Chapter 24 - Friars` Briar Association

Chapter24
TheCalgary2002Briar
EarlvPlans
Bri ar participantscontaiDirgdciailsofthe 2002 B{iar
Whenlhe lcltcr of invilaiioncamcIo fofmer F.riars'
at the CalgaryCe.lrc Inn
1obe curlcdal the CalgaryCurlingClub,March l1-15 wilh accommodations
gamesat ilre Saddledome
as
andoppofuniticslo watchman] ol the Nokia Men's NadonalChampionship
well lhatweek, we kncw thata greattimc wasin the offing!
h wasin Calgaryin 1980ftat our secondCanadianClergf,Curlingevenlwas shgedfollowinga yearof
evalualionandregrcupingafterthe premieronein winnipeg in I 978 which our princjpallbunder,Don
Anoscalled Thc Conspicl.lt wasin Calgarythat our namewaschangcdto The FriarsBriar. The
suggesdon
camefrom a reporterwho sawDon leavinghis spotlrom amon8repofiersof thc national
gaEesto bc with the clerg] and drcirspicl. He remarkedto his fellow reporlcrsthat
men'schanrpionship
changeda letterandwe havesincecallodourselvesthe
Don hadgoneIo theFriars'Briaf. Our associalion
fiat ycar for
Fdars Briar Associ.tlionandour yearlyevenl,The Friars Briar. Thirty-sixrinksregistered
on $e StampedcGroundsl[ w.r.l1his
play in lhe two.levclBigFon. buildingoearthe Saddledome
us wilh lhc lovcly
secondCanadiarClergyCur:ingevcnrthatthe CalgaryClcrgy Crrling club presented
big rrophy.compietewilh a sturdycar.yingcase.lo be presentcdyearlythercaiierto the tl,p rink in lbe
Flighr.
Championship
Again in 1997Calgaryhosledboth whal \\'asthenknown asthe Lab.n Brier andthe Friars Briar' This
lim€ lhc localclergycurlerswcrc happyto tell u\ in theirleltef ofilrritalion thatwe hadreceivcda special
CalgaryCurlir]gClub locatgdiusl off Menmrial
in!irc to play our Friars'Briar i|l the rcwly consrrucrcd
Drive west andCcnre Slrect.
The warminvilarionsentoul in December200l underlhc signaturcof PasofGeorgeBudd.ften, wasthc
rhird in!irc by the CalgaryCletgyCLrl:ngcl!b in our lwcnly four yearhistory.Alconnnodalionhadbeen
arrangcdfor us al theCalgaryCentrclnn on lhe Macl-codTrail Southandicc at &e CalgaryCurlingclub.
Th€ darcscoincidedwi!h lhoseof tile Nokia Brier which was to be plaled ir the famjliarSxddledome
lvere!o be sen!li) Orie Oldficld,a long_time1aymcrnber
buildingon theSlampcdcgrounds.Regislralions
andpanicipanrin the Fiiars'Briar.
The nksareforpEd andthc 'Clines' shine
Whcn rberegistradons
lbr the 2002Friars'Bnarwcrc compleleat the lime of thc Mondaynightopeningal
$e CalgaryCurlingClub. twenty'fourrinkswerereadyto play - four irom 8.C.. ninc from Albena,lbur
tbur from Manilobaandthreelioln Onlario-Amongthemwerelire! husband'and'
ffom Sdskalchcwan.
*ife rinks Ken & CaroleInnes.Sicglicd& TeenieWall. Anne & Davjd winter- Amongthe curlerswas
one Pusher'.Rinks curlingagainslHughChrislmasandrink ofien would like t()hdverelievcdhim olthe
pushslick he usedso efleclivclyin delivedDghis sloncs.Anotherfriar tumedup wilh lis brushwith the
crookedhandlc- andhe wasnl the eldeslof thc rina fron Toronlo,of which he wasa memher.
The rink. howcvef.thal got thc mostpublicily al thc Friars Briar. by far wasthe live manriik from across
Stcve
Canada.all bearingthe surnamcClinc. TherewasPbil. lrom St.Calhcrine's.Bllis from Saskatoon,
plus
ago
i! ?
fbr
these
ffiars
beSan
five
dccades
white
Rock.
