Announcement

Muirhead Arrives Ahead of Farmers Edge Superspiel

Posted by Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club on Dec 04 2019 at 07:25AM PST in 2016 Ball Season
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December 3rd, Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club: Team Glen Muirhead, with coach Al Hackner, arrived Tuesday in advance of the Farmers Edge Superspiel in Wadena. The team arrived and treated the Wadena Juniors to a short clinic after school. Kids learned some curling skills from the boys and had a lot of fun, even getting the Scots to say some tongue twisters. The team will stay in Wadena all week and play some exhibition games Wednesday 8:30 and tentatively Thursday 8:00 with their first game of the SCT/WCT event at 3:00 at the Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club.

The Scottish team is one team is a very strong field for the 3rd Annual Farmers Edge Superspiel, which is a stop on the Saskatchewan and World Curling Tours. The popularity of the event has broken past capacity this year with 2 draws needed in Foam Lake Friday to accommodate the 21 teams. Some of the best curling you will see in Saskatchewan will take place starting Friday 3:00PM in Wadena with the Final set for 3:30PM Sunday. The event is FREE to attend (with a non-mandatory silver plate collection for Wadena Junior Curling). Thanks to support from great sponsors like title sponsor Farmers Edge the top prize for the event is $5000 however the most important prize on the line is a Berth in the 2020 SaskTel Tankard Men’s Provincials. With berths allocated by Curlsask, and the SCPA (Sask Curling Players Association) the top "eligible” finishing team in this event will earn a spot in the Tankard in Melville and skip the Playdown Process. (Refer to curlsask.ca for eligibility rules). Kitchen will be open 1:00 Friday, 6:30 AM Saturday and 8:00 AM Sunday. Farmers Edge Specialists will be in attendance at the event showcasing their 2020 Digital Agronomy Platform. The Wadena Curling Club is proud to have such great support from a great partner like Farmers Edge.

Draw Times:
Foam Lake Curling Club:
Friday 5:30, 9:00
Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club:
Friday *3:00, *6:15, 9:00;
Sat 8:00, 11:15, 2:30, 5:45, 9:00;
Sunday 9:30, 12:30, 3:30
*games to be tape delayed for Access 7 Sports. Air date TBD.

RESULTS, ROSTERS and DRAW: See Program Attached or email back asking for a copy and paste version. Or Curlsask.ca. ALL RESULTS are posted live on Curlsask.ca if you would like results sent directly to you please let reply to this email.

LOCAL NOTES:
Local Flavour would be entire Franko Team Curling out of Wadena.
Scott Comfort out of Wadena (Comfort won the Tankard Berth Spot at last years event)
Dave Zukewich (formerly Wadena) sparing on Kody Hartung Team
Garret and Drew Springer (Foam Lake) front end for Jason Jacobson.
Garret Fedak Team of Foam Lake

Other Notes:
Glen Muirhead Scotland obviously. (Top 20 in the world, top 3 in Scotland).
Kody Hartung: Defending Farmers Edge Superspiel Champs
Jeff Hartung: 2017 Farmers Edge Superspeil Champs
Ben Gamble, Jason Jacobson, and Shaun Meachem have already qualified for Provincials at previous SCT events.
Rylan Kleiter 3 Time Junior and 3 Time U18 Provincial Championship Team
Shaun Meacham, Scott Manners, Brennen Jones, Ryan Deis, and more have Tankard Championships under their belts
Shane Vollman Saskatchewan Club Curling Champions
Farmers Edge Experts will be in attendance showing their newest technology
Access 7 Broadcasting Friday 1st two draws Friday (on tape delay) with Gerald Schymko donating his time to commentate

Attached files are the full draw and program for the Farmers Edge Superspiel
Attached picture is Team Glen Muirhead with some of the Wadena Juniors Curlers ranging from Grades 3-12. Front Left to Right Cammy Smith (lead), Kyle Smith (third), Thomas Muirhead (2nd), Glen Muirhead (Skip).

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