The 1983
Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's
curling championship, was held from March 6 to 13 at the
Sudbury Arena in
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
,
Ontario.
The "Dream Team" of
Ed Werenich
Edward Werenich (born June 23, 1947) is a Canadian curler from Holland Landing, Ontario. Nicknamed "The Wrench," Werenich has been known to be a colourful and outspoken character. Outside of curling, Werenich worked as a firefighter.
Career
We ...
,
Paul Savage,
John Kawaja
John W. Kawaja (born April 27, 1961 in Chandler, Quebec) is a Canadian curler. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion.
Career
Kawaja moved to Ontario as a youth, and became a high-profile skip (he won the 1980 Ontario junior championship), b ...
and
Neil Harrison
Neil Harrison is a British musician and dramatist. He was a founder-member of The Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles, in which he played John Lennon. He was replaced by Adam Hastings in 2011.
The Bootleg Beatles
In 1979, aged 28, Har ...
representing Ontario won the event, defeating
Ed Lukowich's Alberta rink 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. The semi-final between Ontario and British Columbia's
Bernie Sparkes
Bernard Leslie Sparkes (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.
Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.. He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) ch ...
rink is regarded as being one of the greatest curling games in Brier history,
[''"The Brier", pg 176] as Werenich had to make numerous double- and triple-takeouts in the game.
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
References
Archived Statistical Summary
{{Canadian Men's Curling Championships
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
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1983 in Canadian curling
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1983 in Ontario
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