1980_Labatt_Brier

1980 Labatt Brier
1980 Labatt Brier
Host city	Calgary, Alberta
Arena	Stampede Corral
Dates	March 2–9
Attendance	93,185
Winner	Saskatchewan
Curling club	Nutana CC, Saskatoon
Skip	Rick Folk
Third	Ron Mills
Second	Tom Wilson
Lead	Jim Wilson
Finalist	Northern Ontario (Al Hackner)
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1980 Labatt Brier

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The 1980 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 2 to 9, 1980 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. For the third consecutive year, the Brier set a then-record as the total attendance for the week was 93,185.^[1] This was the first Brier to be sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company replacing the Macdonald Tobacco Company, who sponsored the Brier since the inaugural event in 1927 as the primary sponsor.

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With a new sponsor came several changes to the Brier to make it more fan friendly such as a ban on smoking, a baseball-type scoreboard replacing the curling club-style scoreboard, and official umpires. The two biggest changes however were a three-team playoff after round robin play would determine the Brier champion with the top team in round robin play receiving a direct bye into the final and a new, shiny Labatt Tankard trophy replaced the old Macdonald Tankard trophy.^[2]

Team Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Rick Folk captured the Brier tankard after they defeated Northern Ontario in the final 10–6.^[3] Northern Ontario advanced to the final after they defeated Alberta in the semifinal 6–5.

This was the seventh and as of 2023, most recent Brier championship for Saskatchewan and the first of two won by Folk, with his other coming in 1994 with British Columbia. The Folk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1980 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in Moncton, New Brunswick where they won Canada's first world championship since 1972.

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07:00).^[4]^[5]

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BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS

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Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba
Calgary WC, Calgary Skip: Paul Gowsell Third: Neil Houston Second: Glen Jackson Lead: Kelly Stearne	Victoria CC, Victoria Skip: Tim Horrigan Third: Lowell Goulden Second: Kelly Horrigan Lead: David Smith	CFB Winnipeg CC, Winnipeg Skip: Earle Morris Third: Clare DeBlonde Second: Garry DeBlonde Lead: Winston Warren
New Brunswick	Newfoundland	Northern Ontario
Thistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Richard Belyea Third: Don Pennell Second: Wade Blanchard Lead: Brian McLeod	St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Wayne Hamilton Third: Lew Andrews Second: Paul Hamilton Lead: Colin James	Fort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce Kennedy
Nova Scotia	Ontario	Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Peter Hope Third: Peter MacPhee Second: Gary Clarke Lead: Donald MacLeod	Penetang CC, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Larry Merkley Second: Robert Rushton Lead: Kent Carstairs	Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud Skip: Ted MacFadyen Third: Bill MacFadyen Second: Mike Coady Lead: Gord Hermann
Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
St. Laurent CC, Mount Royal Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Don Aitken Second: Lawren Steventon Lead: Malcolm Turner	Nutana CC, Saskatoon Skip: Rick Folk Third: Ron Mills Second: Tom Wilson Lead: Jim Wilson	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Al Delmage Third: Bill Strain Second: Roy Giles Lead: Ron Kapicki

Province	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Saskatchewan	Rick Folk	9	2	69	50	46	38	6	14	78%
Northern Ontario	Al Hackner	8	3	90	67	54	45	4	20	72%
Alberta	Paul Gowsell	8	3	66	54	43	41	8	11	75%
Quebec	Jim Ursel	7	4	72	63	46	43	5	14	73%
Manitoba	Earle Morris	6	5	74	72	47	47	4	15	71%
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Al Delmage	5	6	63	66	42	43	8	14	70%
Ontario	Russ Howard	5	6	65	68	44	43	11	12	70%
British Columbia	Tim Horrigan	5	6	65	70	45	46	7	12	71%
Prince Edward Island	Ted MacFadyen	4	7	57	73	45	47	10	12	67%
New Brunswick	Richard Belyea	3	8	55	65	39	48	10	7	67%
Newfoundland	Wayne Hamilton	3	8	62	75	40	52	14	8	72%
Nova Scotia	Peter Hope	3	8	66	81	47	45	4	11	69%

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7
New Brunswick (Belyea)	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Horrigan)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
Alberta (Gowsell)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	5
Newfoundland (Hamilton)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

1980_Labatt_Brier

1980 Labatt 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

Draw 15

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Awards

All-Star Team

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

References

External links

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	9
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	1	10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Hope)	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	10
Manitoba (Morris)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	4
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	X	7

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	8
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	7

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	7
Ontario (Howard)	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Hamilton)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	X	6
British Columbia (Horrigan)	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Gowsell)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	2	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ontario (Howard)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	9
Quebec (Ursel)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	7

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Folk)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
Northern Ontario (Hackner)	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Player percentages
Northern Ontario		Alberta
Bruce Kennedy	73%	Kelly Stearne	71%
Bob Nicol	74%	Glen Jackson	84%
Rick Lang	76%	Neil Houston	80%
Al Hackner	86%	Paul Gowsell	76%
Total	77%	Total	78%

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Rick Folk (2)	Saskatchewan
Third	Neil Houston	Alberta
Second	Tom Wilson	Saskatchewan
Lead	Jim Wilson	Saskatchewan