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1975 Macdonald Brier
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1975 Macdonald Brier Fredericton, New Brunswick Lady Beaverbrook Rink March 2–8 20,6722023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf Curling Canada 2 March 2023 79 11 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230311022309/https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf dead Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Bill Tetley Rick Lang Bill Hodgson, Jr. Peter Hnatiw 1974 1976
The 1975 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The total attendance for the week was 20,672. This was the first Brier in which a combined Territories (Northwest Territories and Yukon) team would participate, increasing the field from 11 to 12 teams. This arrangement would last until 2015 when each territory (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) was granted a separate entry along with a Team Canada entry for the defending Brier champions.
Team Northern Ontario, who was skipped by Bill Tetley captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship since 1950 and their second overall as well as Tetley's only Brier championship. The Tetley rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1975 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Perth, Scotland where they would lose in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.
Despite being a longshot to win the Brier (or even compete in general) as a first year entry, the Territories entry from Yukon, who was skipped by Don Twa remained in contention until the final draw of the tournament and eventually finished tied for second overall with an 8–3 record. To date, this is the best Brier finish by any team from the territories.McLaughlin Les Territories at Brier https://yukonnuggets.com/stories/territories-at-brier Yukon Nuggets 3 March 2023
Teams
The teams were listed as follows:1975 Macdonald Brier https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1975 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 3 March 2023
white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaSt. Albert CC, St. Albert
Skip: Tom Reed
Third: Kevin Byrne
Second: Tony Rankel
Lead: Lorne ReedGranite CC, Penticton
Skip: Frank Beutle
Third: Donald Wood
Second: Robert Partridge
Lead: Raymond JonesGranite CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Rod Hunter
Third: Mike Riley
Second: Douglas Holmes
Lead: Bryan WoodNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioCapital WC, Fredericton
Skip: John Clark
Third: David Silliphant
Second:Shelly Palk
Lead: John CormierSt. John's CC, St. John's
Skip: Bob Cole
Third: Joseph Power Jr.
Second: Lew Andrews
Lead: Andrew BairdFort William CC, Thunder Bay
Skip: Bill Tetley
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Bill Hodgson
Lead: Peter HnatiwNova ScotiaOntarioFerguson Bob Brier foursome has Ottawa ties https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120102220/ 3 March 2023 The Ottawa Citizen Newspapers.com February 28, 1975 19Prince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth
Skip: Dick Boyce
Third: Robert Margeson
Second: Michael Currie
Lead: Peter ComstockCataraqui G&CC, Kingston
Skip: Alex Scott
Third: Edward Brown
Second: Mike Boyd
Lead: Thomas MillerCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown
Skip: John Fortier
Third: Donald MacRae
Second: David Kassner
Lead: Donald CallbeckQuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesSt. Laurent CC, Mount Royal
Skip: Jim Ursel
Third: Art Lobel
Second: Don Aitken
Lead: Howard AtkinsonRegina CC, Regina
Skip: Harvey Mazinke
Third: Bill Martin
Second: George Achtymichuk
Lead: Dan KlippensteinWhitehorse CC, Whitehorse
Skip: Don Twa
Third: Chuck Haines
Second: Kilburn Boyd
Lead: Lionel Stokes
Map of teams
left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 53.64 -113.62 Black pog.svg 80 top Reed
Canada 49.50 -119.59 Black pog.svg 80 top Beutle
Canada 49.88 -97.15 Black pog.svg 80 top Hunter
Canada 45.95 -66.67 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Clark
Canada 47.56 -52.71 Black pog.svg 80 top Cole
Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Tetley
Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 right Boyce
Canada 44.23 -76.51 Black pog.svg 80 top Scott
Canada 46.24 -63.13 Black pog.svg 80 top Fortier
Canada 45.52 -73.64 Black pog.svg 80 top Ursel
Canada 50.45 -104.61 Black pog.svg 80 top Mazinke
Canada 60.72 -135.06 Black pog.svg 80 top Twa
Round Robin standings
Final Round Robin standings
KeyBrier champion
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Bill Tetley 9 2 94 75 Don Twa 8 3 93 67 Tom Reed 8 3 102 83 Harvey Mazinke 7 4 85 73 Rod Hunter 6 5 73 67 Jim Ursel 6 5 84 74 Alex Scott 6 5 77 76 John Clark 6 5 85 83 Dick Boyce 4 7 67 99 John Fortier 4 7 74 86 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Bob Cole 1 10 64 96 Frank Beutle 1 10 72 91
Round Robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).
