1997 Ontario Nokia Cup

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1997 Ontario Nokia Cup
Host city Guelph, Ontario
Arena Guelph Memorial Gardens
DatesFebruary 4-9
WinnerTeam Werenich
Curling club Churchill Curling Club,
Churchill , Ontario
Skip Ed Werenich
Third John Kawaja
Second Pat Perroud
Lead Neil Harrison
Finalist Wayne Middaugh
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The 1997 Nokia Cup , southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 4-9 at the Guelph Memorial Gardens in Guelph, Ontario. [1] The winning rink of Ed Werenich, John Kawaja, Pat Perroud and Neil Harrison from the Churchill Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1997 Labatt Brier in Calgary, Alberta. [2] It was Werenich's 10th and final provincial title of his career, which included World Championships in 1983 and 1990.

Contents

Standings

Final standings [3]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tie-Breakers
Skip [4] ClubWinsLosses
Wayne Middaugh St. George81
Ed Werenich Churchill72
Russ Howard MacTier54
Peter Steski City View54
Peter Corner Brant45
Mike Harris Tam Heather45
Rich Moffatt Rideau45
John Base Oakville36
Kevin BreivikLondon36
Bill WalshRideau27

Scores

February 4

Draw 1 [5]
Draw 2 [6]

February 5

Draw 3
Draw 4 [7]

February 6

Draw 5
Draw 6

February 7

Draw 7 [8]
Draw 8
Draw 9

Tie Breaker

[9]

TeamFinal
Peter Steski 5
Russ Howard 7

Playoffs

[1]

Semifinal Final
1 Wayne Middaugh 6
2 Russ Howard 4 3 Ed Werenich 7
3 Ed Werenich 8

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