TORONTO, Jan. 4, 2018 /CNW/ - theScore, Inc. (TSX Venture: SCR) ("theScore") today announced the launch of the first-ever fantasy sports game for the Instant Games platform on Messenger and Facebook News Feed, allowing friends to challenge each other for bragging rights in contests every single day. theScore Fantasy Sports goes live today and offers contests for NFL Football, NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, and EPL Soccer, with support for more leagues coming soon. theScore Fantasy is completely free-to-play and simple to enter. Five-man line-ups make challenges quick and easy to enter, while Messenger enables players to quickly challenge groups of friends and see who scores the most points. Since launching just over a year ago, the Instant Games platform has continued to grow in popularity and is now home to more than 70 games, including much-loved and well-known titles from established developers. More than 1.3 billion people around the world use Messenger every month. "We've always believed that the best fantasy sports experience is one that's highly social, with a focus on playing for fun with your friends," said John Levy, CEO and Founder of theScore. "This is why we think theScore Fantasy Sports and Messenger are truly made for each other. "It's extremely exciting to pioneer fantasy sports on Messenger, delivering a game that's fun, free, easy-to-to-play and accessible to sports fans everywhere on a platform with such incredible reach and engagement." Sports fans simply have to choose a league to get started, draft five athletes within a set budget, challenge their friends, and then sit-back and watch the results roll-in. New challenges are created every single day, so there's always something for everyone. Sports fans can get started with theScore Fantasy game by clicking here, or by opening Messenger, selecting 'Games' and searching for 'theScore Fantasy Sports.' A project delivered by theScore's Emerging Platforms team, more updates to the theScore Fantasy Sports will follow soon. Stay connected to theScore! Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

For the first time in over 10 years the Minnedosa Golf & Country Club will have a new golf course head professional as Patrick Law has recently been named to the position. Patrick will replace Deb Pritchard who is leaving her post in Minnedosa, after 11 seasons, to accept a position with the Portage Golf Club as their new General Manager. Patrick has been the Assistant Professional at the Shilo Golf and Country Club since 2010 and has been running an area youth program in the region for the last several years.

Te Brandon Bantam A Wheat Kings captured gold in the Winnipeg Jets Challenge Cup tournament held in Winnipeg over the holiday break. In total they played seven games, winning five of them. Shea Bechtold, Aiden Madill and Logan Taggart each dented the twine in the gold medal game against the River East Royals Grey bantam squad. Mason Kolesar picked up the win between the pipes for Brandon. Roster 2 Rylan Shanks D 3 Jordan Whitecloud D 4 Adam Hallson D 8 Reid Wells F 10 Shea Bechtold F 11 Justin Galatiuk D 12 Andrew Simard F 16 Braden Gustafson D 19 Caden Cumming F 20 Cobyn Lang F 29 Jeremiah Jacques F 33 Mason Kolesar G 34 Kyle Krause G 80 Bo Bootsman D 86 Brayden Deedman  F 86 Addison Hamm F 91 Aidan Madill F 93 Logan Taggart F

Wednesday, January 10th- Brandon, MB Location: The Great Western Roadhouse (1125 18th St.) Time: VIP First Priority Access 5:30pm. General Admission 6pm, Bell 6:30pm Tickets: VIP First Priority Access $22, General Admission Advance, $17, $20 At The Door Advance Tickets Available At: Eye Opener Book Store (314 10th St.), Front Desk Of CanAd Inns (1125 18th St.) Peak Performance (863 10th St.), Westman Reptile Gardens (NE 16-10-17W, Douglas, MB) Purchase tickets online at cwetickets.com *ALL AGES & LICENSED* CWE returns to The Wheat City for the first time since May and this is what is on deck for the big event in Westman! CWE Championship Match CWE Champion "Canadian Hercules" Tyler Colton vs. Kevin O'Doyle Special 6 Man Tag Team Attraction Team Westman ("Jacked Jesus" Tommy Lee Curtis, "First All Star" Brian Rich, & Agent Red) w/WWE Icon Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Team South (CWE Tag Team Champions The Cannon Clan- "The Crazed Cowboy" Jacob Creed & "The Rebel" Bobby Collins & 5x OVW Tag Team Champion Brian Logan) 3x CWE Champion "Hotshot" Danny Duggan Personally Picks An Opponent For 1st Ever CWE Champion "Canadian Crusher" AJ Sanchez Fully Loaded Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Mr. Inkredible vs. Kevin Lee Davidson CWE Icon & international Star "The Zombie Hunter" MENTALLO & Roy "Flash" Gordon vs. CWE Canadian Unified Jr Heavyweight Champion "Tornado" Tony Kozina & Tennessee's Chayse Britton The Debuting Austin Arrow vs. The Canadian Cougar Plus RJ Lilley hosts & much more! For full event information visit www.cwecanada.ca

