2012 Safeway Championship


The 2012 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba. The winning team of Rob Fowler, will represent Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This will be the 88th edition of the Manitoba men's curling championships.

Teams

Thirty-two teams qualify for the men's provincial championship in Manitoba. Berths 1–14 represent the rural zones, and berths 15–21 represent the Winnipeg zones. There were two separate bonspiels played earlier in the year, the Northern and Southern Bonspiels, representing the north and south; these represent berths 22 and 23. Berth 24 goes to the winner of the Brandon Bonspiel played around the same time of fall as the Northern and Southern floating bonspiels. Berth 25 goes to the prior year's Manitoban champion, assuming the team meets the requirements to represent themselves. The same goes for berths 26 and 27, which go to the Manitoba Curling Tour champion and the top Manitoban team on the Canadian Team Ranking System, respectively. Berth 27 must be declared by November 1, 2010. Numbers 28–32 are qualifiers from the MCA Bonspiel, also subject to subset rules and requirements.
Once all 32 teams have been qualified, they will be seeded respectively and slotted into the draw format of 1 vs 32, 2 vs 31, and so on.
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Rae HainstockGerry HaightAlex SutherlandAl MestonBurntwood C.C.128Norman Zone winner 1
Brad HyrichJason LeversLyle KennedyTerry BoydellFlin Flon C.C.232Norman Zone winner 2
Glen ToewsNick OgryzloMike SchottKen LevandoskiDauphin C.C.331Parkland Zone winner 1
Rae KujanpaaRay BakerBob AlmBob ScalesDauphin C.C.423Parkland Zone winner 2
Jared KolomayaNeil KitchingKennedy BirdDaniel HuntStonewall C.C.5Interlake Zone winner 1
Rob AtkinsClarence KohutGraham GrimesCurtis AtkinsEast St.Paul C.C.626Interlake Zone winner 2
David HamblinKevin HamblinKyle EinarsonMike NeufeldMorris C.C.7Central Zone winner 1
Dean NorthDarcy HaywardBill North Jr.Warren McCutcheonCarmen C.C.8Central Zone winner 2
Richard MuntainMike McCaughanJustin ReischekKeith DohertyPinawa9Eastman Zone winner 1
Murray WoodwardWilliam KuranNathan BodnarchukTerry DregerSte.Anne C.C.10Eastman Zone winner 2
Kelly SkinnerAllan LawnGreg RabeMike MarshallBrandon C.C.11Westman Zone winner 1
Terry McNameeSteve IrwinGeordie HargreavesTravis SabanBrandon C.C.129Westman Zone winner 2
Kelly RobertsonDoug ArmourDuane LangAce RossNeepawa C.C.13Westman Zone winner 3
Vic Peters Daley Peters Brendan TaylorKyle WerenichWest Kildonan C.C.145Winnipeg Zone winner 1
Jim ColemanA.J. GirardinBrad Van WalleghemShane HalliburtonPembina C.C.15Winnipeg Zone winner 2
Scott RamsayMark TaylorRoss McFadyenKen BuchananGranite C.C.16Winnipeg Zone winner 3
Jason GunnlaugsonJustin RichterJason AckermanDavid KraichyAssiniboine Memorial C.C.178Winnipeg Zone winner 4
Dave EliasKevin ThompsonHubert PerrinChris SuchyWest Kildonan C.C.1810Winnipeg Zone winner 5
Additional berth based on regional participation
Kyle FosterWes JonassonShawn MagnussonDarcy JacobsArborg C.C.19Safeway Berth Bonspiel
Rob Van KommerBart WitherspoonCale DunbarIan ScottCarberry C.C.20Safeway Berth Bonspiel
Jerry ChudleyKevin CooleyKyle CsverskoPaul RobertsonNeepawa C.C.2124Brandon Men's Berth Bonspiel
Dean DunstoneKen TresoorTaren GesellGreg MelnichukRossmere C.C.227Manitoba Curling Tour event winner
Rob FowlerAllan LyburnRichard DaneaultDerek SamagalskiBrandon C.C.233MCT Champion
Mike McEwenB.J. NeufeldMatt WozniakDenni NeufeldAssiniboine Memorial C.C.242Manitoba's top team from the Canadian
Team Ranking System
William LyburnJames KirknessAlex ForrestTyler ForrestDeer Lodge C.C.2542 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship
Sean GrassieCorey ChambersKody JanzenStuart ShiellsDeer Lodge C.C.2662 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship
Jeff StoughtonJon MeadReid CarruthersSteve GouldCharleswood C.C.271Defending Champion
Curtis McCannellDon VinesBill HardingJason MorrowPilot Mound C.C.2829MCA Bonspiel Asham Event qualifier
Dave JohnsonRobin NelsonCraig ScottDavid BayPembina C.C.2927MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier
Bruce JonesDave LemoineAsh ToewsHank LemoineSt. Vital C.C.3030MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier
Trevor LorethBrad HaightRyan LowdonBrett CawsonWest Kildonan C.C.31MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier
Carl GermanBrian CoxDaniel CoxWayne SoberingWest St. Paul C.C.3225MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier

Draw Brackets

32 team double knockout with playoff round

Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event

A Event

B Event

Results

February 8, 8:30am

Draw 2

February 8, 12:15pm

Draw 3

February 8, 4:00pm

Draw 4

February 8, 8:15pm

Draw 5

February 9, 8:30am

Draw 6

February 9, 12:15pm

Draw 7

February 9, 4:00pm

Draw 8

February 9, 7:45pm

Draw 9

February 10, 8:30am

Draw 10

February 10, 12:15pm

Draw 11

February 10, 4:00pm

Playoffs

Playoff Round

8 team double knockout

Four teams qualify into Championship Round

First Round

February 10, 7:45pm

Second Round

February 11, 9:00am

Third Round

February 11, 2:00pm

Championship Round

1 vs. 2

February 11, 6:30 PM

3 vs. 4

February 11, 6:30 PM

Semifinal

February 12, 9:00 AM

Final

February 12, 1:30 PM