Rob Ramage and Kerry Burtnyk - they’re the answer to the trivia question – who were the two skips who met in the final the last time the Provincial Men’s Curling Championship was held in Winnipeg?





The year was 1995, the place was the Winnipeg Arena, and the final featured a two-time provincial champion who won the 1981 Brier against a team from small town Manitoba that being Baldur – population around 350. You may think this should have been a mismatch of huge proportions; but this is curling. You throw eight rocks up and eight rocks back and as long as you have the last rock of the end, you always have a chance. Rob Ramage, Grant Shewfelt, Doug Roeges and Mike Johnson had a chance that Sunday afternoon at the Old Barn on Maroons Road.





CJRB Sports Director Clayton Dreger asked Rob Ramage to reminisce about the 1995 Tankard at the Winnipeg Arena.




The history book shows that Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin and Keith Fenton won the 1995 Tankard as well as the Brier in Halifax and the World Championship in Brandon. Burtnyk would eventually add three more provincial titles to this resume. As for Rob Ramage, it took 15 years but he finally got a second chance to play in a provincial final. The 2010 Manitoba senior men’s champion hails from Baldur and Rob Ramage will be looking to defend his title later this month at the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg.



lead Mike Hutton & second Darcy Hayward


Draw # 5   8:30 a.m.
“A” side
Vic Peters, Fort Garry 7 Randy Dutiaume, Thistle 6
Rob Fowler, Brandon 8 Dave Boehmer, Petersfield 4
Peter Nicholls, Pembina 6 Bob Sigurdson, Granite 3
“B” side
Rob Ramage, Baldur 5 Troy Hamilton, Fort Rouge 3
Graham Freeman, Virden 10 Greg Todoruk, Dauphin 2


third Shawn McCutcheon & skip Rob Ramage


Draw # 6   12:15 p.m.
“A” side
Jeff Stoughton, Charleswood 6 Randy Neufeld, La Salle 4
Mike McEwen, Assiniboine Memorial 6 Garth Smith, Assiniboine Memorial 5
William Lyburn, Deer Lodge 10 Dave Elias, West Kildonan 2
Brent Strachan, Hamiota 9 Ryan Hyde, Portage 7
Sean Grassie, Deer Lodge 9 Travis Graham, Thompson 4





Draw #7   4 p.m.
“B” side
Terry McNamee, Brandon 9 Dean North, Carman 3
David Hamblin, Morris 7 Dave Boehmer, Petersfield 6 (EE)
Randy Dutiaume, Thistle 8 Rob Ramage, Baldur 3
Scott Madams, Beausejour 11 Don Holmes, Flin Flon 5
Bob Sigurdson, Granite 7 Graham Freeman, Virden 2

 

 

 

Draw #8   7:45 p.m.

"B" Side

Brent Scales, Swan River 9 Dave Elias, West Kildonan 7

Randy Neufeld, La Salle 10 Rob Atkins, East St. Paul 2

Andy Stewart, Rosser 10 Ryan Hyde, Portage 6

Terry McNamee, Brandon 9 Garth Smith, Assiniboine Memorial 4

Travis Graham, Thompson 7 Scott Madams, Beausejour 5