2003 Ontario Nokia Cup | |
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Host city | Mississauga, Ontario |
Arena | Hershey Centre |
Dates | January 25-February 2 |
Winner | Team Cochrane |
Curling club | RCMP CC, Ottawa, Ontario |
Skip | Bryan Cochrane |
Third | Bill Gamble |
Second | Ian MacAulay |
Lead | John Steski |
Finalist | Peter Corner |
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The 2003 Ontario Nokia Cup , Southern Ontario's men's provincial curling championship, was held January 25-February 2 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. [1]
Ottawa's Bryan Cochrane won his lone provincial championship of his career. His rink of Bill Gamble, Ian MacAulay and John Steski would represent Ontario at the 2003 Nokia Brier.
The event was boycotted by the Wayne Middaugh and Glenn Howard rinks who were still in a dispute with the Canadian Curling Association over receiving a share of Brier revenues. [2] [3]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
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Bryan Cochrane | Bill Gamble | Ian MacAulay | John Steski |
Peter Corner | Heath McCormick | Todd Brandwood | Shaun Harris |
Phil Daniel | Kevin Daniel | Pete Dekoning | Chris Lumbard |
Gary Grant | Scott Foster | Dan Balachorek | Jim Chilvers |
Mike Harris | John Base | Phil Loevenmark | Trevor Wall |
John Morris | Joe Frans | Craig Savill | Brent Laing |
Howard Rajala | Paul Madden | Chris Fulton | Jeff Henderson |
Brent Ross | Doug Gibson | Alex Faulkner | Wes Pike |
Adam Spencer | Rob Rumfeldt | Greg Robinson | Tom Rudland |
Greg Timbers | Barry Acton | Randy Grant | Chris David |
Skip | Club | Wins | Losses |
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Bryan Cochrane | RCMP Curling Club | 8 | 1 |
John Morris | Stayner Granite Club | 7 | 2 |
Mike Harris | Oakville Curling Club | 6 | 3 |
Peter Corner | Glendale Golf and Country Club | 5 | 4 |
Gary Grant | Uxbridge and District Curling Club | 5 | 4 |
Phil Daniel | Curling Club of Kingsville | 4 | 5 |
Howard Rajala | Rideau Curling Club | 4 | 5 |
Greg Timbers | Uxbridge and District Curling Club | 3 | 6 |
Brent Ross | Harriston Curling Club | 2 | 7 |
Adam Spencer | Guelph Curling Club | 1 | 8 |
Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Bryan Cochrane | 6 | 1 | Bryan Cochrane | 11 | ||||||||
2 | John Morris | 5 | 4 | Peter Corner | 8 | ||||||||
2 | John Morris | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Peter Corner | 8 | |||||||||||
3 | Mike Harris | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Peter Corner | 6 | |||||||||||
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