Draw 1
Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm
(Twa) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 7 (Fortier) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(Ursel) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 (Hunter) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
(Reed) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 (Boyce) 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 10
(Beutle) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 (Scott) 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
(Mazinke) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 10 (Clark) 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
Draw 2
Monday, March 3, 9:00 am
(Reed) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 X X 12 (Scott) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 4
(Twa) 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6 (Clark) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 8
(Boyce) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Draw 3
Monday, March 3, 2:00 pm
(Mazinke) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 (Ursel) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
(Hunter) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 (Tetley) 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 9
(Fortier) 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 11 (Beutle) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 10
Draw 4
Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm
(Boyce) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 (Hunter) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
(Reed) 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 (Fortier) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
(Ursel) 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 X 11 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
(Tetley) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 6 (Mazinke) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 X 10
(Twa) 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 11 (Scott) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 4
Draw 5
Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 6 (Scott) 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 11
(Boyce) 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 9 (Beutle) 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
(Fortier) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 (Mazinke) 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
(Hunter) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 (Clark) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
(Reed) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 6 (Tetley) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 X 11
Draw 6
Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 pm
(Beutle) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 (Tetley) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 8
(Mazinke) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 (Scott) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
(Boyce) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Twa) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 X 11
(Reed) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 11 (Ursel) 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
(Clark) 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 7
Wednesday, March 5, 2:00 pm
(Clark) 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 10 (Reed) 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 11
(Tetley) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 10 (Twa) 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
(Beutle) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6 (Ursel) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 9
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 (Fortier) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 11
(Scott) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 (Hunter) 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
Draw 8
Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm
(Scott) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 9 (Boyce) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
(Hunter) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Clark) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 8 (Fortier) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 X 10
(Mazinke) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 (Twa) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 8
(Beutle) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 (Reed) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 9
Draw 9
Thursday, March 6, 9:00 am
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 7 (Mazinke) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 9
(Clark) 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 10 (Boyce) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 X 7
(Tetley) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 8 (Scott) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 6
(Hunter) 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 (Reed) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 10
(Ursel) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 9 (Fortier) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4
Draw 10
Thursday, March 6, 2:00 pm
(Reed) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 (Twa) 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
(Fortier) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 (Tetley) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 (Beutle) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
(Ursel) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 X 8 (Boyce) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
(Hunter) 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 X 10 (Mazinke) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Draw 11
Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm
(Ursel) 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 12 (Clark) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 6
(Beutle) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7 (Mazinke) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
(Twa) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 (Hunter) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
(Scott) 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 X 9 (Fortier) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
(Tetley) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 1 X 11 (Boyce) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Draw 12
Friday, March 7, 2:00 pm
(Hunter) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 9 (Beutle) 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
(Scott) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 (Ursel) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
(Mazinke) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 6 (Reed) 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 9
(Clark) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 (Tetley) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 (Twa) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 X 9
Draw 13
Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm
(Fortier) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 (Boyce) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9
Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 (Reed) 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 X 11
(Scott) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 X 7 (Clark) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
(Twa) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 (Beutle) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 8
(Tetley) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 10 (Ursel) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 8
Draw 14
Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm
(Tetley) 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Cole) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
(Clark) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 X 9 (Beutle) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
(Ursel) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4 (Twa) 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 X X 10
(Fortier) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 (Hunter) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
(Boyce) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2 (Mazinke) 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 X X 14
Awards
All-Star Team
The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS 2023-03-03 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204811/http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt dead
Position Name Team Skip Don Twa Third Bill Martin (2) Second Mike Boyd Lead Howard Atkinson
Ross G.L. Harstone Award
The Ross Harstone Award was presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 22 June 2022 52 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live
Name Team Position Harvey Mazinke Skip
References
Category:1975 in New Brunswick
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