1950 Macdonald Brier

Canadian men's curling championship March 2026 1950 Macdonald Brier Vancouver, British Columbia Kerrisdale Arena March 6–10 25,000 Northern Ontario Kirland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Tom Ramsay Len Williamson Bill Weston Bill Kenny 1949 1951 The 1950 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 6 to 10, 1950 at Kerrisdale Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 25,000 fans attended the event.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 25 April 2022 59 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live Team Northern Ontario, skipped by Tom Ramsay, won the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 7-2. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship. Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario all tied for second with 6-3 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between the three teams for runner-up. Manitoba would ultimately be the runner-up as they defeated Ontario 13-8 in the second tiebreaker game. Ontario defeated Alberta 7-5 in the first tiebreaker game. Event Summary June 2026 Heading into the final day of the Brier, Northern Ontario and Ontario were the front runners to win the Brier with 5-1 records. Alberta and Quebec one game behind at 4-2 while British Columbia, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia still in the mix at 3-3. In the Thursday morning session, Northern Ontario defeated British Columbia 6-5, thus eliminating all the three loss teams from Brier championship contention. Manitoba stomped Alberta 15-6, also eliminating Alberta from championship contention while Quebec beat Ontario 13-8. This left Northern Ontario, Ontario, and Quebec in contention for the championship. Northern Ontario would clinch the Brier Tankard in the afternoon session on Thursday with a 14-1 victory over Nova Scotia. In the remaining Thursday afternoon games, BC would defeat Quebec 8-7, Alberta defeated Ontario 11-7, and Manitoba beat Prince Edward Island 16-9. Even though the championship was already decided, this did not mean that this edition of the Brier would end anticlimactically in the Thursday evening session as there was a possibility of a five-way playoff for second place between Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. In the final round robin session on Thursday evening, Alberta would beat Nova Scotia 11-10 clinching them at least a spot in the playoff and eliminating BC in the process. Quebec's 16-2 loss to Saskatchewan meant that Quebec was no longer a possibility for the playoff. With Ontario demolishing New Brunswick 20-4 and Manitoba edging Brier champion Northern Ontario 8-7, this meant that Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario would decide who would finish runner-up. The first tiebreaker would be played late Thursday night into Friday morning while the second tiebreaker would be played Friday morning. In the second place tiebreaker playoff, Manitoba would draw the bye meaning that Alberta and Ontario would play in the first tiebreaker with the winning facing Manitoba in the second tiebreaker. In the first tiebreaker, Alberta held a 5-2 lead after eight ends, but Ontario would score five in the next four ends to win 7-5. In the second tiebreaker, Manitoba would score four in the first end. Ontario would come back to tie the game at 5 after the fifth end, but Manitoba would score four in the sixth and never look back as they took runner-up over Ontario 13-8. Teams The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1950 1950 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive 2022-04-28 2021-05-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165305/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1950 liveMcConnell Ken The Brier Handicap https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100633088/ 28 April 2022 The Vancouver Daily Province 6 March 1950Brier Battle Array March 4, 1950 15 Vancouver Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100649768/the-vancouver-sun/ April 28, 2022Record Crowd Jams Rink to See Curling March 9, 1950 16 Vancouver Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100650878/the-vancouver-sun/ April 28, 2022 white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaRink to beat at colorful (sic) Brier March 6, 1950 12 Vancouver Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100648969/the-vancouver-sun/ April 28, 2022#FFFF00 New BrunswickNorthern OntarioRoyal CC, Edmonton Skip: Cliff Manahan Third: Ross Manahan Second: Gordon Haynes Lead: William BullTrail CC, Trail Skip: Bung Cartmell Third: Ty Cobb Second: Charlie Cook Lead: Dave GarnhamElmwood CC, Winnipeg Skip: Bill McTavish Third: Norm Hume Second: Gord Lillyman Lead: Ken ConnBeaver CC, Moncton Skip: Jimmy Vance Third: Lee Allanach Second: Ralph Lister Lead: Ron DickieKirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Skip: Tom Ramsay Third: Len Williamson Second: Bill Weston Lead: Bill Kennywhite Nova ScotiaOntarioComing to Vancouver March 6, 1950 12 Vancouver Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100649129/the-vancouver-sun/ April 28, 2022Prince Edward Islandwhite Quebecgold SaskatchewanBridgewater CC, Bridgewater Skip: Bernard Haines Third: Eric Joudry Second: Ralph Simmons Lead: Lee RhodenizerKW Granite CC, Kitchener Skip: Carl Asmussen Third: Ty Shantz Second: Cully Schmidt Lead: Ed SchultzCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Heath Saunders Third: Doug Saunders Second: Daniel O'Rourke Lead: David MacLeodVictoria CC, Quebec City Skip: Herbie Simons Third: Thomas Beattie Second: Bobby Cream Lead: Andrew BeattiePrince Albert CC, Prince Albert Skip: Ernie Whitter Third: Buster Ortloff Second: Bill Whitter Lead: John Whitter Round-robin standings KeyBrier championTeams to tiebreaker playoff ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Northern Ontario Tom Ramsay 7 2 93 61 Alberta Cliff Manahan 6 3 97 86 Manitoba 1905 Billy McTavish 6 3 100 74 Ontario Carl Asmussen 6 3 102 71 British Columbia Bung Cartmell 5 4 74 72 Herbie Simons 5 4 72 78 Bernard Haines 4 5 91 85 Saskatchewan Ernie Whitter 3 6 83 80 New Brunswick Jimmy Vance 2 7 79 113 Prince Edward Island Heath Saunders 1 8 67 138 Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−08:00) Draw 1 Monday, March 6 3:00 PM A (Simons) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 10 