1953 Macdonald Brier

June 2026 Canadian men's curling championship March 2026 1953 Macdonald Brier Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Arena March 2–7 12,500 Manitoba 1905 Dauphin CC, Dauphin Ab Gowanlock Jim Williams Art Pollon Russ Jackman 1952 1954 The 1953 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 7, 1953 at Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. A total of 12,500 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 Both Team Manitoba and Team Quebec finished round robin play tied with 8-2 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff to determine the Brier championship. Manitoba, skipped by Ab Gowanlock, defeated Quebec in the playoff 8–6 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was Manitoba's fourteenth Brier championship and Gowanlock's second title as a skip, with his other title having been in 1938. The 15 years between Brier championships by Gowanlock set a record for the longest gap between Brier championships by a skip, which to date is still a record. The title gap is also still a record by any player (since equaled by Steve Gould in 1996 and 2011 as a lead"Gould" Gould was an alternate for Jeff Stoughton's championship rink in 1999, but did not play any games during that Brier. Curling Canada excludes alternates from their records, therefore Gould also had 15 years between Brier championships instead of 12.EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf Curling Canada 25 April 2022 54–57 25 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203008/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf live ). At 52 years of age, Gowanlock is to date the oldest Brier winning skip in history.2026 Montana's Brier Media Guide https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-WEB2.pdf October 13, 2026 Curling Canada Curling Canada PDF Event Summary June 2026 Heading into the final draw, Quebec was sitting at 8–1 with Saskatchewan still left to play. Manitoba had already completed their round robin portion with an 8–2 record, thus drawing a bye in the final draw. All Quebec needed was a victory over Saskatchewan to capture their first Brier championship while Manitoba needed a Quebec loss to force a tiebreaker to decide the Brier championship. In the final draw, Quebec led 3-1 after four ends, but Saskatchewan would score three in the fifth end and go on to steal three more in the next two ends and eventually won 9–5 to force a tiebreaker between Manitoba and Quebec for the Brier championship. In the tiebreaker, Quebec led Manitoba 2-1 after four ends. Manitoba then scored one in the fifth end to tie the game and steal one in the sixth and two in the seventh to take a 5–2 lead. Quebec responded with three in the eighth and a steal of one in the ninth to take a 6–5 lead. Manitoba tied the game in the tenth and took a 7–6 lead after a steal of one in the eleventh. Even though Quebec had shot rock in the last end, Manitoba would go onto steal one more and win 8–6 to capture their fourteenth Brier championship and the second for Gowanlock as skip. Teams The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1953 1953 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive 2022-05-02 2021-05-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165305/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1953 live white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitoba#FFFF00 New BrunswickThe Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Leonard Haw Third: Frederick Agnew Second: David Haggarty Lead: Edward MillerTrail CC, Trail Skip: Reg Stone Third: Roy Stone Second: Douglas McGibney Lead: Hunt McKayDauphin CC, Dauphin Skip: Ab Gowanlock Third: Jim Williams Second: Art Pollon Lead: Russ JackmanBeaver CC, Moncton Skip: Ralph Noble Third: Horace Trites Second: Albert Eagles Lead: Harris MittonNewfoundlandNorthern Ontariowhite Nova ScotiaOntarioSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Norman Rockwell Third: Lewis Ayre Second: Jack Stoneman Lead: Wilbert HowellPort Arthur CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Grant Watson Third: Don McEwen Second: Frank Sargent Lead: Archibald GrantBridgewater CC, Bridgewater Skip: Bernard Haines Third: Ralph Simmons Second: Pennell Richardson Lead: Lee RhodenizerChatham Granite Club, Chatham Skip: Peter Gilbert Third: Gord Gilbert Second: Robert Gilbert Lead: James HarringtonPrince Edward Islandwhite Quebecgold SaskatchewanCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Frank Acorn Third: Stewart Moore Second: Charles Kydd Lead: James CampbellSt. George CC, Westmount Skip: Kenneth Weldon Third: Ches McCance Second: William Isaac Lead: James TurneyDelisle CC, Delisle Skip: James Hill Third: John Bentley Second: Harold Worth Jr. Lead: Elmer MacNevin Round robin standings KeyTeams to Tiebreaker Playoff ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Kenneth Weldon 8 2 99 74 Manitoba 1905 Ab Gowanlock 8 2 121 80 Saskatchewan James Hill 7 3 114 83 British Columbia Reg Stone 7 3 127 91 Northern Ontario Grant Watson 7 3 111 87 Alberta Leonard Haw 6 4 111 84 Bernard Haines 5 5 100 95 Ontario Peter Gilbert 4 6 91 97 New Brunswick Ralph Noble 2 8 71 118 Prince Edward Island Frank Acorn 1 9 77 127 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Norman Rockwell 0 10 70 156 Round robin results Draw 1 A Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 7 Saskatchewan (Hill) 3 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 3 3 1 0 18 B Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9 (Haines) 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 C New Brunswick (Noble) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 Alberta (Haw) 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 13 D Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Northern Ontario (Watson) 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 14 E British Columbia (Stone) 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 14 (Weldon) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 2 A Northern Ontario (Watson) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 5 Saskatchewan (Hill) 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 1 X X 15 B Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 British Columbia (Stone) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 9 C Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 10 Alberta (Haw) 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 14 D Ontario (Gilbert) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 (Weldon) 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 11 E Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 1 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 14 New Brunswick (Noble) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 Draw 3 A Ontario (Gilbert) 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 3 0 15 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 B Saskatchewan (Hill) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 Alberta (Haw) 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 10 C Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 1 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 14 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 9 D (Haines) 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 11 New Brunswick (Noble) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 E Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 11 British Columbia (Stone) 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 Draw 4 A (Weldon) 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 15 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 B (Haines) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 12 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 C Northern Ontario (Watson) 3 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 14 Ontario (Gilbert) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 D Alberta (Haw) 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 British Columbia (Stone) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 10 E Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 14 Saskatchewan (Hill) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 Draw 5 A Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Weldon) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 B Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 10 British Columbia (Stone) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 9 C New Brunswick (Noble) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 10 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 D (Haines) 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 11 Saskatchewan (Hill) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 E Ontario (Gilbert) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10 Alberta (Haw) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 8 Draw 6 A Northern Ontario (Watson) 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 16 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 10 B Saskatchewan (Hill) 2 0 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 17 New Brunswick (Noble) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 C Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 12 Ontario (Gilbert) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 9 D (Weldon) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 10 Alberta (Haw) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9 E British Columbia (Stone) 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 (Haines) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 8 Draw 7 A British Columbia (Stone) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 12 New Brunswick (Noble) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 B Alberta (Haw) 3 2 2 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 17 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 C Saskatchewan (Hill) 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 D (Haines) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 8 Ontario (Gilbert) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 E (Weldon) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 Draw 8 A British Columbia (Stone) 0 3 4 1 1 5 4 2 1 4 0 0 25 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 7 B (Weldon) 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 14 (Haines) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 C Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 0 3 1 0 2 4 0 5 2 0 4 1 22 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 D Ontario (Gilbert) 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 New Brunswick (Noble) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 E Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 Alberta (Haw) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 8 Draw 9 A (Haines) 2 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 20 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 8 B (Weldon) 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 14 New Brunswick (Noble) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 C Ontario (Gilbert) 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 7 D Saskatchewan (Hill) 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 3 18 British Columbia (Stone) 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 11 E Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 14 Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 9 Draw 10 A (Weldon) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 10 Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 B Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 10 Alberta (Haw) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 C Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 11 (Haines) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 8 D Saskatchewan (Hill) 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 10 Ontario (Gilbert) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 9 E New Brunswick (Noble) 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 14 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 Draw 11 A Northern Ontario (Watson) 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 12 New Brunswick (Noble) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 B British Columbia (Stone) 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 14 Ontario (Gilbert) 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 C Saskatchewan (Hill) 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 (Weldon) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 D Alberta (Haw) 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 15 (Haines) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 E Prince Edward Island (Acorn) 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Rockwell) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 8 Playoff C Manitoba 1905 (Gowanlock) 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 8 (Weldon) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 Notes References External links Video: CF9lSdS3r0E 1953 MacDonald Brier (Sudbury, Ontario) Macdonald Brier, 1953 Macdonald Brier, 1953 Category:The Brier 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