Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
| Canadian Mixed Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1964 |
| 2017 host city | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| 2017 arena | Mariners Centre |
| 2017 champion |
 Northern Ontario |
 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship | |
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship.
In mixed curling, the positions on a team must alternate between men and women. If a man throws last rocks, which is usually the case, the women must throw lead rocks and third rocks, while the other male member of the team throws second rocks. In 2004, Shannon Kleibrink became the only woman to skip a team and win a Canadian Mixed championship.
History
Starting with the 2008 Championships (held in November 2007), the Canadian Curling Association picked two curlers from the winning team to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. This ended with the 2012 Mixed Championship, with the creation of the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials.
The tournament was started in 1964. For the first two years it was held at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Ontario. The first championship was won by Ernie Boushy of Winnipeg, Manitoba with a record of 9-1.[1][2]
The event was first sponsored by the Carling O'Keefe Brewery, which remained a sponsor until 1971. In 1973, Seagram Distillers became the new official sponsor, until 1983.
Up until 1995, the event was typically held in March, but was bumped up to January that year when Unitel became a sponsor. That was also the year that the "Season of Champions" event series was implemented, and the Page playoffs began to be used.
Unitel's parent company AT&T became the sponsor in 1997, a partnership that only lasted until 1998. The event was dropped as a Season of Champions event in 2004, and was no longer shown on television. The 2005 event was bumped up to November of the previous year, and the event has been held in November ever since, and is why the event is never held in the year it is billed as. In 2005, the page playoff system was dropped and replaced by a 3-team playoff.
Champions
The past champions of the event are listed as follows:[3]
| Year | Winning Locale | Winning Team | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Manitoba | Ernie Boushy, Ina Light, Garry DeBlonde, Bea McKenzie | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1965 | Alberta | Lee Green, Kay Berreth, Shirley Salt, Vi Salt | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1966 | Manitoba | Ernie Boushy, Ina Light, Garry DeBlonde, Betty Hird | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1967 | Saskatchewan | Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, Peter Gunn, Marlene Dorsett | Québec City, Quebec |
| 1968 | Saskatchewan | Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, Peter Gunn, Marlene Dorsett | Saint Boniface, Manitoba |
| 1969 |  Alberta | Don Anderson, Bernie Hunter, Bill Tarnish, Connie Reeve | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 1970 | Alberta | Bill Mitchell, Hadie Manley, Bill Tarnish, Connie Reeve | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1971 |  Saskatchewan | Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, John Gunn, Audrey St. John | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1972 |  British Columbia | Trev Fisher, Gail Wren, Bryan Bettesworth, Louise Fisher | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1973 |  Manitoba | Barry Fry, Peggy Casselman, Stephen Decter, Susan Lynch | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1974 | Saskatchewan | Rick Folk, Cheryl Stirton, Tom Wilson, Bonnie Orchard | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1975 | Alberta | Les Rowland, Aurdrey Rowland, Dan Schmaltz, Betty Schmaltz | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 1976 | British Columbia | Tony Eberts, Elizabeth Short, Clark Glanville, Eleanor Short | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| 1977 | Manitoba | Harold Tanasichuk, Rose Tanasichuk, Jim Kirkness, Debbie Orr | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1978 | Saskatchewan | Bernie Yuzdepski, Marnie McNiven, Roy Uchman, Joan Bjerke | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| 1979 | Northern Ontario | Roy Lund, Nancy Lund, Ron Apland, Marsha Kerr | Prince George, British Columbia |
| 1980 | Manitoba | Jim Dunstone, Carol Dunstone, Del Stitt, Elaine Jones | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 1981 | Northern Ontario | Rick Lang, Anne Provo, Bert Provo, Lorraine Edwards | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1982 | British Columbia | Glen Pierce, Marlene Neubauer, Fuji Miki, Sharon Bradley | Timmins, Ontario |
