1983 Labatt Brier

The 1983 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 6 to 13 at the Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, Ontario.

1983 Labatt Brier
Host citySudbury, Ontario
ArenaSudbury Arena
DatesMarch 6–13[1][2]
Attendance65,927[3]
Winner Ontario
Curling clubAvonlea CC, Don Mills, Ontario
SkipEd Werenich
ThirdPaul Savage
SecondJohn Kawaja
LeadNeil Harrison
Finalist Alberta (Mike Chernoff)
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The "Dream Team"[4] of Ed Werenich, Paul Savage, John Kawaja and Neil Harrison representing Ontario won the event, defeating Ed Lukowich's Alberta rink (skipped by Mike Chernoff) in the final.

The 1983 Brier was the first to use wireless microphones on the players, so that CBC viewers at home could listen to the player's strategies. This meant for some amusing remarks made by some of the more colourful curlers being heard across the country.[5] The semi-final between Ontario and British Columbia's Bernie Sparkes rink is regarded as being one of the greatest curling games in Brier history,[6] as Werenich had to make numerous double- and triple-takeouts in the game.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:[7]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick
North Hill CC, Calgary

Fourth: Ed Lukowich
Skip: Mike Chernoff
Second: Neil Houston
Lead: Brent Syme

 Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Jim Armstrong
Second: Al Cook
Lead: Keiven Bauer

 Valour Road CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Lloyd Gunnlaugson
Third: Robert Davidson
Second: Gordon Paterson
Lead: Harold Johannesson

 Capital WC, Fredericton

Skip: Charlie Sullivan, Sr.
Third: Dave Sullivan
Second: Shelly Palk
Lead: Robert Cormier

Newfoundland Northern Ontario Nova Scotia Ontario
Corner Brook CC, Corner Brook

Skip: Gary Oke[lower-alpha 1]
Third: Don Ryan[lower-alpha 1]
Second: Darrell Martin
Lead: Kevin Mitchell

 Tarentorus CC, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: John MacFarlane
Third: Al Harnden
Second: Eric Harnden
Lead: Rich Evoy

 Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Steve Ogden
Third: Jack Robar
Second: Robert MacDonald
Lead: Andrew Dauphinee

 Avonlea CC, Don Mills

Skip: Ed Werenich
Third: Paul Savage
Second: John Kawaja
Lead: Neil Harrison

Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories/Yukon
Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud

Skip: Ted MacFadyen
Third: Bill MacFadyen
Second: Mike Coady
Lead: Sandy Foy

 CC Laviolette, Trois-Rivières

Skip: Denis Marchand
Third: Denis Cecil[lower-alpha 2]
Second: Claude Lauziere[lower-alpha 2]
Lead: Yves Barrette

 Estevan CC, Estevan

Skip: Kirk Ziola
Third: Jim Packet
Second: Monte Ziola
Lead: John Grundy

 Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Don Strang
Third: Stephen Moss
Second: Harry Lawrence
Lead: Robert Hale

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings[7]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Locale Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
 AlbertaMike Chernoff10175484640121177%
 OntarioEd Werenich1017948493551781%
 British ColumbiaBernie Sparkes836354483991677%
 Nova ScotiaSteve Ogden748467544162176%
 QuebecDenis Marchand656375374311875%
 SaskatchewanKirk Ziola566063374713474%
 Northern OntarioJohn MacFarlane565653373712976%
 New BrunswickCharlie Sullivan, Sr.47566645464873%
 Prince Edward IslandTed MacFadyen47657041508871%
 ManitobaLloyd Gunnlaugson385157373613972%
 Northwest Territories/YukonDon Strang386080415051071%
 NewfoundlandGary Oke110487936447468%

Round robin results

Draw 1
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
 Alberta (Chernoff) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 8
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 6
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
 Ontario (Werenich) 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
 Newfoundland (Oke) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 8
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 7

Draw 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 7

Draw 4
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 X X 8
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 6
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 6
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 9
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 X 10
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 9
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4

Draw 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5

Draw 7
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 7
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 6
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Draw 8
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 X X 7
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 X X 11
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 X X 10
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 X X 9
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2

Draw 10
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 8
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 4
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 X X 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4

Draw 11
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 X 6
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Ontario (Werenich) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 X 10
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 12
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 7
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Ontario (Werenich) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 13
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 X 6
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 7
 Newfoundland (Oke) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 X X 10
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 14
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 X 7
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen) 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang) 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 11
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 X 10
 Newfoundland (Oke) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 15
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Marchand) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 8
 Newfoundland (Oke) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Sullivan) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Northern Ontario (MacFarlane) 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 7
 Nova Scotia (Ogden) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 X X X 6
 Manitoba (Gunnlaugson) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ziola) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4

Playoffs
Semifinal Final
1  Alberta 3
2  Ontario 6 2  Ontario 7
3  British Columbia 3

Semifinal
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
 British Columbia (Sparkes) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Player percentages
 Ontario  British Columbia
Neil Harrison71% Keiven Bauer95%
John Kawaja83% Al Cook83%
Paul Savage90% Jim Armstrong83%
Ed Werenich88% Bernie Sparkes74%
Total83% Total84%

Final
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Chernoff) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Ontario (Werenich) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 7
Player percentages
 Alberta  Ontario
Brent Syme90% Neil Harrison90%
Neil Houston88% John Kawaja94%
Mike Chernoff86% Paul Savage90%
Ed Lukowich67% Ed Werenich83%
Total83% Total89%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final round robin percentages[7]

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
Neil Harrison82
Andrew Dauphinee78
Brent Syme78
John Grundy77
Sandy Foy77
Seconds %
John Kawaja84
Claude Lauziere[lower-alpha 3]81
Robert MacDonald79
Rich Evoy78
Monte Ziola76
Shelly Palk76
Thirds %
Paul Savage80
Jim Armstrong79
Eric Harnden76
Mike Chernoff (Skip)75
Jack Robar73
Skips %
Ed Lukowich (Fourth)83
Ed Werenich79
Bernie Sparkes78
Al Harnden78
Denis Marchand75
Steve Ogden75

Awards

The awards and all-star team are listed as follows:

All-Star Team
PositionNameTeam
SkipEd Lukowich Alberta
ThirdPaul Savage Ontario
SecondJohn Kawaja Ontario
LeadNeil Harrison Ontario

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award

The Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

NamePositionTeam
Jim ArmstrongThird British Columbia

Notes
  1. For Draw 14, Team Newfoundland skip Gary Oke threw third stones while third Don Ryan threw skip stones.
  2. For their final five draws, Team Quebec third Denis Cecil threw second stones while second Claude Lauziere threw third stones.
  3. Lauziere's shot percentage includes the five draws where he threw third stones.

References
  1. "The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search".
  2. "The Phoenix - Google News Archive Search".
  3. "Brier Records" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. "The Brier", by Bob Weeks, pg 172
  5. "The Brier", pg 177
  6. "The Brier", pg 176
  7. "1983 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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