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]
| Year | Skip | Winning Club | Host City | Host Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mike McEwen | Fort Rouge Curling Club | Selkirk | Selkirk Recreation Complex |
| 2015 | Reid Carruthers | West St. Paul Curling Club | Brandon | Keystone Centre |
| 2014 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Winnipeg | MTS Iceplex |
| 2013 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Neepawa | Yellowhead Centre |
| 2012 | Rob Fowler | Brandon Curling Club | Dauphin | Credit Union Place |
| 2011 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Beausejour | Sun Gro Centre |
| 2010 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Steinbach | T.G. Smith Centre |
| 2009 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Selkirk | Selkirk Recreation Centre |
| 2008 | Kerry Burtnyk | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club | Brandon | Keystone Centre |
| 2007 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Dauphin | Credit Union Place |
| 2006 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Steinbach | T.G. Smith Centre |
| 2005 | Randy Dutiaume | Thistle Curling Club | Selkirk | Selkirk Recreation Centre |
| 2004 | Brent Scales | Swan River Curling Club | Brandon | Keystone Centre |
| 2003 | John Bubbs | Granite Curling Club | Portage la Prairie | Portage Centennial Arena |
| 2002 | Mark Lukowich | Valour Road Curling Club | Neepawa | Yellowhead Arena |
| 2001 | Kerry Burtnyk | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club | Selkirk | Selkirk Recreation Complex |
| 2000 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Neepawa | Yellowhead Arena |
| 1999 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Portage la Prairie | Portage Centennial Arena |
| 1998 | Dale Duguid | Granite Curling Club | Virden | |
| 1997 | Vic Peters | Granite Curling Club | Morden | |
| 1996 | Jeff Stoughton | Charleswood Curling Club | Brandon | Keystone Centre |
| 1995 | Kerry Burtnyk | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena |
| 1994 | Dave Smith | St. Vital Curling Club | Thompson | |
| 1993 | Vic Peters | Granite Curling Club | Selkirk | |
| 1992 | Vic Peters | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1991 | Jeff Stoughton | Wildewood Curling Club | Brandon | |
| 1990 | Duane Edwards | Deloraine Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1989 | Orest Meleschuk | Lac du Bonnet Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1988 | Kerry Burtnyk | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club | Morden | |
| 1987 | Brian Fowler | Brandon Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1986 | Mike Riley | Pembina Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1985 | John Bubbs | Wildewood Curling Club | Dauphin | |
| 1984 | Mike Riley | Pembina Curling Club | Virden | |
| 1983 | Lloyd Gunnlaugson | Valour Road Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1982 | Mel Logan | Souris Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1981 | Kerry Burtnyk | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club | Brandon | |
| 1980 | Earle Morris | CFB Winnipeg Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1979 | Barry Fry | Deer Lodge Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1978 | Doug Harrison | Heather Curling Club | Brandon | |
| 1977 | John Usackis | Lac du Bonnet Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1976 | Clare deBlonde | Heather Curling Club | Flin Flon | |
| 1975 | Rod Hunter | Granite Curling Club | Brandon | |
| 1974 | Don Barr | Glenboro Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1973 | Danny Fink | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1972 | Orest Meleschuk | Fort Rouge Curling Club | Virden | |
| 1971 | Don Duguid | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1970 | Don Duguid | Granite Curling Club | Dauphin | |
| 1969 | Bob Robinson | Maple Leaf Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1968 | Burke Parker | Dauphin Curling Club | Brandon | |
| 1967 | Bruce Hudson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1966 | Hersh Lerner | Maple Leaf Curling Club | Dauphin | |
| 1965 | Terry Braunstein | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1964 | Bruce Hudson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1963 | Hersh Lerner | Maple Leaf Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1962 | Norm Houck | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1961 | John-David Lyon | West Kildonan Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena |
| 1960 | Mac Scales | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena |
| 1959 | Richard Bird | Elmwood Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1958 | Terry Braunstein | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1957 | Howard Wood, Jr. | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena |
| 1956 | Billy Walsh | Fort Rouge Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Arena |
| 1955 | Roy Forsyth | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1954 | Jimmy Welsh | Deer Lodge Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Amphitheatre |
| 1953 | Ab Gowanlock | Dauphin Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1952 | Billy Walsh | Fort Rouge Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1951 | Roy Forsyth | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1950 | Bill McTavish | Elmwood Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Amphitheatre |
| 1949 | Ken Watson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1948 | George Sangster | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1947 | Jimmy Welsh | Deer Lodge Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Amphitheatre |
| 1946 | Leo Johnson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1945 | Howard Wood, Sr. | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1944 | Leo Johnson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1943 | Ken Watson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1942 | Ken Watson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1941 | Al Wakefield | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1940 | Howard Wood, Sr. | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1939 | Ross Kennedy | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1938 | Ab Gowanlock | Glenboro Curling Club | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Amphitheatre |
| 1937 | Jimmy Welsh | Deer Lodge Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1936 | Ken Watson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1935 | Roy Pritchard | Killarney Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1934 | Leo Johnson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1933 | John Douglas | Deer Lodge Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1932 | Jim Congalton | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1931 | Bob Gourley | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1930 | Howard Wood, Sr. | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1929 | Gordon Hudson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1928 | Gordon Hudson | Strathcona Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1927 | Jim Congalton | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1926 | George Sherwood | St. John's Curling Club | Winnipeg | |
| 1925 | Howard Wood, Sr. | Granite Curling Club | Winnipeg |
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