Curling
Fred
and
David
tiom
from Airdrie.
played
Dave
rnd
Phil
was
thc
skip.
Ellis
thirdofZclma,
Saskatchcuan.
their
holne
villagc
lwo-icerink in
qualilied
custodian,
Ellis
as
a
chu.ch'
$as
the
lead.
Deing
a
church
as
second.
Slclc
Fredrlrcrnatcd
emploled lijar. VctcrinarianSlclc was thc tokenlaypersonallowcdon a Friars Brjar rink DougDirks of
tilrle |alkingwilh. andtakingpicluresof, the Clineson
Calgafy'sC.B.C.T.V. stationspcnlconsidcrable
jcc. They werc fealured,in his morningprogram.Colleenlones,not 10be bcaten(Shcs a compelilorl)
usedthcpiciuresandwaxedcloquentlyaboutthe lniquenessolthis happeningon thc Slorts lxter fu the
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day.So.wc arc indeed,a nalionalphenomenonl
Folhuing r grcalmeal,sened,by lhe CalgaryCurlingclub staffandsomewordsofwelcomeby thc vicc
chairol rhe local organizingcommittee,the drawsandruleswerehandedout Rinkswetedividedinlo
foufdilisions. A roundrobin wasplayedamonglherinksof cachdilision. The top two rinks fiom each
Flight. Third andfou(h rinkswouldgo to lie ts
dilisron wouldgo io ihe A (Champio.rship)
(Consoladon)
Flighl. Rinksplacingiifdr a:rdsix$ would endup in C (Hades)Flight
At lhe endoflhis hourofrefrcshmen!andirstrxclioDthc J:mtgameswereplayed- half fie rinks played
316 p.m.andhalfatS:30p.m.. Trrditionallyin thesedrawsEastemrinks play Wcsiernrinks to detetmrne
thc $inner ol thc ptesdgiotsH€alenlyHosl Shiclddonatcdjn 1994by lhe CalgaryCurlingCltrbtor
ycxrly prcscnralion-For thisyear'scompcritiontbeClinc rink wasarbilratilychosento reprcscntthe Bast
draw. ThcChristmas
andthcChn\hrsrink.lhe west. TbisgametookplacconsheeiOneinthc6PM
Liiar Palch
issuc
of
the
much
apprcciated
rink !\iclded thc big slick! A ndy I ones,writ ng in the firsl
gamcs.
scoring
a six in the
Monday
njght
Nc$s. notedrhalGeorgeDuddhadthe bigcst end ofaU thc
in
lhe
eighth!
missing
his
last
rock
se\cnrhend.only 10gencrouslygive thc oppositiona lour by
Roundrobincontinued;n cachof $e dlrecdivisionsTucsdayandWedncsd.ymomingsandafternoons.
Eachollhe lwenly'fourrinksplayedin lwo otihe firce time slotseachday. ThursdayandFridayscorcs
ConsolalionandHadesflights. writing in Frjday's
dcrcnnincdlhe ilnal positionsin the Championship,
semi-finalgames(rnThuruday."Thcrewas lols
the
drama
ofthe
Fiar l'alch rews,Andy Jonesdescribcs
Flighl Despitetakingfour ofthe eightspotsin
in
the
Championship
ofercilcmenl anddrama,especiaily
gamc
rinks battlcit
gold
tharsawtwo Saskaichcwan
medal
the
final
was
sbut
out
of
rhiscveni,Calgary
and
Scholzof
williams
of
Saskarchewan
fina:
belwccn
gold
The
scmi
and
silver
mcdals.
olrl lbr the
gone
way lt
game
have
eithcr
going
The
could
homc.
with
lhe
score
tied
areal
nail
biter
Albcia was
score
threc
Williams
rink
might
as
though
the
end
when
it
looked
in
ahe
second
heen
decided
could havc
poinrsto iake a4'0lcad. BulCuy Scholzexccuteda pcrfec!angleraiseto thebuttonto takecnc and
sahagelhe cnd. Theeighthendcamedown to a slcalattemplby the Scholzteam They managedlo
bury a rock.justouts;delhe four foot ring lcavingWilliamsa draw lo the four. Gary drew.wiih pedecl
weight,andwon entry1()thc final game."
_Theotberscmi-iinalbef$eenthe Omanrink ofAlberta andtheHalvcrsonrink of Saska(chewan
' writes
Joncsin the FriarPalchNews.tumcdon a steaioftwo in the sixth€nd MurruyHalvcrsonexecutcdan
doublelo spinhis rock up to rhebulbn bchindcover' Omanhadsetup thc 'n'i 1(lscor€
around-the-horn
multiplepointsafierblankingfour andlive, bu1wasunableto makehis hit and-rolllo bealthe opponenfs
Thc banouelandannnalrneelins
Borowing againfrom And) JonesFridayissueof Friar Pakh ncwsconcemingThursdayevening,"Lasl
nighasbanquetwas.asalways.ahighlightofthe lvcek- The ente ainmentbytheChinookCbapelsingers
*i. out.tunding.They sangsomeold favourircsaswellas somcoatheirownoriginalmaierial Mict
songwrilerandrearcd us to a samplcofhis lalenls. The evening
Cibbs.the guitarist,is an accomplished
had a grealamosphcfeofagroup of friendstogctheragain,happyto spendlime in reminiscingand
plann;g fur lhc futult. The gamcsarcwonderful-The Brier is an atlracdon.iul ir is fie lbllowshipand
lhal makcslhis evenlspccial" DonAmos, now of
rhe goorlhumourofthis brclhcrhood(andsislerhood)
sain|cdmemory.wouldhavebccnproudoflhis tcslamentby Andyarc impLrflan!
to Dan Eaglefor !hc banquetanangemcntslf firsl i mpressions
Apprcciadonis expresseal
andDaPkins
whileclolhs.
herewas an erampleofthis axiom. The roundtables,covcredwilh beau!ilully
pjcture
of
was
a
protrudingoul of fte lopsof the drinkingglasscsat eachldblc.lookinglike red roscs.
beaury!
Thc eveningclosedwilh thc annualmcetingof theFriar's Briar Associalion.PresidenlKutch Imayoshi
opcnedwilh a pr.ryer.Sccrelaryl,$ Hrntjensreviewcdtheminulesof thc 2001meelingandthc
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discussionthaltook placcin theere,rulivcmcctingheldthe day betorewhende agendafor tbis mecting
dislrihuledcopiesofthe auditedfinancialstale.ncnltom February
was snxck. Ken Innes.lhctreasurer,
ofJil,039.3lJ.
31.2002showinga creditbalancc
1,2001to January
by $e BoardoiDircclors regdrdingofficerslbr lhc Ncw Ycar was a
Tbe only cbrngcrccommended
Direchr lbr Manitobato fill lhe vacaflcycauscdby thedealhof RogcrColl. FrascrMtldrew s namewas
named
submittedby the liiars prcsenlirom lhal provincc. FraserSavca prof:ressrcportfor thecomlnallee
lwo yearsagoby thc direclorsto lry ard fird a nationalsponsorfor lhe tsiiar'sBriar As socialionwho
migla makeitfi.)anciallyeasierfof more|o a(cnd our yearlyevent. No sxchpcrsonorcompanyhadas
yet agfeedto do s0Partoflhe rdionaleofhaving a Canada'$'ideyearl] clcrgycurling eventit the mird ofour deceased
menbr, Don Amos,bac! ir $e ycar 1978whel wc lirsl camclogetherin Winnipegal the time oI lhc
SilverBroom.waslo crealea gfealersenseofu,rily andwarmft as wcll as10havesomelricndly rivalry
beNeenEastandWest. Pa{ of eachycar'sspic:would be a gameor the s|lmof scvcralgameswhereone
waspiltedagainsllhe olher. Sinccno trophywasal hand,Don broughlan old onegiventhe Onhrio
us with the
curlersbut the Unit.d ChurchObservcrwhich was usedunlii the Calgaryfiiars presenled
Hcalenly Hosl Shield. At the 2001Briar in Kilchenerlhis shieldsas gilcn to a Winnipcgfiiar who shall
lbr safei(eepjng,
until neededfof thc 2lX)2prescnlation.Havingskippedthe wi:lningrink on
be nameless.
of the in abserlia'shieldlbr
behalfofthe West.HughChristnaswas graciousin his acceplancc
until ncxt year'sBriar in Winojpegwhercit now restsi
saie*eeping
to thc 'poel laurealc"
Specialpresentarion
Anotherinlcrcslingpfesenulionthal:akesplaceyearlyal the Thursda]nightbanquetof the Fdars' Briar
is ofalrophygivenby RdlphMjltonofWoodLakePressinwinfield.Alberta. Callil, AmazingGracc'
or. WesleyLeatherheadandchooscyourowncrilerionforawardinglhis lrophy". saidRalph. This year
lhc dccislonwas rlake 1()prescntthis lrcphy 10HcrbcrtF.D Er:ksson.alsoknown asthe 'P(xt Laureaie'
lorthe Friars'Briav.Il wasthc w.iler's pnvilegcto introduceilis year'scandidac. Thescwerenry
words: 'Herbwasborn in I9I l He enlcredlhe LutheraDSe.ninatyal $e maturcageof fifiy years He
wasmarriedior fifty rwo yearsprrcr to hjs wife's dealhio 1995. They had fivc daughters-Herb Prescnlly
residesina rcvcnthstorevsuiteo0 I10'' SireetinEdmonbn. Herb 1irslcurlcdwith us in Calgaryin i980
andhasbeerprescnling;s with poelnseachyearihat he hasaltendedthe Briar sLncethalycar.'
As luck wouldhaveil, Peggyl,awrcncc.sislerolRalph Milaon.andmothcrofthe sonwho creatcdfte
rrophy(youwill rcmemberlhat Boh McNaughlhad to rccrcaleil xlicr it fell f.om his van at thc Oltawa
1993Briar) waspresent.Anyway,Peggywashaply lo peNonal:yprcsentthe trophy1()our tiicnd, Herb
Eriksson.He rcspondcdby reciringhis laleslpoem,written at ihe Briar in Calgary. Hcre il is ashc gave
it () us at the banquelthalnight:
Friars'tsriar Twcntv-o-Two
In Friars'Briar,Twenty-0-Two
l cnly lbLrrrinkshale mel
on ftc CalgaryCurlingClub's icy sbecls
ro wicld theirbroomsandslidethe rocks
in thc besrFriars'B.iar yei.
Bur rheserinks are madeofctergy
Orlario. lhroughprai cs.to B.C.
wilh foot in hackandbroomin hand
fiom Marcheleventhto liliecnth day
theyplay mostenthusiasdcally.
The Nokia Bdefs in Calgaryt(x).
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vith Alherialeadingthc race
Thc rink of l-erbeyiiom Bdmonlon
bealMorris iiom Onla o ior tops
andis rcally lcllins rhepacc.
And assc 1lnishour play in theFri4rs'Briar
thc wirneft andlosersall gxi.r.
For Christianielbwshil is good
uc cnloy aswell, rhccxcellenlfood
andin Chrisl we'll be $ccting agan.
H.F.D.Eriksson
Thc p.c\idcnllhen calledfor thc namcsofthosefriars from clubsacrossCaradawho havcdiedsinccour
lastnrccring.FfaserMuldrcw spokebricfly of tbe life andcontributionofRoger Coll. formerDirec|orof
lhc A\socialionlrom winniteg, andlcd in prayeron bchalfof all lhe b.iar sainlswho, like Rogcr.bcar
at this !imc. PfesidenlKotch gavea benediciionandthe meelingcnded
rcmcmhrancc
The final samesandapprecjalions
ln the lwo drar,!sin the Fiiday morningcurlingall rinks panicipated Theseganesdelidcd thefinal
Hades).The
Consolation,
rrnting ol thc panicipalingrinks wilhin cacheighl rink flight (Championship.
