2002 The National | |
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Host city | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
Arena | Sault Memorial Gardens Soo Curlers Association |
Dates | January 31–February 3, 2002 |
Winner | Team Howard |
Curling club | Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater, Ontario |
Skip | Glenn Howard |
Fourth | Richard Hart |
Second | Collin Mitchell |
Lead | Jason Mitchell |
Finalist | Greg McAulay |
2003 » |
The 2002 M&M Meat Shops National, the first annual edition of The National Grand Slam curling event was held January 31 to February 3, 2002 at the Sault Memorial Gardens and the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The total purse of the event was $100,000. It was the third of four (men's) inaugural Grand Slam events of the 2001-02 curling season. [1]
The semifinals and finals were televised on CTV Sportsnet. [1]
In the final, Coldwater, Ontario's Glenn Howard rink won their first Slam title, defeating 2000 World Champion Greg McAulay and his rink of Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki and Jody Sveistrup from Richmond, British Columbia. With the win, the Howard foursome, which also included Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell and Jason Mitchell took home $30,000, while Team McCaulay won $18,000. McCaulay blamed his loss on not having draw weight. In the second end, he was heavy with his final draw, which resulted in a steal of one for Howard, going down 3–0 early. Another miss by McAulay in the sixth (an attempted hit which resulted in a tick), led to an open draw for two for Howard, to go up 6–3. A three-ender in the eighth all but ensured a victory for the Howard rink, which would go on to a 9–7 victory. [2] The attendance for the final was 2,435. [3]
The event was a 24-team triple-knockout competition.
Scores:
A | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 11 | ||||||||||
Ed Premo | 4 | ||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 5 | ||||||||||
Kevin Park | 8 | ||||||||||
Kevin Park | 8 | ||||||||||
William Lyburn | 5 | ||||||||||
Kevin Park | 7 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 2 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 8 | ||||||||||
Tim Somerville | 6 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 5 | ||||||||||
Tom Brewster | 2 | ||||||||||
Glen Despins | 2 | ||||||||||
Tom Brewster | 10 |
A | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 10 | ||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 8 | ||||||||||
Pierre Charette | 12 | ||||||||||
Allan Lyburn | 5 | ||||||||||
Pierre Charette | 10 | ||||||||||
Pierre Charette | 4 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 8 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 8 | ||||||||||
Pål Trulsen | 7 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 5 | ||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 1 | ||||||||||
Dan Lemieux | 5 | ||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 8 |
A | Semifinals | Qialifier 3 | |||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 8 | ||||||||||
Al Harnden | 2 | ||||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 4 | ||||||||||
Dave Boehmer | 2 | ||||||||||
Dave Boehmer | 9 | ||||||||||
Warren Hassall | 6 | ||||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 1 | ||||||||||
Vic Peters | 7 | ||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 9 | ||||||||||
David Mundell | 4 | ||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 5 | ||||||||||
Vic Peters | 7 | ||||||||||
Vic Peters | 10 | ||||||||||
Todd Malpass | 1 |
Scores:
B | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Premo | 6 | ||||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Boehmer | 4 | ||||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 5 | ||||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Tim Somerville | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Tim Somerville | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Glen Despins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Pierre Charette | 9 | ||||||||||||||
B | Qualifier 5 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Allan Lyburn | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Pål Trulsen | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Brewster | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Pål Trulsen | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Pål Trulsen | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dan Lemieux | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 8 | ||||||||||||||
B | Qualifier 6 | ||||||||||||||
Al Harnden | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Hassall | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Hassall | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 8 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 5 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 10 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Todd Malpass | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Scores:
C | Qualifier 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Boehmer | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Tim Somerville | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Boehmer | 7 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Premo | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Brewster | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Premo | 5 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 6 | ||||||||||||||
David Mundell | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 3 | ||||||||||||||
William Lyburn | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Allan Lyburn | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Bert Gretzinger | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 6 | ||||||||||||||
C | Qualifier 8 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Glen Despins | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Korte | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Pål Trulsen | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Moffatt | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Al Harnden | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Hassall | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Todd Malpass | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Hassall | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Al Harnden | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Al Harnden | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dan Lemieux | 5 |
The playoff bracket was as follows:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 6 | ||||||||||
David Mundell | 7 | ||||||||||
David Mundell | 1 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 7 | ||||||||||
Vic Peters | 4 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 6 | ||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 9 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 7 | ||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 9 | ||||||||||
Kevin Park | 4 | ||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 5 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 8 | ||||||||||
Pierre Charette | 7 | ||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 8 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Glenn Howard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 |
Greg McAulay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
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