1979_Macdonald_Brier

1979 Macdonald Brier
1979 Macdonald Brier
Host city	Ottawa, Ontario
Arena	Ottawa Civic Centre
Dates	March 4–10
Attendance	89,081
Winner	Manitoba
Curling club	Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg
Skip	Barry Fry
Third	Bill Carey
Second	Gordon Sparkes
Lead	Bryan Wood
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1979 Macdonald Brier

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The 1979 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 4 to 10, 1979 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. For the second straight year, the total attendance for the week set a then-record where 89,081 attended the event.^[2] This was the last Brier where the round robin would determine the champion without a playoff.

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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Barry Fry captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 10–1 record as they clinched the title with after the Friday night draw. This was Manitoba's twentieth title and the only Brier won by Fry. The Fry rink would go onto represent Canada at the 1979 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Bern, Switzerland where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Norway.

It would be the last Brier under the sponsorship of Macdonald Tobacco. This marked an end of an era, as Macdonald Tobacco had sponsored the event since the first Brier in 1927. Following the final draw, the head of Macdonald Tobacco, David Macdonald Stewart declared "[f]or half a century, Macdonald Tobacco has followed an idea ... a dream to ... bring together Canadians, from all parts of the country and all walks of life, in a national sporting event. Curling was the ideal sport. It's been a wonderful experience. We've now seen the final chapter in 50 years of Canadian history". To commemorate the end of the Macdonald era, every living Brier champion skip at the time were invited to attend the Brier, and had their picture taken together. The lone surviving curler from the 1927 Brier, Emmet Smith (Northern Ontario) was also invited.^[3] The group of skips gathered before the final draw of the event for a special ceremony.^[4]

The event was marred with slow ice conditions and bad rocks,^[5] which were borrowed from a local curling club. The rocks were mismatched and pitted which "reduced shotmaking to a guessing game."^[6] Part way through the week, organizers asked for the teams to vote on changing the rocks. The teams that favoured hitting, including the leading Manitoba rink opposed changing the rocks, as the mismatched rocks made draw shots more difficult than hit shots.^[7]

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00)^[8]^[9]^[10]

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"A draw by draw guide to Brier week". The Ottawa Citizen. Newspapers.com. March 3, 1979. p. 27. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Crestwood CC, Edmonton Skip: Paul Devlin Third: John Hunter Second: Pat Ryan Lead: Derek Devlin	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Glen Pierce Third: Wayne Matthewson Second: Bruce Davey Lead: Fuji Miki	Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg Skip: Barry Fry Third: Bill Carey Second: Gordon Sparkes Lead: Bryan Wood
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Richard Belyea Third: Charlie Sullivan Second:Don Pennell Lead: Brian McLeod	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Jeff Thomas Third: Toby McDonald Second: Peter Hollett Lead: Ken Thomas	Thunder Bay WC, Thunder Bay Skip: Larry Pineau Third: Scott Hamilton Second: George Campbell Lead: Cliff Campbell
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Alan Darragh Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Mike Currie Lead: Dave Durrant	Annandale CC, Pickering Skip: Bob Fedosa Third: Bob Turcotte Second: Craig Garratt Lead: Doug Morrison	Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Wayne Matheson Third: Ken MacDonald Second: Al Legerwood Lead: John Scales
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Don Aitken Second: Warren Wallace Lead: Malcolm Turner	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Rick Folk Third: Bob Thompson Second: Tom Wilson Lead: Jim Wilson	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Don Strang Third: Klaus Schoenne Second: Rick Borden Lead: Clay Cedarholm

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA
Manitoba	Barry Fry	10	1	67	40
Saskatchewan	Rick Folk	8	3	74	59
Northern Ontario	Larry Pineau	8	3	63	54
Ontario	Bob Fedosa	6	5	56	58
Prince Edward Island	Wayne Matheson	6	5	67	49
Alberta	Paul Devlin	6	5	62	62
Quebec	Jim Ursel	5	6	61	62
British Columbia	Glen Pierce	5	6	61	69
Nova Scotia	Alan Darragh	4	7	59	71
New Brunswick	Richard Belyea	3	8	44	69
Newfoundland	Jeff Thomas	3	8	63	71
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Don Strang	2	9	54	67

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Ontario (Fedosa)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Pierce)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	5
New Brunswick (Belyea)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Devlin)	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	8
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

1979_Macdonald_Brier

1979 Macdonald Brier

Teams

Round Robin standings

Round Robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Awards

All-Star Team

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

References

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Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Strang)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5
Manitoba (Fry)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	X	8
Newfoundland (Thomas)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Pierce)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	6
Manitoba (Fry)	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Devlin)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	X	X	7
Northern Ontario (Pineau)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Belyea)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Strang)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Pineau)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
Nova Scotia (Darragh)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Strang)	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	X	10
Ontario (Fedosa)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	X	X	9
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Thomas)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	X	9
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Pineau)	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	7
New Brunswick (Belyea)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Ursel)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3
Prince Edward Island (Matheson)	2	1	0	1	4	0	2	0	X	X	10

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Barry Fry	Manitoba
Third	Bill Carey	Manitoba
Second	George Campbell	Northern Ontario
Lead	Bryan Wood	Manitoba