Canadian Masters Curling Championships

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Canadian Masters Curling Championships
Established2000
host city Saint John, New Brunswick
arenaThistle St.Andrews CC
Current champions (2023 )
MenFlag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Wade White)
WomenFlag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Penny Shantz)

The Canadian Masters Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament featuring Canadian provincial and territorial teams of athletes at the age of 60 years and over. The Across Canada Masters event began in 2000. Several Provinces have held Provincial Masters Championships beginning in the years around 1986. The Canadian Masters Curling Championships featured 10 end games in the years 2000-2006. From 2007, featured a switch to 8 end games and this aspect became and remains part of the standard game length format.

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The Year 2010 Canadian Masters in New Brunswick implemented a shift to the double pool play format ( from a single Round Robin format) to qualify 4 teams for the final playoffs medal playoff games. From 2010 until present, 4 teams from each separate pool play and then advance to Championship pool play. This results in qualifying 4 teams for the final playoffs. Of interest is that Canadian Seniors Nationals have since adopted this format for National competition play. The 2018 Brier and 2018 Scotties National Championships are planning to follow a format similar to the Masters Model of Pool play and move away from the single Round Robin model of Canadian Championship determination.

Past champions

YearMen's winnersWomen's winnersHost city - Province
2000Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Jim Sharples, Brian Longley, Joe Gurowka, Art Lobel)Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Phyl Raymond, Toni Ironside, Vida Roseboom, Jackie Ogryzlo) Surrey, British Columbia
2001Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Barry Fry, Don Duguid, Winston Warren, Barry Coleman)Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Shirley Tucker, Ruth Kimmitt, Lorna Priddle, Betty Jean Buchanan) Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Ken Grove, John Usackis, Bob Lesko, Richard Schroeder)Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Marlene Vaughan, Ellen Brennan, Rose Donovan, Pierette MacNaughton) Medicine Hat, Alberta
2003Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec (Dave Moon, Mac Baines, Bob Sunderman, Dan McConnell)Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Gloria Sorley, Jacki Lococo, Lynne Coull, Marg Newton) Assiniboia, Saskatchewan
2004Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Martin Bailey, John Helston, Brian Taylor, Gary Smith)Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (Marlene Vaughan, Ellen Brennan, Sandra Franey, Fran Meehan) Kelowna, British Columbia
2005Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Doug Armour, Frank Gudz, Don Barr, Ken Sabaad)Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Gloria Sorley, Jacki Lococo, Lynne Coull, Marg Newton) Brandon, Manitoba
2006Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Dale McKenzie, Roy Giles, Sheldon Paulger, Fred Trussell)Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Sue Anne Bartlett, Adine Boutilier, Carol Whitmore, Marjorie MacKay) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
2007Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Bob Edmondson, David Stewart, Brian Longley, Graham MacEachern)Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Linda Wagner, Sandra Turner, Marilyn Toews, Betty Clark) Hamilton, Ontario
2008Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Rick Pughe, John Zwarych, Jack Finnbogason, Bob Byrne)Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Mary Lynn Oates, Heather Paul-Scott, Sylvia Babich, Linda Pratt) Nanaimo, British Columbia
2009Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Ray Orr, Dennis Peckover, Brian Manns, John Mandrikas)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Lee Morrison, Bernice Van der Velden, Peggy Hergott, Marg Griffiths) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2010Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Mike Dorey, Brian Henderson, Gary Houghton, Paul Knight)Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia (Sue Anne Bartlett, Sharon Clarke, Marjorie MacKay, Brenda Nearing) Saint John, New Brunswick
2011 Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Garry Gelowitz, Robb Koffski, Brad Cmolik, Dennis Case)Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Joyce McDougall, Linda Van Daele, Cheryl Orr, Karen Dunbar) Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador (Toby McDonald, Wayne Hamilton, Lloyd Powell, Paul Aiken)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Merle Kopach, Audrey Crosson, Linda Delver, Rae Wilson) Boucherville & Saint-Lambert, Quebec
2013 Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Harold Breckenridge, Don Hier, J. R. McDonald, Gord Dewar)Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Joyce Potter, Diana Favel, Janelle Sadler, Jennifer Langley) Thunder Bay, Ontario
2014 Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Eugene Hritzuk, Jim Wilson, Verne Anderson, Dave Folk)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Merle Kopach, Audrey Crossan, Linda Delver, Janet Rooks) Coaldale, Alberta
2015Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba (Ron Westcott, Ken Dusablon, Bob Boughey, Howard Restall)Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Karen Lepine, Susan Beuk, Agnes Sigurdson, Donna Christian ) Whitehorse, Yukon
2016Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Ed Lukowich, Jim Walsh, Don Hier, Gord Dewar)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Merle Kopach, Sylvia Johnson, Linda Delver, Trudy Dykes) Kentville & Wolfville,
Nova Scotia
2017Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Al Hackner, Eric Harnden, Frank Morissette, Bruce Munro)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Delores Syrota, Bev Krasowski, Donna Liebrecht, Sylvia Broad) Guelph, Ontario
2018Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Mickey Pendergast, Rob Armitage, Randy Ponich, Rick Hjertaas)Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Pat Sanders, Lorraine Gagnon, Sherry Findlay, Roselyn Craig) Surrey & White Rock, British Columbia
2019Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Mickey Pendergast, Rob Armitage, Randy Ponich, Kevin Pendergast)Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan (Delores Syrota, Bev Krasowski, June Campbell, Sylvia Broad) Nutana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 Rothesay & Saint John, New Brunswick
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 Rothesay & Saint John, New Brunswick
2022 [1] Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (Al Hackner, Eric Harnden, Frank Morissette, Bruce Munro)Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Penny Shantz, Cindy Curtain, Shirley Wong, Janet Suter) Pembina, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023 [2] Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta (Wade White, Doug McLennan, Dave Holowaychuk, George Parsons)Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Penny Shantz, Cindy Curtain, Shirley Wong, Janet Suter, Leslie Shearer) Saint John, New Brunswick
2024 [3] Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (Howard Rajala, Phil Daniel, Chris Fulton, Paul Madden)Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia (Penny Shantz, Cindy Curtain, Danielle Shaughnessy, Donna Mychaluk) Saguenay, Quebec

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