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2016 Manitoba Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2016 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 20 to 24 at the Sun Gro Centre in Beausejour.https://www.curlmanitoba.org/editorial;story,1785;2016-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-presented-by-Monsanto The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Manitoba at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), a .... Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings Round-robin results January 20 ;Draw 1 *Brown 5-4 Link *McDonald 11-3 Ursel *Montford 7-6 MacKay *Birchard 6-3 Zacharias ;Draw 2 *Overton-Clapham 10-4 Rolles *Menard 9-7 Spencer *Reed 11-10 Einarson *Robertson 12-3 Harvey ;Draw 3 *McDonald 8-4 MacKay *Birchard 7-5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beausejour, Manitoba
Beausejour () is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is 46 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, just west of the Canadian Shield and Whiteshell Provincial Park. The French name means "beautiful stay". The town is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. Originally known as Stony Prairie, Beausejour was named in 1877 by Mrs H.W.D. Armstrong, wife of a government railway surveyor, when a telegraph office was installed there to serve settlers along the nearby Brokenhead River. History In 1906, the "Manitoba Glass Works" was founded, in a town now known as Beausejour, by Joseph Keilback and his partners. Sustained by a nearby deposit of high quality sand, it was the first glass container factory in Western Canada. Glassblowers from Poland and the United States, supported by local labour, used silica sands to produce bottles for breweries and soft drink companies in Winnipeg. In 1909 it was taken over by a Winnipeg businessman, who expanded production to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |