Curling competition at Kelowna, British Columbia
The 1968 Macdonald Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 4–8 at the Kelowna Arena in Kelowna , British Columbia . A total of 25,813 fans attended the event.[ 5]
Team Alberta , who was skipped by Ron Northcott captured the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with a 9-1 record. This was Alberta's tenth Brier championship overall and the second one won by Northcott's rink, who also won the Brier two years prior in 1966 . Northcott's rink would represent Canada in the 1968 Air Canada Silver Broom , which was the men's world curling championship .
Saskatchewan were runners-up, with an 8–2 record while Prince Edward Island finished in third with a 7-3 record, which at the time was PEI's best Brier finish.[ 6]
Teams The teams are listed as follows:[ 7]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Calgary CC , Calgary Skip: Ron Northcott Third: Jim Shields Second: Bernie Sparkes Lead Fred Storey
Richmond WC , Richmond Skip: Bob McCubbin Third: Jack Tucker Second: Ed Trimble Lead: Keith Issac
Dauphin CC , Dauphin Skip: Burke Parker Third: Lloyd Yerama Second: Roy Berry Lead: Jack Yuill
Fredericton CC , Fredericton Skip: Jim Ayer Third: Ron Ketch Second: Jim Anderson Lead: Frank Ayer
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
Nova Scotia
Ontario
St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Bill Piercey Third: Frank M. Stent Second: Thomas A. Warren Lead: William C. Roy
Geraldton CC , Geraldton Skip: Herbert Pile Third: Len Tremblay Second: Ross Davis Lead: D. Wayne Downey
Mayflower CC , Halifax Skip: Don Flemming Third: Chuck Piper Jr. Second: Gregory Jeans Lead: David Conrad
St. Thomas CC , St. Thomas Skip: Don Gilbert Third: Al Zikman Second: Jimmy Waite Lead: Dick Donald
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Charlottetown CC , Charlottetown Skip: Alan Smith Third: Doug Bell Second: Bob Dillon Lead: Merrill Wiggington
CFB Bagotville CC , Chicoutimi Skip: Bill Tracy Third: Earl Carson Second: Alan R. Sully Lead: Ed Wood
Avonlea CC , Avonlea Skip: Bob Pickering Third: Jack Keys Second: Garnet Campbell Lead: Gary Ford
Round Robin standings The final standings were as follows:[ 6]
Round-robin results
Draw 1 Monday, March 4, 4:00pm [ 8]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
5
Saskatchewan (Pickering)2
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
5
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
2
0
1
2
2
0
3
0
3
0
13
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Manitoba (Parker)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
5
Draw 2 Monday, March 4, 11:00pm [ 8]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)3
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
1
0
3
0
14
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
6
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
3
0
1
0
3
5
0
0
3
2
0
18
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
8
British Columbia (McCubbin)2
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
2
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Smith)0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
10
Quebec (Tracy)
1
2
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
8
Northern Ontario (Pile)1
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
9
Draw 3 Tuesday, March 5, 12:00pm [ 9]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)2
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
9
British Columbia (McCubbin)
0
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
2
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)1
4
0
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
14
Northern Ontario (Pile)
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
9
Quebec (Tracy)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
8
Draw 4 Tuesday, March 5, 5:30pm [ 9]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)2
0
1
0
0
4
3
0
2
1
5
4
22
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
10
Quebec (Tracy)
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
7
New Brunswick (Ayer)
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
7
Draw 5 Wednesday, March 6, 5:30pm [ 10] [ 11]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Alberta (Northcott)0
2
2
0
4
1
2
0
4
1
0
1
17
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
9
Ontario (Gilbert)0
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)1
1
0
2
0
5
0
1
3
1
0
0
14
Manitoba (Parker)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
5
Draw 6 Wednesday, March 6, 11:00pm [ 10]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Smith)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
8
Alberta (Northcott)0
3
0
1
1
2
3
0
4
0
0
0
14
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
1
0
5
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
9
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)1
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
10
Saskatchewan (Pickering)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
8
Manitoba (Parker)1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
0
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Northern Ontario (Pile)
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
10
Draw 7 Thursday, March 7, 12:00pm [ 12]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
8
Manitoba (Parker)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)0
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
8
Northern Ontario (Pile)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)0
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
1
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
4
10
Draw 8 Thursday, March 7, 5:30pm [ 12]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
8
Quebec (Tracy)1
0
2
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
1
0
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
Saskatchewan (Pickering)0
2
0
2
0
4
2
1
0
1
0
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
4
Prince Edward Island (Smith)0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)1
2
2
1
0
1
4
0
0
1
0
2
14
British Columbia (McCubbin)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
5
Draw 9 Thursday, March 7, 11:00pm [ 12]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
7
Quebec (Tracy)2
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
2
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
4
2
0
14
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
4
Draw 10 Friday, March 8, 12:00pm [ 6] [ 13]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
8
New Brunswick (Ayer)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
9
Alberta (Northcott)0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
3
0
3
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
9
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
Draw 11 Friday, March 8, 5:30pm [ 6]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
10
Manitoba (Parker)0
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
1
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
0
1
0
1
3
1
2
0
3
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Pile)
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
9
Alberta (Northcott)0
2
0
3
1
0
0
2
0
3
2
0
13
Awards
All-Star Team The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars:[ 14]
Bernie Sparkes became the first player to be selected to the all-star team three times as he was selected the two previous years as well.
Ross G.L. Harstone Award The Ross Harstone Award was 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.[ 15]
Records Prince Edward Island's 17-16 extra end victory over Newfoundland in Draw 11 tied the record for the highest scoring game in Brier history.[ 16] 1932 with Ontario's 17-16 win over New Brunswick and in 1957 with Saskatchewan's 30-3 victory over New Brunswick.
References
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