The 2012 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 championship, will be held February 8-12 at the Credit Union Place

Credit Union Place

The Credit Union Place is a 2,498-seat multi-purpose arena in Dauphin, Manitoba. It is home to the Dauphin Kings ice hockey team....

 in Dauphin, Manitoba

Dauphin, Manitoba

Dauphin is a small city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne...

. The winning team will represent Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier

2012 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, will be held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:March 3, 1:30 PM CT-Draw 2:...

 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Teams

Thirty-two teams qualify for the men's provincial championship in Manitoba. Berths 1–14 represent the rural zones, berths 15–21 represent the Winnipeg zones. There are two separate bonspiels played earlier in the year representing the north and south called the Northern and Southern Bonspiels; these represent berths 22 and 23. Berth 24 is the winner of the Brandon Bonspiel played around the same time of fall as the Northern and Southern floating bonspiels. Number 25 is the prior Manitoba Champion assuming the team meets the requirements to represent themselves. The same goes for berths 26 and 27, which are the Manitoba Curling Tour champion and top Manitoba team on the Canadian Team Ranking System respectively, number 27 must be declared by November 1, 2010. Numbers 28–32 are qualifiers from the MCA Bonspiel

MCA Bonspiel

The Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel is the annual Manitoba Curling Association bonspiel held at the end of every January in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. It is the largest curling bonspiel in the world with the tournament setting a record in 1988 with 1280 curling teams, as well as the...

, 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.

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)	Berth Number	Seed	Notes
					1		Zone 1 winner
					2		Zone 2 winner
					3		Zone 3 winner
					4		Zone 4 winner
					5		Zone 5 winner
					6		Zone 6 winner
					7		Zone 7 winner
					8		Zone 8 winner
					9		Zone 9 winner
					10		Zone 10 winner
					11		Zone 11 winner
					12		Zone 12 winner
					13		Zone 13 winner
					14		Zone 14 winner
					15		Zone 15 winner
					16		Zone 16 winner
					17		Zone 17 winner
					18		Additional berth based on regional participation
Kyle Foster					19		Safeway Berth Bonspiel
Rob Van Kommer					20		Safeway Berth Bonspiel
					21		Brandon Men's Berth Bonspiel
Dean Dunstone					22		Manitoba Curling Tour event winner
					23		MCT Champion
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 C.C. Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club The Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club is located in the northwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of St. James. The curling club was started up in 1929 and was nicknamed the 'root cellar', it had only 2 sheets of ice at the time. The AMCC moved to their current site, at Vimy and Hamilton, in...	24		Manitoba's top team from the Canadian Team Ranking System
					25		2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship
					26		2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship
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:...	Jon Mead Jon Mead Jonathan Mead is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mead played third for Wayne Middaugh's rink until the end of the 2009-10 curling season...	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...	Steve Gould Steve Gould Steve Gould was the lead singer and bassist of the 1960s-70s London based progressive rock band Rare Bird. They had one hit single titled "Sympathy" and recorded several albums....	Charleswood C.C. Charleswood Curling Club Charleswood Curling Club is located in the southwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of Charleswood. The current club is a 5 sheet rink, construction was completed in 1956 although the club was founded in 1946 as a three sheet rink. It is the current home club of the Jeff Stoughton...	27		Prior Manitoba Champion
					28		MCA Bonspiel Asham Event qualifier
					29		MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier
					30		MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier
					31		MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier
					32		MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier

Standings

Skip (Club)	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends