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The 2009 Safeway Championship
Safeway Championship
The Safeway Championship is the Manitoba provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier. Previously, it was known as the Safeway Select ; the Labatt Tankard and the British Consols . Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each...

(Manitoba men's provincial curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

championship) was held February 18-22 at the Selkirk Recreation Centre in Selkirk, Manitoba

Selkirk, Manitoba

Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River, near . As of the 2006 census, Selkirk had a population of 9,515....

. The winner will represent Manitoba at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier

2009 Tim Hortons Brier

-Draw 2:March 7, 1800-Draw 3:March 8, 0830-Draw 4:March 8, 1300-Draw 5:March 8, 1830-Draw 6:March 9, 0830-Draw 7:March 9, 1300-Draw 8:March 9, 1830-Draw 9:March 10, 0830-Draw 10:...

in 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...

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
Farrol Asham	Wayne McLellan	Glen Ringrose	Stewart Holditch	Gord Holditch	Burntwood CC, Thompson Thompson, Manitoba Thompson is a city in northern Manitoba. As the "Hub of the North" it serves as the regional trade and service centre of northern Manitoba. Thompson is located north of the Canada – United States border, north of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, and is northeast of Flin Flon...
Dave Boehmer	Matt Lacriox	Kyle Einerson	Marc Lacriox		Petersfield CC, Petersfield
David Bohn	Dennis Bohn	Andrew Melnuk	David Hamblin	A.J. Girardin	Assiniboine Memorial 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...
Kerry Burtnyk Kerry Burtnyk Kerry Burtnyk is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Reston, Manitoba. He is a two time Canadian champion skip, and the 1995 World Champion skip.-Career:...	Don Walchuk Don Walchuk Donald J. Walchuk is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. Until April 26, 2006, Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin's team.Walchuk joined up with Martin prior to the 1996 season...	Richard Daneault	Garth Smith	Ken Tresoor	Assiniboine Memorial 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...
Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip...	Dan Kammerlock	Derek Samagalski	Shane Kilgallen		West Kildonan 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...
Rob Cosens	Jim Ireland	Todd Russell	Mike Trager		West St. Paul 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...
Darryl Friesen	Ernie Funk	Jamie Wall	Reg Funk		St. Vital 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...
Chris Galbraith	Adam Norget	Andrew Irving	Geoff Lang		Rosser CC, Rosser Rosser, Manitoba Rosser, Manitoba is a rural municipality lying adjacent to the northwest side of Winnipeg at . It is part of the Winnipeg Capital Region. Its population as of the 2001 census was 1,412....
Ryan Hyde	Hartley Vanstone	Jared Munro	Ashley Linden		Portage CC, Portage la Prairie
Brad Hyrich	Blaine Gogal	Doug Salahub	Ken Tetreault		Flin Flon CC, Flin Flon Flin Flon Flin Flon is a Canadian mining city located on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within Manitoba.- Founding :...
Allan Lyburn	Scott Ramsay	Mark Taylor	Cory Barkley		Brandon CC, Brandon Brandon, Manitoba Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
William Lyburn	Geordie Hargreaves	Keith Marshall	Mike Marshall		Brandon CC, Brandon Brandon, Manitoba Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
Scott Madams	Gary Shibata	Terry Dreger	Tyler Specula		Pembina 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...
Shawn Magnusson	Kevin Vigfusson	Cory Mamchuk	Darcy Jacobs	Aaron Magnusson	Riverton CC, Riverton Riverton, Manitoba Riverton is a village in the province of Manitoba in Canada located approximately 110 kilometres north of Winnipeg. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Bifrost. The CPR's train conductor is reputed to have named the town....
Mike McEwen Mike McEwen (curler) Michael "Mike" McEwen is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. The McEwen team curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg.-Career:...	B.J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak Matt Wozniak Matt Wozniak is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Wozniak plays second for the Mike McEwen team which curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg.-External Links:...	Denni Neufeld Denni Neufeld Denni Neufeld is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Neufeld plays lead for the McEwen team which curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg. He started curling around the age of ten and cites the achievements of his father as leading his interest into the game of curling...		Assiniboine Memorial 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...
Terry McNamee	Steve Irwin	Travis Taylor	Travis Saban		Brandon CC, Brandon Brandon, Manitoba Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
Richard Muntain	Kelly Marnoch	Cale Dunbar	Chris Cameron	Evan Reynolds	Carberry CC, Carberry Carberry, Manitoba Carberry is the largest town in the Rural Municipality of North Cypress in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is home to 1,502 people and is located 50 kilometres east of Brandon, Manitoba.-Economy:...
Randy Neufeld	Cory Anderson	Birk Cramer	Scott Podolski	Jeff Warkentin	La Salle CC, La Salle La Salle, Manitoba La Salle, Manitoba is a community located in the rural municipality of Macdonald along the banks of the La Salle River.Prior to the CPR's laying rails on or about September 5, 1882, the Roman Catholic Church purchased land to establish the St. Hyacinthe Seminary. This land was on the north shore of...
Peter Nicholls	Dean Dunstone	James Kirkness	Wayne Sigurdson		Deer Lodge 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...
Steve Pauls	Clarence Reimer	Kevin Friesen	Don McLean		Manitou CC, Manitou Manitou, Manitoba Manitou is a small town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Pembina. The Boundary Trail Railway is based out of Manitou.-Notable residents:...
Daley Peters Daley Peters Daley Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was back to back Manitoba Junior curling champion in 2004 and 2005, the first Junior Mens skip to repeat in Manitoba in nearly a decade. He is currently curling with his father and former Labatt Brier champion, Vic Peters...	Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson Jason "the Gunner" Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler.Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics...	Justin Richter	Tyler Forrest		Beausejour CC, Beausejour Beausejour, Manitoba Beausejour is a town of 2,772 inhabitants in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. It is located 46 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg just west of the Canadian Shield and Whiteshell Provincial Park...
Doug Riach	Kevin Thompson	Brent Baschuk	Greg Klassen	Mike Friesen	West Kildonan 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...
Kelly Robertson Kelly Robertson Kelly Robertson is a Canadian curler and grain and cattle farmer from Neepawa, Manitoba.At the age of 54, Roberston won his biggest event in his career by winning the 2011 Canadian Senior Curling Championships in his first try. Until winning the 2011 Manitoba Senior provincial, Robertson had not...	Doug Armour	Trent Olmstead	Ace Ross		Neepawa CC, Neepawa Neepawa, Manitoba Neepawa is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the Yellowhead Highway at the intersection with Highway 5. its population was 3,298. Neepawa was incorporated as a town in 1883. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Langford and bordered to the north by the Rural Municipality of Rosedale....
Brent Scales	Gord Hardy	Howie Scales	Kelly Tibble	Todd Trevellyan	Swan River CC, Swan River Swan River, Manitoba -Economy:The economic base of the town lies in agriculture and forestry along with support industries for same.Almost fifty percent of the surrounding area is under cultivation, most of which is seeded to cereal grain, oilseeds, and other specialty crops. Wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax, and canola...
Bob Sigurdson	Darren Oryniak	Alan Purdy	Cory Wolchuk		Granite 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...
Kelly Skinner	Allan Lawn	Darcy Hayward	Trevor Taylor		Hamiota CC, Hamiota Hamiota, Manitoba Hamiota is a growing community located on Provincial Trunk Highway 21 in Manitoba, Canada, midway between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Yellowhead Highway....
Dave Smith	Ron Gauthier	Dave Sitarik	Grant Mistelbacher		St. Vital 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...
Jeff Stoughton Jeff Stoughton Jeff Stoughton is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip.-Career:...	Kevin Park Kevin Park Kevin Park is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.-Early career:Park was a two time provincial junior champion in his native Alberta, winning in 1983 and 1984....	Rob Fowler Rob Fowler (curler) Rob Fowler is a Canadian curler.Fowler was a member of the Jeff Stoughton from 2006 to 2010. He was a member of the team at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier which lost in the final to Kevin Martin. Prior to playing with Stoughton, Fowler played for such skips as Allan Lyburn, Kerry Burtnyk and Brent...	Steve Gould Steve Gould (curler) Steve Gould is a Canadian curler from Headingley, Manitoba. He currently plays lead for Jeff Stoughton....		Charleswood 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...
Brendan Taylor	Kyle Werenich	Taren Gesell	Cory Naharnie		West Kildonan 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...
Murray Warren	Lorne Sambrook	Terry Warren	Reg Warren	Don Williams	Deloraine CC, Deloraine Deloraine, Manitoba Deloraine is a farming town in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is situated near the Turtle Mountains in the southwestern corner of the province. Located in the Westman Region, the town is 100 kilometres south of Brandon, the region's largest centre...
Murray Woodward	Ray Kujanpaa	Sean Nedohin	Justin Panagapko	Blain Funk	Rorketon CC, Rorketon Rorketon, Manitoba Rorketon is a small community located between Lake Dauphin and Lake Manitoba. The main industry in this area is cattle ranching. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Lawrence. According to 2006 census the population of the Lawrence Municipality was 501....
Braden Zawada	Ian Fordyce	Ray Fillion	Stephen Dash	Blake Zawada	Springfield CC, Duglad

Draw Brackets

32 team double knockout with playoff round

Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event

A Event

B Event

Draw 1

February 18, 0830

Draw 2

February 18, 1215

Draw 3

February 18, 1600

Draw 4

February 18, 2015

Draw 5

February 19, 0830

Draw 6

February 19, 1215

Draw 7

February 19, 1600

Draw 8

February 19, 1945

Draw 9

February 20, 0830

Draw 10

February 20, 1215

Draw 11

February 20, 1600

Playoff Round

8 team double knockout

Four teams qualify into Championship round

First Round

February 20, 1945

Second Round

February 21, 0900

Third Round

February 21, 1400

Championship Round

1 vs. 2

February 21, 1900

3 vs. 4

February 21, 1900

Semifinal

February 22, 0930

Final

February 22, 1400

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