1981 Labatt Brier

Canada's men's curling championship March 2026 1981 Labatt Brier Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Metro Centre March 1–8 67,257 Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg Kerry Burtnyk Mark Olson Jim Spencer Ron Kammerlock (Al Hackner) 1980 1982 The 1981 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 1 to 8, 1981 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The total attendance for the week was 67,257.http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/BrierRecords.pdf Brier Records Soudog's Curling History Site 26 May 2013 Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Kerry Burtnyk won the Brier tankard as they defeated Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner in the final 5–4. Manitoba advanced to the final after beating Saskatchewan in the semifinal 5–4. This was Manitoba's twenty-first Brier championship and the first of two skipped by Burtnyk. At 22 years, 3 months, and 15 days, Burtnyk became the youngest skip to ever win a Brier2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf Curling Canada 14 March 2023 159 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 surpassing Hec Gervais' record by nearly five years when he won the 1961 1961 Brier. The Burtynk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in London, Ontario where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland. The event set a record for the most extra end games in a single Brier as fourteen games went to an extra end breaking the record of eleven set in 1976. This remains a record and would only be matched in 1990.Brier Records https://stats.curling.io/brier/records Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 14 March 2023 Teams The teams were listed as follows:1981 Labatt Brier https://stats.curling.io/brier/1981 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 14 March 2023 white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaFairview CC, Fairview Skip: Mel Watchorn Third: Jim Fox Second: Terry Watchorn Lead: Merv WatchornKamloops CC, Kamloops Skip: Barry McPhee Third: Robert Kuroyama Second: Brian Eden Lead: Grant YoungAssiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron KammerlockNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioBeaver CC, Moncton Fourth: Tony Richardson Third: Bruce Forster Second: Gord Johnson Skip: Don MixSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Toby McDonald Third: Jim Miller Second: John Allan Lead: Neil YoungFort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce KennedyNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Alan Darragh Third: Tom Fetterly Second: Michael Currie Lead: Brent CotterAvonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Bob Widdis Second: Neil Harrison Lead: Jim McGrathCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Peter MacDonald Third: Bobby Carruthers Second: Alexander Stewart Lead: Rod MacDonaldQuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesHowick CC, Howick Skip: Brian Ness Third: Karl Murovic Second: Roy Weigand Lead: Robert CarterAssiniboia CC, Assiniboia Skip: Bob Ellert Third: Don Bushell Second: Ken Berner Lead: Bill WilsonWhitehorse CC, Whitehorse Skip: Chuck Haines Third: Gordon Gee Second: Lyle Sieg Lead: John Russell Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 56.07 -118.39 Black pog.svg 80 top Watchorn Canada 50.68 -120.34 Black pog.svg 80 top McPhee Canada 49.89 -97.29 Black pog.svg 80 top Burtnyk Canada 46.13 -64.77 Black pog.svg 80 left Richardson Canada 47.56 -52.72 Black pog.svg 80 left McDonald Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Hackner Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Darragh Canada 43.74 -79.34 Black pog.svg 80 top Werenich Canada 46.24 -63.13 Black pog.svg 80 top MacDonald Canada 45.18 -73.85 Black pog.svg 80 top Ness Canada 49.63 -105.99 Black pog.svg 80 top Ellert Canada 60.72 -135.06 Black pog.svg 80 top Haines Round-robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers ProvinceSkipW Games wonL Games lostPF Points forPA Points againstEW Ends wonEL Ends lostBE Blank endsSE Stolen endsS% Shot percentage Al Hackner 9 2 81 63 50 40 8 15 77% Kerry Burtnyk 8 3 71 44 46 37 11 8 80% Ed Werenich 7 4 73 59 51 43 7 18 75% Bob Ellert 7 4 66 58 45 40 8 10 73% Barry McPhee 7 4 81 72 48 46 5 12 72% Brian Ness 6 5 61 58 45 39 9 14 75% Mel Watchorn 5 6 69 60 47 46 3 11 75% Peter MacDonald 4 7 56 69 41 47 13 9 71% Chuck Haines 4 7 50 71 37 50 8 4 70% Don Mix 3 8 53 69 39 50 13 2 71% Toby McDonald 3 8 55 70 41 45 11 11 73% Alan Darragh 3 8 56 79 43 50 4 10 69% Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).The draw https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120842249/ 14 March 2023 The Montreal Gazette Newspapers.com February 28, 1981 62 Draw 1 Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm A (Mix) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 (McPhee) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 B (Ness) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 (Ellert) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 C (McDonald) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4 (Burtnyk) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 9 D (Werenich) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 4 (MacDonald) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 7 E (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 X X 7 (Haines) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Draw 2 Sunday, March 1, 8:00 pm A (Hackner) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6 B (Burtnyk) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 (Werenich) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 C (McPhee) 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 (Haines) 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 D (Mix) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5 (McDonald) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 6 E (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Watchorn) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X 7 Draw 3 Monday, March 2, 9:30 am C (Burtnyk) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 (Mix) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 D (McDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 (McPhee) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 Draw 4 Monday, March 2, 2:30 pm A (McDonald) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 (Werenich) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 B (Haines) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 (Darragh) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 C (MacDonald) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 (Ellert) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 D (Hackner) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 8 (Watchorn) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 E (Burtnyk) 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 X X 8 (Ness) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2 Draw 5 Monday, March 2, 8:00 pm A (Ellert) 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 (Haines) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 B (Watchorn) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 (MacDonald) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 C (Darragh) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 6 (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 X 10 D (McPhee) 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 9 (Ness) 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 E (Werenich) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 (Mix) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Draw 6 Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 am B (Werenich) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 (Hackner) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 C (Haines) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4 (MacDonald) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 7 Draw 7 Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 pm A (Burtnyk) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 (Watchorn) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 B (McDonald) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 X 8 (Haines) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 C (Ness) 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 (Werenich) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 D (Darragh) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 (Mix) 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 9 E (Ellert) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 7 (McPhee) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Draw 8 Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 pm A (Ness) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 X 6 (Darragh) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 B (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 5 (Watchorn) 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 10 C (Ellert) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 7 (Mix) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 D (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 (Burtnyk) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 E (McDonald) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 (MacDonald) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 6 Draw 9 Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 am C (Ness) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 (Watchorn) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 8 D (Ellert) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 Draw 10 Wednesday, March 4, 2:30 pm A (McPhee) 1 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 11 (Hackner) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 10 B (MacDonald) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 (Mix) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 C (Werenich) 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 X X 10 (Darragh) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2 D (McDonald) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 8 (Watchorn) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 E (Haines) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3 (Burtnyk) 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 Draw 11 Wednesday, March 4, 8:00 pm A (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 (Burtnyk) 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 X 8 B (Ellert) 1 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 X X 10 (McDonald) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3 C (Mix) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 (Haines) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 D (Ness) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 E (McPhee) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 (Werenich) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 7 Draw 12 Thursday, March 5, 2:30 pm A (Werenich) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 (Ellert) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 B (Darragh) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 (McPhee) 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 X 11 C (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 (Ness) 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 X 8 D (Watchorn) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5 (Haines) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 7 E (Mix) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4 (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 6 Draw 13 Thursday, March 5, 8:00 pm A (Haines) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5 (Ness) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 B (Hackner) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 X 8 (McDonald) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5 C (Watchorn) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 (Werenich) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 D (Burtnyk) 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 X X 10 (Ellert) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2 E (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 (Darragh) 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 9 Draw 14 Friday, March 6, 9:30 am A (Watchorn) 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 X X 8 (Mix) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2 B (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 (Burtnyk) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 C (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 (Ellert) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 D (MacDonald) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 6 (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 X 9 E (Ness) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 X 7 (McDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4 Draw 15 Friday, March 6, 2:30 pm A (Darragh) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 (McDonald) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 B (Mix) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Ness) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 C (Burtnyk) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 (McPhee) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 D (Haines) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3 (Werenich) 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 X 9 E (Watchorn) 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 X X 8 (Ellert) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3 Tiebreakers Ontario was awarded the bye into the second tiebreaker round based on head-to-head victories over both British Columbia and Saskatchewan in the round robin.Phillips Randy Saskatchewan rink stays alive in Brier https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120868793/ 14 March 2023 The Montreal Gazette Newspapers.com March 7, 1981 78 yes   To Semifinal 150 7 5 5 6 Round 1 Friday, March 6, 8:00 pm C (Ellert) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 7 (McPhee) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 Bill Wilson 83% Ken Berner 74% Don Bushell 68% Bob Ellert 74% 74% Grant Young 84% Brian Eden 81% Robert Kuroyama 76% Barry McPhee 66% 77% Round 2 Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am C (Werenich) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Ellert) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 Jim McGrath 89% Neil Harrison 90% Bob Widdis 77% Ed Werenich 66% 80% Bill Wilson 55% Ken Berner 80% Don Bushell 70% Bob Ellert 85% 72% Playoffs yes Semifinal Final 150 2 5 3 4 1 4 2 5 Semifinal Saturday, March 7, 3:30 pm C (Burtnyk) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 (Ellert) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Ron Kammerlock 90% Jim Spencer 83% Mark Olson 90% Kerry Burtnyk 76% 85% Bill Wilson 82% Ken Berner 81% Don Bushell 74% Bob Ellert 73% 77% Final Sunday, March 8, 3:00 pm C (Hackner) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 (Burtnyk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 Bruce Kennedy 84% Bob Nicol 76% Rick Lang 74% Al Hackner 84% 79% Ron Kammerlock 83% Jim Spencer 80% Mark Olson 75% Kerry Burtnyk 78% 79% Statistics Top 5 player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages KeyAll-Star Team Leads % MB Ron Kammerlock 81 ON Jim McGrath 80 NO Bruce Kennedy 79 NL Neil Young 77 PE Rod MacDonald 76 Seconds % QC Roy Weigand 79 MB Jim Spencer 78 NO Bob Nicol 76 AB Terry Watchorn 75 SK Ken Berner 75 Thirds % MB Mark Olson 81 NO Rick Lang 76 NL Jim Miller 75 BC Jim Fox 75 QC Karl Murovic 75 Skips % MB Kerry Burtnyk 78 NO Al Hackner 77 AB Mel Watchorn 74 BC Barry McPhee 73 ON Ed Werenich 73 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 2023-03-14 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204811/http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/brierawards.txt dead Position Name Team Skip Al Hackner Third Mark Olson Second Roy Weigand Lead Jim McGrath 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 Alberta skip, Mel Watchorn became the first player to win the Harstone Award twice after previously winning the award in 1973. Name Team Position Mel Watchorn (2) Skip External links Final on YouTube References Labatt Brier 1981 Category:Curling competitions in Halifax, Nova Scotia Labatt Brier Labatt Brier