rinks wercbaillingit out lbr
great!'stfocus,ofcoursewrs on the mcdalcontenders.Two Saskatchewan
fbr lhe bronzeandlburthplacesunding lnthe
the gold andsilverandtwoAlbeta rinks werecoDlending
laycenSniderliom walrcus
batllclbr gold,Mu.try Halversontom Kyle. Da\ridHLnterfrom Saskatoon.
aadSrewanMuna) liom Ca'gary,look an carly le:rdon lhc othersaskatlhewanrjnk composedol Ciry
Williamsfrcm Dclmany,WesLong, Ron WegnerandJohnRoberls.all lrom SxskatoonScvcralends
whenil scencdthatthe gamewas in thc ha.qfof theHalversonrink the Willi.rm'snnk bouncedback,
finally com'ngto within onepoinl ol thc tlalve|sor rink who claimedlhe goldl ln the othermedrl game.
thc Guy Scholzrjnk includingCranl Rodgers.Dan EaglcandHerb Scholrrcstedthe bron/€medalsfrom
Ed Omans rink which includedJackToth,EvanBottomleyandBob Stanich Bd's rink had1(lbe conlent
in choosingtheirfavoudteprizc irom amongthc donatedgills thatwercdisplayedon fic lahlefor al1hriff
curlcrsbelow medallevcl.
Following!hc FridayDrorninggamesa subslartiallunch.servsdby thc staff ollhe CalgaryCuding Club.
andarrangcdaswas theMondayeveningmcalby Mavor Eagle,fither offriarDan Eagle Thenthc
by PfcsidentKulch to lhe gold. silvcr andbronzesinncrs andthefourthplacerink
nedalswcrepresenled
andirdividualsfor thc 2(102Briar' A sub(antal
hadfirst pick oIlhe prjas donaledby companies
assjslsto fiiarc
as well to unde$ri(e cxpenscsmd providetranspo.tation
ol moneywasraise.d
amoLrnt
grveD
and
upby
EdOnran
trarelingliorn oul o,province. This wasdoneby a connnil|eeheaded
of the
nanes
release
a
lisl
ol
thc
cnergelicmtpor( by Gr:nt RodgcNandHughChristmas.Ed did nol
thc
from
was
a
f-i:re
donation
did wantus to know fiat ftcrc
dorors,but beinga fbrmercnrp
'oyee, hecnour first, andlonglimc !easurcrfor thc Associalionwould
GovcrnmenlofAlberta! Hughhaving
haver menlallist of pastdonors10fte Calgarybriars10draw from- Grunl seemcdto be in chargcofthe
take'homeprizc gifls which wercgivenoul to rinks accordingto their l-inalslard,ng
Hale you reccnllyspenla wcck lvidroulthcuseof an atlomobilcl lfyouhavc. you'll know how muctr
thchclpgivenby
lhoseofus who arrivedin Calgarytor tbc Friats Bdar withoutour car apPfeciarcd
visa
versa.Thanks
to
the
rink
,tnd
DavidHolBresin getting10andffolll the ai4rot andlrom lhc holcl
the
Briarl
David andothcl1\who pro\,idedlrunsportatir |o o$ers during
alsogocs10FrankLjtlel andhis helpersfor naling availxhleand
andapprcciitlions
Congralulations
promolingthe affactivc fleecelinedpullovcrshiras.complctc{ifi a sho zipperal theneckandthc
Friars' Bria. CalgaryAlberra2002 vcrsionofour logo Your rink look€dright sharp3s theycurledandas
belbrclhe cantras. all weafingftc ncw shirt The writcr alnost borght one'bll suddcnly
lhey appeafed
had a llrentalpictureofhis wile includingit with a bl'x ol warmclolhingwhich shcthoDghlI did:l'l really
need.ready1otakcthesefavorilethingsto FirstUniled Missionon HaslingsStrcctin EastVancouverlor
thosewho rcallyneededthcm. Thanks.iustthe same,l:rankl
When theCanadianClergyCurlingAssociationwas first conceivedby Don Amos of Bramplon.Ontario
who merwiih a groupof us in winnipeg in $e Springof 1977.oneof the ihingswe lookedforwardto
andthrowa fcw focks
besidcsthe oppofunityfof EastandWcst clcrgyto meelin a fun atr.rosphere
arnongsrus andagainstcacholher.was thc uniqDeopportunityaswell, otseeinglirsl handcurling al.r
very high lercl of compclence.This wasin pfe-televisiondays.ofcourse. Nowadayswi:h the
opponrnity10seeso muchgoodcurlingal pro\riicial,nationalandwo.ld levelson television.thc need
to gcl a book oftickels andlake in all of thesegames,plus haved spielofour
hassomewharlessened
own. But the needto rcncwlricndshipswith lriars we meelfrom ycar to ye3ra! our Fdars'Briars.
