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