| 1983 | Saskatchewan | Rick Folk, Dorenda Schoenhals, Tom Wilson, Elizabeth Folk | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 1984 | Saskatchewan | Randy Woytowich, Kathy Fahlman, Brian McCusker, Jan Betker | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| 1985 | British Columbia | Steve Skillings, Pat Sanders, Al Carlson, Louise Herlinveaux | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1986 |  Ontario | Dave Van Dine, Dawn Ventura, Hugh Millikin, Cindy Wiggins | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| 1987 |  Prince Edward Island | Peter Gallant, Kathy Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie | Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| 1988 | Manitoba | Jeff Stoughton, Karen Fallis, Rob Meakin, Lynn Morrow | North Bay, Ontario |
| 1989 | Prince Edward Island | Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O'Rourke, Kathy O'Rourke | Brandon, Manitoba |
| 1990 | Alberta | Marvin Wirth, Glenna Rubin, Millard Evans, Robin Pettit | Rimouski, Quebec |
| 1991 | Manitoba | Jeff Stoughton, Karen Fallis, Scott Morrow, Lynn Morrow | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1992 | Alberta | Kurt Balderston, Marcy Balderston, Rod Kramer, Joanne Morrison | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| 1993 |  Nova Scotia | Scott Saunders, Colleen Jones, Tom Fetterly, Helen Radford | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| 1994 |  New Brunswick | Grant Odishaw, Heather Smith, Rick Perron, Krista Smith | Leduc, Alberta |
| 1995 | Nova Scotia | Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Jeff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins | Sarnia, Ontario |
| 1996 | Saskatchewan | Randy Bryden, Cathy Trowell, Russ Bryden, Karen Inglis | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 1997 | Northern Ontario | Chris Johnson, Barb McKinty, Drew Eloranta, Lisa Gauvreau | Kindersley, Saskatchewan |
| 1998 | Nova Scotia | Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Jeff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins | Owen Sound, Ontario |
| 1999 | Nova Scotia | Paul Flemming, Colleen Jones, Tom Fetterly, Monica Moriarty | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 2000 | Alberta | Kevin Koe, Susan O'Connor, Greg Northcott, Lawnie Goodfellow | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| 2001 |  Quebec | Jean-Michel Ménard, Jessica Marchand, Marco Berthelot, Joëlle Sabourin | Weyburn, Saskatchewan |
| 2002 | Nova Scotia | Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Rob Harris, Laine Peters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 2003 | Nova Scotia | Paul Flemming, Kim Kelly, Tom Fetterly, Cathy Donald | Abbotsford, British Columbia |
| 2004 | Alberta | Shannon Kleibrink, Richard Kleibrink, Judy Pendergast, Kevin Pendergast | Timmins, Ontario |
| 2005 |  Newfoundland and Labrador | Mark Nichols, Shelley Nichols, Brent Hamilton, Jennifer Guzzwell | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| 2006 | Ontario | John Epping, Julie Reddick, Scott Foster, Leigh Armstrong | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| 2007 | New Brunswick | Terry Odishaw, Becky Atkinson, Kevin Boyle, Jane Boyle | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2008 | Alberta | Dean Ross, Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman, Susan Wright | Calgary, Alberta |
| 2009 | Manitoba | Sean Grassie, Allison Nimik, Ross Derksen, Kendra Green | Iqaluit, Nunavut |
| 2010 | Nova Scotia | Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Andrew Gibson, Jill Mouzar | Burlington, Ontario |
| 2011 | Prince Edward Island | Robert Campbell, Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Robbie Doherty, Jackie Reid | Morris, Manitoba |
| 2012 | Saskatchewan | Jason Ackerman, Chantelle Eberle, Dean Hicke, Colleen Ackerman | Sudbury, Ontario |
| 2013 | Ontario | Cory Heggestad, Heather Graham, Greg Balsdon, Amy Mackay | Mount Royal, Quebec |
| 2014 | Alberta | Darren Moulding, Heather Jensen, Brent Hamilton, Anna-Marie Moulding | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2015 | Saskatchewan | Max Kirkpatrick, Jolene Campbell, Chris Haichert, Teejay Haichert | North Bay, Ontario |
| 2016 | Alberta | Mick Lizmore, Sarah Wilkes, Brad Thiessen, Alison Kotylak[4] | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2017 | Northern Ontario | Trevor Bonot, Jackie McCormick, Kory Carr, Megan Carr | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
References
- ↑ 14 Rinks Entered in Quebec Mixed Curling Playdowns, News and Eastern Townships Advocate, Feb 20, 1964.
- ↑ "Curling News column", L'artisan. Nov 23, 1964.
- ↑ "Past Champions of the Mixed". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014.
- ↑ 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Champions