1980 Labatt Brier

March 2026 1980 Labatt Brier Calgary, Alberta Stampede Corral March 2–9 93,185 Nutana CC, Saskatoon Rick Folk Ron Mills Tom Wilson Jim Wilson (Al Hackner) 1979 1981 The 1980 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 2 to 9, 1980 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. For the third consecutive year, the Brier set a then-record as the total attendance for the week was 93,185.http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/Brier/BrierRecords.pdf Brier Records Soudog's Curling History Site 26 May 2013 This was the first Brier to be sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company replacing the Macdonald Tobacco Company, who sponsored the Brier since the inaugural event in 1927 as the primary sponsor. With a new sponsor came several changes to the Brier to make it more fan friendly such as a ban on smoking, a baseball-type scoreboard replacing the curling club-style scoreboard, and official umpires. The two biggest changes however were a three-team playoff after round robin play would determine the Brier champion with the top team in round robin play receiving a direct bye into the final and a new, shiny Labatt Tankard trophy replaced the old Macdonald Tankard trophy.Konotopetz Gyle The 'old ways' go up in a puff of smoke https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120799177/ 13 March 2023 Calgary Herald Newspapers.com March 1, 1980 H2 Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Rick Folk captured the Brier tankard after they defeated Northern Ontario in the final 10–6.http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1980_Labatt_Brier.pdf 1980 Labatt Brier Archived Statistics Canadian Curling Association 25 May 2013 It was the last time a team using corn brooms won the Brier.https://calgaryherald.com/feature/history-curling-canada-from-evolution-recreation-competitive-sport How curling in Canada evolved from recreational origins to become a competitive sports juggernaut Calgary Herald February 25, 2025 Northern Ontario advanced to the final after they defeated Alberta in the semifinal 6–5. This was the seventh and as of 2024, most recent Brier championship for Saskatchewan and the first of two won by Folk, with his other coming in 1994 with British Columbia. The Folk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1980 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in Moncton, New Brunswick where they won Canada's first world championship since 1972. Teams The teams were listed as follows:1980 Labatt Brier https://stats.curling.io/brier/1980 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 13 March 2023 white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaCalgary WC, Calgary Skip: Paul Gowsell Third: Neil Houston Second: Glen Jackson Lead: Kelly StearneVictoria CC, Victoria Skip: Tim Horrigan Third: Lowell Goulden Second: Kelly Horrigan Lead: David SmithCFB Winnipeg CC, Winnipeg Skip: Earle Morris Third: Clare DeBlonde Second: Garry DeBlonde Lead: Winston WarrenNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioThistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Richard Belyea Third: Don Pennell Second: Wade Blanchard Lead: Brian McLeodSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Wayne Hamilton Third: Lew Andrews Second: Paul Hamilton Lead: Colin JamesFort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce KennedyNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandDartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Peter Hope Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Gary Clarke Lead: Donald MacLeodPenetang CC, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Larry Merkley Second: Robert Rushton Lead: Kent CarstairsCrapaud Community CC, Crapaud Skip: Ted MacFadyen Third: Bill MacFadyen Second: Mike Coady Lead: Gord HermannQuebecSaskatchewanNorthwest Territories/YukonSt. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Don Aitken Second: Lawren Steventon Lead: Malcolm TurnerNutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Rick Folk Third: Ron Mills Second: Tom Wilson Lead: Jim WilsonYellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Al Delmage Third: Bill Strain Second: Roy Giles Lead: Ron Kapicki Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 51.05 -114.07 Black pog.svg 80 top Gowsell Canada 48.42 -123.36 Black pog.svg 80 top Horrigan Canada 49.88 -97.15 Black pog.svg 80 top Morris Canada 45.28 -66.08 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Belyea Canada 47.56 -52.72 Black pog.svg 80 top Hamilton Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Hackner Canada 44.67 -63.57 Black pog.svg 80 right Hope Canada 44.77 -79.93 Black pog.svg 80 top Howard Canada 46.24 -63.50 Black pog.svg 80 top MacFadyen Canada 45.51 -73.59 Black pog.svg 80 top Ursel Canada 52.14 -106.69 Black pog.svg 80 top Folk Canada 62.45 -114.37 Black pog.svg 80 top Delmage Round robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs ProvinceSkipW Games wonL Games lostPF Points forPA Points againstEW Ends wonEL Ends lostBE Blank endsSE Stolen endsS% Shot percentage Rick Folk 9 2 69 50 46 38 6 14 78% Al Hackner 8 3 90 67 54 45 4 20 72% Paul Gowsell 8 3 66 54 43 41 8 11 75% Jim Ursel 7 4 72 63 46 43 5 14 73% Earle Morris 6 5 74 72 47 47 4 15 71% Al Delmage 5 6 63 66 42 43 8 14 70% Russ Howard 5 6 65 68 44 43 11 12 70% Tim Horrigan 5 6 65 70 45 46 7 12 71% Ted MacFadyen 4 7 57 73 45 47 10 12 67% Richard Belyea 3 8 55 65 39 48 10 7 67% Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Wayne Hamilton 3 8 62 75 40 52 14 8 72% Peter Hope 3 8 66 81 47 45 4 11 69% Round robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00).Battlelines are drawn https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120800603/ 13 March 2023 Calgary Herald Newspapers.com March 1, 1980 H2 Draw 1 Sunday, March 2, 2:00 pm A (MacFadyen) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7 (Belyea) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 B (Horrigan) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 (Gowsell) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 C (Folk) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 D (Delmage) 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 5 (Morris) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 X 7 E (Hope) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 10 Draw 2 Sunday, March 2, 7:30 pm A (Hope) 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 10 (Morris) 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 B Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 (Delmage) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 X 7 C (Belyea) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 4 (Hackner) 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 X 9 D (MacFadyen) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7 E (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 9 (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 7 Draw 3 Monday, March 3, 9:00 am C Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 8 (MacFadyen) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 D (Folk) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 5 (Belyea) 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 X 8 Draw 4 Monday, March 3, 1:30 pm A (Folk) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 6 (Delmage) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 B (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7 (Howard) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 C (Morris) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Gowsell) 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 X 7 D (Hope) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 (Ursel) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 10 E Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 X 6 (Horrigan) 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 9 Draw 5 Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm