The Championship Event of the 2018 SaskTel Tankard from Affinity Place in Estevan began on Saturday night with the A-Event & B-Event winners battling for a spot in Sunday afternoon's Tankard final, and the two C-Event qualifiers looking to make Sunday morning's semi-final.

1st vs 2nd: COLTON FLASCH (Saskatoon Nutana) vs BROCK VIRTUE (Kerrobert)

7-1 Flasch (7 ends) - Colton Flasch advances directly to the Tankard Final on Sunday afternoon after defeating Brock Virtue. Flasch scored a 3-ender in the 5th to go up 4-0 and finished the game with a 3-ender in the 7th. Virtue will play Steve Laycock in the semi-final on Sunday morning.

3rd vs 4th: SCOTT BITZ (Saskatoon Sutherland) vs STEVE LAYCOCK (Saskatoon Nutana)

8-2 Laycock (8 ends) - Steve Laycock broke the game open early with a 4-ender in the 2nd, and followed that up with steals in the 3rd, 4th and 5th and 8th to eliminate Scott Bitz. Laycock will face Brock Virtue in Sunday's semi-final at 9:30am.

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The Tankard semi-final will be played at 9:30am on Sunday morning, with a berth in the 2:30 championship game and a 50/50 chance to represent Saskatchewan at the 2018 Brier.

9:30am: BROCK VIRTUE (Kerrobert) vs STEVE LAYCOCK (Saskatoon Nutana)