Viterra Championship

The Viterra Championship is the Manitoba men's provincial curling championship. The winner represents Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's championship.^[1]

The tournament was previously known as the Safeway Championship (2008–2015), Safeway Select (1995–2007); the Labatt Tankard (1980–1994); the British Consols (1937–1979) and the Macdonald Brier Trophy event winner at the MCA Bonspiel (1925-1936).

Qualification

32 teams qualify. The distribution of berths changes from year to year but is generally composed of the following:

• Winners of Regional Zone Playdowns
• Winners of a "Berth Bonspiel"
• Brandon Men's Bonspiel winner
• Defending champion
• Manitoba Curling Tour champion
• Top team(s) from the Manitoba Curling Tour Rankings
• Top Manitoba team(s) on the CTRS rankings
• Top teams from the Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel

Winners

Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. Manitoba did not participate in the 1927 Brier.^[2]

References

Manitoba Men's Provincial Curling Championships Provincial Championships MCA Bonspiel (Macdonald Brier Trophy event) 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 British Consols 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Labatt Tankard 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Safeway Select 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Safeway Championships 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Viterra Championships 2016