MIke McEwen from Winnipeg, and Jo-Ann Rizzo from Brantford won their respective finals this afternoon at the $100,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ont. McEwen edged Martin Ferland of Quebec 6-5, while Rizzo scored a triple in the final end to beat Alberta’s Shannon Kleibrink foursome 7-5.

PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink made it to the quarter-final round. As the eighth and final team to qualify, the PEI rink were playing their third game of the day, and were up against US Olympic contender and former world women’s champion Debbie McCormick, who qualified first. The PEI team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Richard, trailed 2-1 going into the final end of the game, where McCormick scored three points for a 5-1 victory.

McCormick lost 5-4 to Rizzo in the semis, while Kleibrink edged  Amber Holland of Saskatchewan 4-3.

In the  men’s semis,  Mike McEwen beat Jean-Michel Minard of Quebec 5-3, while Ferland beat Wayne Middaugh of Ontario 7-5.