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 B Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 New Brunswick (Vance) 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 3 17 C British Columbia (Cartmell) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 (Haines) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 11 D Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 13 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 E Ontario (Asmussen) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 Saskatchewan (Whitter) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Draw 2 Monday, March 6 8:00 PM A (Haines) 2 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 1 2 0 19 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 B (Simons) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 C Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 11 D British Columbia (Cartmell) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 9 Saskatchewan (Whitter) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 E Alberta (Manahan) 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12 New Brunswick (Vance) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 Draw 3 Tuesday, March 7 9:30 AM A Saskatchewan (Whitter) 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 12 Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 B British Columbia (Cartmell) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 11 C New Brunswick (Vance) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 8 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 9 D (Haines) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 9 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 11 E (Simons) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 Draw 4 Tuesday, March 7 2:30 PM A British Columbia (Cartmell) 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 14 New Brunswick (Vance) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 B Alberta (Manahan) 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 (Simons) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 1 11 C Saskatchewan (Whitter) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 12 D Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 2 14 E (Haines) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 13 Draw 5 Wednesday, March 8 3:00 PMWednesday's Draw https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100633408/ 28 April 2022 The Vancouver Daily Province 7 March 1950 A Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 11 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 B Saskatchewan (Whitter) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 (Haines) 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 13 C Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 3 1 2 21 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 D (Simons) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 8 New Brunswick (Vance) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 E British Columbia (Cartmell) 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 Draw 6 Wednesday, March 8 3:00 PM A British Columbia (Cartmell) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 B New Brunswick (Vance) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 9 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 7 2 0 17 C (Simons) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 (Haines) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 D Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 2 3 2 0 18 E Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 11 Saskatchewan (Whitter) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Draw 7 Thursday, March 9 9:30 AMThursday's Draw https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100633497/ 28 April 2022 The Vancouver Daily Province 8 March 1950 A (Simons) 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 13 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 B British Columbia (Cartmell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 C Saskatchewan (Whitter) 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 16 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 8 D (Haines) 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 20 New Brunswick (Vance) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 E Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 0 15 Draw 8 Thursday, March 9 2:30 PM A Saskatchewan (Whitter) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 New Brunswick (Vance) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 11 B Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 2 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 16 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 C British Columbia (Cartmell) 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 (Simons) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 D Ontario (Asmussen) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 7 Alberta (Manahan) 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 E (Haines) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 14 Draw 9 Thursday, March 9 7:30 PM A Northern Ontario (Ramsay) 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 B Alberta (Manahan) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 11 (Haines) 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 10 C New Brunswick (Vance) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 Ontario (Asmussen) 2 3 3 1 0 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 20 D (Simons) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 Saskatchewan (Whitter) 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 X 16 E British Columbia (Cartmell) 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 9 Prince Edward Island (Saunders) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 Playoff Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2 Alberta 5 Ontario 7 Manitoba 1905 13 Ontario 8 Tiebreaker #1 Thursday, March 9 C Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 Tiebreaker #2 Friday, March 10 C Manitoba 1905 (McTavish) 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 13 Ontario (Asmussen) 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 References Macdonald Brier, 1950 Macdonald Brier, 1950 Category:The Brier Category:Curling competitions in Vancouver Macdonald Brier 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