Dylan Derksen eyes his shot as Melissa Remeshylo prepares to sweep

Martensville Curling Club hosted the SaskCurl U20 Mixed Doubles January 26-28 with several club members competing.

In the playoff round the team of Remeshylo/ Dylan Derksen  defeated Schell/Heistad 9-4 to advance to the quarter finals where they lost to Taylor/Hom 6-5 in a close one. The team of Simpson/Tyler Derksen defeated Ladouceur/Park 8-5 in their quarter-final game before losing to Johnson/Drewitz in the semi-finals.

Silversides/Sawicki won the championship with a 7-6 win over Johnson/Drewitz.

Tyler Derksen judges the sweeping during quarter final action

This event was a good tune-up for Derksen brothers as they  head to Ontario to compete in the 2024 Canadian Under 18   Boys and Girls Championship, set for February 4-10 at the RA Centre & Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. Team Derksen with lead Gavin Martens, second Tyler Derksen, third Logan Sawicki and skip Dylan Derksen with coach Brad Kennedy advanced to nationals after going undefeated in provincials last month.

The Martensville Curling Club held a U18 Nationals Send-off Fundraiser for the team on January 24.