the game, to the Curl Manitoba livestream. “It was looking a little dicey, especially after the ninth, but really proud of the way we battled in that 10th.”

The Dunstone team consists of Matt Dunstone, B.J.Neufeld, Colton Lott and Ryan Harnden. Dunstone and his teammates will represent Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ont., March 3-12.

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