2000 Players' Championship

March 2026 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship Winnipeg, Manitoba Max Bell Centre March 14–19 AB Kevin Martin Ottewell CC, Edmonton Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett ON Wayne Middaugh 1999 2001 The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship, the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.WCT field event outclasses men's Brier championship March 13, 2000 36 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122965303/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.Mission Accomplished March 20, 2000 35 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122969324/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, which he would go on to win, and then went on to win the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard, who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall.Restall eyes WCT prize March 10, 2000 75 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122969726/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV. Teams The teams were as follows:https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=1098&eventtypeid=23&view=Teams#1 GMC Players' Championship -- Teams CurlingZone April 16, 2023 SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleCurling March 18, 2000 60 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122968512/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023Season earnings to date ($CA)Kerry Burtnyk Jeff Ryan Rob Meakin Keith Fenton MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $48,500 Glen Despins Art Paulsen Dwayne Mihalicz Phillip Germain SK Strongfield, Saskatchewan $42,000 David Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque AB Edmonton, Alberta $46,700 Paul Flemming Mark Dacey Blayne Iskiw Tom Fetterly NS Halifax, Nova Scotia $20,000 Brad Hannah Warren Hassall Bryan Blaylock Chris Hassall AB Edmonton, Alberta $18,500Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys ON Toronto, Ontario $23,500 Guy Hemmings Don Westphal Guy Thibaudeau Dale Ness QC Saint-Aimé, Quebec $23,000 Bruce Korte Darrell McKee Roger Korte Rory Golanowski SK Saskatoon, Saskatchewan $33,000 Peja LindholmEighteen years, now that's longevity March 18, 2000 41 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122967877/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup SWE Östersund, Sweden N/A Kevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett AB Edmonton, Alberta $41,980 Hammy McMillan Warwick Smith Ewan MacDonald Peter Loudon SCO Inverness, Scotland N/A Chad McMullan Travis Graham Ross McFadyen Jeff Steski MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $19,825 Wayne Middaugh Graeme McCarrel Ian Tetley Scott Bailey ON Midland, Ontario $50,400 Rich Moffatt Howard Rajala Chris Fulton Paul Madden ON Ottawa, Ontario $27,500 Dale DuguidTeam Olson lead Charlie Salina could not play, so Duguid spared and skipped the team.New Duguid rink to debut, replacing missing McAulay March 14, 2000 53 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122965992/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 Mark Olson Peter Nicholls Dean Dunstone MB Winnipeg, Manitoba N/A Shane Park Scott Park (skip) Kerry Park Pat McCallumRegular skip Kevin Park left the team, so McCallum was recruited to play lead, with the rest of the line-up being re-arranged.Teams logjammed with 2-2 record March 17, 2000 76 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122967447/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 AB Edmonton, Alberta $21,375 Lowell Peterman Rob Armitage Keith Glover Steve Matejka AB Red Deer, Alberta N/A Vic Peters Dave Smith Chris Neufeld Don Harvey MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $46,800 Howard Restall Stan Walker Dave Kristy Andy Hick MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $18,350 Ulrik Schmidt Lasse Lavrsen Brian Hansen Carsten Svensgaard DEN Holte, Denmark $22,896 Kelly Skinner Kerry Hunka William Lyburn Gary Poole MB Brandon, Manitoba $20,125 Adam Spencer Brad Savage Jason Boyce Trevor Wall ON Guelph, Ontario $20,300 Pat Spiring Ken Tresoor Jim Spencer Scott Grant MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $19,500 Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Garry Vandenberghe Bob JenionJenion spared for Vandenberghe who had to go to Kelowna for