1976 Macdonald Brier
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The 1976 Macdonald Brier was held in Regina, Saskatchewan
at the Agridome. The total attendance for the week was 61,110. This Brier would see the first victory for Newfoundland
in the Brier's history. At this time, there was no playoffs in the Brier.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
at the Agridome. The total attendance for the week was 61,110. This Brier would see the first victory for Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
in the Brier's history. At this time, there was no playoffs in the Brier.
Standings
Province | Skip | Club | City | W | L |
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Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
Jack MacDuff Jack MacDuff Jack MacDuff is an air traffic controller and curler.-Curling:The son of Jim and Eileen MacDuff, Jack was the skip of the 1976 men's curling team representing the province of Newfoundland and Labrador that won the Canadian Men's curling championship. It was the only time the province had won the... |
St. John's CC | St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
9 | 2 |
Manitoba | Clare DeBlonde | Heather CC | Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
8 | 3 |
Quebec | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent CC | Mount Royal Mount Royal, Quebec Mount Royal is a town located on the northwest side of Mount Royal, north of downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The town is completely surrounded by Montreal. The population was 18,933 at the 2006 census... |
7 | 4 |
New Brunswick | Dave Sullivan | Capital WC | Fredericton | 7 | 4 |
British Columbia | Bernie Sparkes Bernie Sparkes Bernard L. Sparkes is a former world champion curler.Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys... |
Burnaby CC | Burnaby | 7 | 4 |
Alberta | Wayne Sokolosky | Calgary CC | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
6 | 5 |
Northwest Territories/Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
Howard Brazeau | Fort Smith CC | Fort Smith Fort Smith, Northwest Territories Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the NWT/Alberta border.-History:Fort Smith's history began because of the Slave River and the vital link... |
5 | 6 |
Northern Ontario Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population... |
Rick Lang Rick Lang Richard P. "Rick" Lang is a five time Canadian Championship Curling winner representing Northern Ontario.Played third for Brier champions Bill Tetley , and Al Hackner . Also played third for Al Hackner's Canadian Senior Men's championship team in 2006... |
Fort William CC | Thunder Bay Thunder Bay -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario... |
5 | 6 |
Nova Scotia | Alf Romain | Mayflower CC Mayflower Curling Club The Mayflower Curling Club, which was founded in 1905, is located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax.The club is one of the premier curling rinks in Nova Scotia, being home to the teams headed by Colleen Jones, Mark Dacey, Shawn Adams, and Heather Smith-Dacey... |
Halifax City of Halifax Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996... |
4 | 7 |
Ontario | Joe Gurowka | Dixie CC | Mississauga Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades... |
3 | 8 |
Saskatchewan | Roger Anholt | Moose Jaw CC | Moose Jaw | 3 | 8 |
Prince Edward Island | Ken MacDonald | Charlottetown CC | Charlottetown | 2 | 9 |