Olympic dreams are still alive for the 18 teams who will be competing at the inaugural Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in just over two weeks. The list of the 18 teams has now been confirmed, as in some some cases players had to be replaced because they were victorious at the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings earlier this month in Ottawa, and will be competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the four-player team men’s and women’s events. The 2018 Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, scheduled for Jan. 2-7 at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Man., will decide Canada’s first entry into the Winter Olympics mixed doubles competition; mixed doubles is making its debut as an official medal sport in Pyeongchang, South Korea. And there will be a wealth of Olympic experience in the field, including past gold-medallists Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn McEwen (all in 2014), John Morris (2010), and Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols (both 2006). In fact, two entries consist of only Olympic gold-medallists: Jones and Nichols, and Lawes and Morris. The 18 teams will be split into two nine-team pools, based on their seedings in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings (CMDR). The teams will play a single round-robin within their pools, before eight teams (first and second in each pool, and the next four best win-loss records) move onto the playoffs. Here’s a look at the two pools, in order of their CMDR seeding: POOL A 1. Jocelyn Peterman (Calgary)/Brett Gallant (St. John’s) 4. Dawn McEwen/Mike McEwen (both Winnipeg) 5. Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg)/Mark Nichols (St. John’s; replaces Brent Laing) 8. Nancy Martin (Saskatoon)/Catlin Schneider (Regina) 9. Jill Officer (Winnipeg; replaces Joanne Courtney)/Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg) 12. Kim Tuck/Wayne Tuck (both Strathroy, Ont.) 13. Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (both Chicoutimi, Que.) 16. Shannon Birchard/Jason Gunnlaugson (both Winnipeg) 17. Sherry Just (Prince Albert, Sask.; replaces Emma Miskew)/Tyrel Griffith (Kelowna, B.C.) POOL B 2. Chelsea Carey (Calgary)/Colin Hodgson (Winnipeg) 3. Kalynn Park (Edmonton)/Charley Thomas (Calgary) 6. Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg; replaces Rachel Homan)/John Morris (Canmore, Alta.) 7. Laura Crocker (Edmonton)/Geoff Walker (St. John’s) 10. Marliese Kasner (Shellbrook, Sask.)/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon) 11. Val Sweeting (Edmonton)/Brad Gushue (St. John’s) 14. Nicole Westlund-Stewart/Tyler Stewart (both Kitchener, Ont.) 15. Dana Ferguson (Edmonton)/Brendan Bottcher (Sherwood Park, Alta.) 18. Sherry Middaugh (Victoria Harbour, Ont.; replaces Lisa Weagle)/John Epping, Toronto CLICK HERE to see the full list of teams and the complete event schedule. Tickets for the 2018 Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials are now available atwww.curling.ca/2018mixeddoublestrials/tickets/. Round-robin play will begin on Jan. 2 at 8 a.m. (all times Central), with six draws each day through to Jan. 4. Tiebreakers, if necessary, are scheduled for Jan. 5, with the playoffs beginning later that day. The championship final is Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. CBC Sports will provide extensive streaming coverage of the round-robin games leading into the weekend playoffs. In addition, Radio-Canada will offer live-streaming coverage of the closing weekend of the 2018 Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials. CBC Sports’ broadcast and streaming schedules have not yet been finalized, however, once available this information will be posted here.