The Sunday morning (9:30AM) semi-final game in the RME Women of the Rings presented by Case IH will be a re-match of last year’s final between Team Kate Cameron – St. Adolphe and Team Beth Peterson – Assiniboine Memorial.
It is the third consecutive year for Team Peterson and Team Cameron to reach the final three.
The Sunday afternoon final game of the Manitoba Women’s Curling Championship in Rivers will be played at 2PM with Lawes playing the winner of Cameron vs Peterson.
Defending champion Cameron (Briane Harris, Taylor McDonald, Mackenzie Elias, Coach Derek Samagalski) was moved to the semi-final Saturday evening with a 7-4 loss in the Page 1-1 game at the hands of 2024 champion Kaitlyn Lawes – Heather (Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin Gordon, Coach Marcel Rocque).
The Peterson team (Kelsey Calvert, Katherine Remillard, Melissa Gordon-Kurz, Coach Kyle Kurz), skipped by Calvert, was a short-game winner in the Page 2-2 game over Lane Prokopowich – Granite (Mikaylah Lyburn, Caitlin Kostna, Stephanie Feeleus, Coach William Lyburn).
Earlier in the day Saturday, Lawes had defeated Peterson and Cameron had defeated Kristy Watling – East St. Paul (Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke) to advance to the Page 1-1 game.
Watling dropped in to a play-in game where her East St. Paul team was defeated by Prokopowich.
The loss to Lawes had dropped Peterson into the second play-in game where they defeated Lisa McLeod – Pembina (Christine McKay, Emily Cherwinski, Jolene Callum, Coach Lyall Hudson).
The 2026 playoffs exactly replicate 2024: the Kaitlyn Lawes team earned the spot in the final while Cameron played Peterson in the semi-final. A Peterson win put her team in the final against Lawes, with Lawes victorious.LAWES IN THE FINAL; CAMERON-PETERSON SEMI-FINAL