A (Gowsell) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5 (Hackner) 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 X 10 B (Ursel) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 (Morris) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 C (Howard) 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 8 (Hope) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 D (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5 (Horrigan) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 E (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 (MacFadyen) 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 Draw 6 Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am B (Delmage) 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 X X 11 (Hope) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X X 5 C (Hackner) 2 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 X X 11 (Morris) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3 Draw 7 Tuesday, March 4, 1:30 pm A Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 (Ursel) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 B (Folk) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 (Hackner) 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 C (Horrigan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 D (Howard) 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 X 6 (MacFadyen) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 E (Gowsell) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6 (Belyea) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 Draw 8 Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 pm A (Horrigan) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Howard) 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 X 7 B (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 (Ursel) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 C (Gowsell) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 7 (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4 D (Hope) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 E (Folk) 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 7 (Morris) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 5 Draw 9 Wednesday, March 5, 9:00 am C (Horrigan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 (Ursel) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 D (Gowsell) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 7 (Howard) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 Draw 10 Wednesday, March 5, 1:30 pm A (Belyea) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 6 (Hope) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 B (Morris) 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 X X 11 (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3 C (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 X X 7 (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2 D (Folk) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 (Ursel) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 E (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 8 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 Draw 11 Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm A (Morris) 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 B (Gowsell) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 8 (Folk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 C (MacFadyen) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 10 (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 D (Horrigan) 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 9 (Hope) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7 E (Belyea) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 6 (Delmage) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 Draw 12 Thursday, March 6, 1:30 pm A (Delmage) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 (Gowsell) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 B (Howard) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 X 8 (Belyea) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3 C (Morris) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 9 (Horrigan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 6 D (Ursel) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 (Hackner) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 8 E (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 (Hope) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Draw 13 Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm A (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 (Horrigan) 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 B (Hope) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 7 C (Ursel) 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 X X 11 (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 X X 5 D Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 (Gowsell) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 E (Morris) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 (Howard) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Draw 14 Friday, March 7, 9:00 am A (Ursel) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 B (Howard) 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X 10 C (Hope) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 (Gowsell) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 D (Morris) 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8 (Belyea) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 E (Horrigan) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2 (Folk) 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 X 7 Draw 15 Friday, March 7, 1:30 pm A (Howard) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5 (Folk) 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 9 B (MacFadyen) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 (Horrigan) 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 7 C Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland (Hamilton) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 (Belyea) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 D (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 9 (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 E (Ursel) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 7 (Gowsell) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 Playoffs Source: high Semifinal Final 150 2 6 3 5 1 10 2 6 Semifinal Saturday, March 8, 12:30 pm C (Hackner) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 (Gowsell) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 Bruce Kennedy 73% Bob Nicol 74% Rick Lang 76% Al Hackner 86% 77% Kelly Stearne 71% Glen Jackson 84% Neil Houston 80% Paul Gowsell 76% 78% Final Sunday, March 9, 12:00 pm C (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 6 (Folk) 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 10 Bruce Kennedy 68% Bob Nicol 84% Rick Lang 76% Al Hackner 65% 73% Jim Wilson 67% Tom Wilson 78% Ron Mills 79% Rick Folk 74% 74% Statistics Top 5 player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages KeyAll-Star Team Leads % SK Jim Wilson 83 AB Kelly Stearne 76 NT Ron Kapicki 75 MB Winston Warren 75 BC David Smith 74 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Colin James 74 Seconds % SK Tom Wilson 81 AB Glen Jackson 76 Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Paul Hamilton 75 QC Lawren Steventon 75 NT Roy Giles 75 Thirds % AB Neil Houston 76 SK Ron Mills 76 BC Lowell Goulden 74 NO Rick Lang 71 QC Don Aitken 71 Skips % SK Rick Folk 74 AB Paul Gowsell 74 QC Jim Ursel 72 NO Al Hackner 71 ON Russ Howard 71 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 Rick Folk (2) Third Neil Houston Second Tom Wilson Lead Jim Wilson 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 Wayne Hamilton Newfoundland and Labrador 1952 Newfoundland Skip References External links Semi-final on YouTube Labatt Brier 1980 Category:Curling competitions in Calgary Labatt Brier Labatt Brier Category:1980s in Calgary