a job interview, missing the first couple of days of competition.Middaugh is money in the bank March 15, 2000 55 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122966606/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023Stoughton too tough to stomp March 16, 2000 59 Winnipeg Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122966899/the-winnipeg-sun/ April 16, 2023 Doug Armstrong MB Winnipeg, Manitoba $47,000 Round-robin standings The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs. Final round-robin standingshttps://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=1098&eventtypeid=23&view=Round-Robin#1 GMC Players' Championship -- Round-Robin CurlingZone April 16, 2023 KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers Pool A W L SK Bruce Korte 4 1 ON Wayne Middaugh 3 2 MB Kelly Skinner 3 2 SCO Hammy McMillan 2 3 MB Team Olson 2 3 NS Paul Flemming 1 4 Pool B W L AB Kevin Martin 3 2 MB Chad McMullan 3 2 ON Rich Moffatt 3 2 ON Adam Spencer 3 2 MB Kerry Burtnyk 2 3 AB Lowell Peterman 1 4 Pool C W L SK Glen Despins 4 1 AB Team Park 4 1 SWE Peja Lindholm 3 2 ON Mike Harris 2 3 MB Jeff Stoughton 2 3 MB Pat Spiring 0 5 Pool D W L AB Brad Hannah 4 1 QC Guy Hemmings 4 1 MB Vic Peters 3 2 DEN Ulrik Schmidt 2 3 AB Team Nedohin 1 4 MB Howard Restall 1 4 Scores Scores were as follows: Draw 1 Middaugh 8, McMillan 2 Team Olson 6, Skinner 5 Korte 8, Flemming 4 Harris 7, Spiring 3 Peters 10, Schmidt 2 Draw 2 Martin 7, McMullan 3 Despins 10, Lindholm 5 Team Park 10, Stoughton 7 Moffatt 8, Peterman 4 Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3 Draw 3 Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6 Hemmings 9, Restall 2 Skinner 4, McMillan 3 Korte 8, Team Olson 2 Flemming 10, Middaugh 6 Draw 4 Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4 Spencer 7, Martin 6 Peterman 8, McMullan 5 Team Park 10, Despins 4 Stoughton 9, Spiring 7 Draw 5 Lindholm 9, Harris 3 Hannah 7, Peters 6 Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7 Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6 Korte 4, McMillan 3 Draw 6 Team Olson 7, Flemming 4 Skinner 8, Middaugh 5 Martin 7, Moffatt 6 McMullan 8, Spencer 5 Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2 Draw 7 Despins 7, Spiring 5 Harris 8, Stoughton 7 Lindholm 5, Team Park 4 Peters 6, Restall 5 Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2 Draw 8 Schmidt 9, Hannah 1 McMillan 10, Flemming 2 Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3 Korte 4, Skinner 3 McMullan 8, Moffatt 3 Draw 9 Spencer 9, Peterman 7 Burtnyk 6, Martin 5 Despins 10, Harris 1 Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1 Team Park 11, Spiring 8 Draw 10 Hemmings 8, Peters 6 Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4 Hannah 7, Restall 3 McMillan 11, Team Olson 4 Skinner 9, Flemming 6 Draw 11 Team Park 8, Harris 5 Lindholm 7, Spiring 5 Moffatt 7, Spencer 6 Martin 8, Peterman 5 Despins 7, Stoughton 6 Draw 12 Middaugh 8, Korte 3 Hannah 10, Hemmings 5 McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5 Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4 Restall 6, Schmidt 3 Tiebreakers https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=1098&eventtypeid=23&view=Tie-Breakers#1 GMC Players' Championship -- Tie-Breakers CurlingZone April 16, 2023 Martin 5, Spencer 4 Middaugh 7, Skinner 6 McMullan 10, Moffatt 5 Playoffs https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=1098&eventtypeid=&view=Playoffs#1 GMC Players' Championship -- Playoffs CurlingZone April 16, 2023 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 150px AB Brad Hannah 3 ON Wayne Middaugh 5 SK Bruce Korte 7 QC Guy Hemmings 6 AB Kevin Martin 7 AB Team Park 6 SK Glen Despins 7 MB Chad McMullan 1 ON Wayne Middaugh 6 SK Bruce Korte 5 AB Kevin Martin 6 SK Glen Despins 5 ON Wayne Middaugh 4 AB Kevin Martin 6 Final March 19, 11:30amhttps://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=1098&view=Scores&showdrawid=17#1 GMC Players' Championship -- Scores CurlingZone April 16, 2023 ON Wayne Middaugh 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 AB Kevin Martin 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 6 Notes References Players Championships, 2001 Category:2000 in sports in Manitoba Category:Curling competitions in Winnipeg Category:Players' Championship Category:March 2000 sports events in North America