ol our f'articipaiion
conrinues.And so it is lhat we look forwardcagcrlyto the twenty'fifaha:rniversary
roeelherin Winnipegin April.2003 in the Friars' Drial al the timc of thc Fofd World Curling
games.Hopeto secyou there! Goodcurlingl Good6odl
championship
TheNokiaNationalMcn's a PostScdpl
During rhewcekthatour 2002Friars' Briar was takingplaceal theCalgaryCurlingRink. so wasthe
Nokia nationalMen s CurlingBder. IDorderlhat all friafs wouidhavetlre opponunily1osc. .l leastone
ofthe lanergames.ticketswerervaihble for eachfriar fink !o ellendal a line thal would [t int{)lheir
linc schcdulcandnot intederewith thcir parlicipalionin anyFr:ars'Briardmw. This \ras finrncedby
by the
commiuceof theCaigaryClcrgy Cu.lineClub, andwas muchappreciated
thc localarrangemenrs
No doubtall will recallthc progrcssand rcsultsof las!year'sNokia Brier.bul at thc risk ofboredom.lel
me give a briefsummaDofsome of the slalislics:At lhe corclusionoftwo daysofpla)', somcwhatto lhe
surpriseol-all,NorthernOntario'srink. skippedby Tjm Phillipswasalfie rop of lhc standingswiD a 3 {l
record.Rinksskippedby RaDdyFcrbcyofAlberta. Marl Lukowicho,Manitoha.ItussHowardolNcw
BrunswickandJohnMorris ofOntado sharcdsecondplacewith 2-I records Brilish Colurnbia'sPat
Ryan,Ncwfoundlands Mark Noscwoahy,Nova Scotia'sShawnAdams.PrinceEdwad Island'sJohn
ScottBitz andYukon,A,tro
hweslTcnitoriesJohn
Likely. Quebec'sFrancoisRobe.gc,Salkalchewan's
Sobergall sharcdthird spol with a l-2record. By lhe ii,ftday ol play RandyFtrbey s Alberlarink was
Scotl
on lop $,ithan 8-l recofd.Ontarios JohnMorris wassecondwith a 7 2 rccord. Saskalchewan's
Biiz rink waslhird andNcw Brunswick'sRussHorafd was fourlh in the slandings.Bul whcnthe Page
playoffsendedon Sunday,RandyFerbey'srink fiom Albertahadbea@nRussHoward'sNew Brunswick
rink andwashcadcdfor the Ford World Playoftsin Winnipeg,April of 20031Sceyoulhefer
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Caloarv2002Friars' Briar
Ski p
Third
Second
Lead
Citv
Don Bro$rn
DonOlson
Norm
MacDonald
JackColclouqh
Edmonton
GeorgeBudd
GaryHellard
Stephen
Hambidge
Orie Oidlield
Calgary
Hugh christmas
DaveHolmes
GrantHastie
P hilHlnk
GeorgeFriedrich DarrylDewalt
calgary
Amo Bablilz
Calgary
NeilCampbell
Frank Litlel
Edmonlon
Guy Scholz
GranlRodgers
Dan Eagle
HerlcScholz
Calgary
Randy
DaveShewciuk
KevinTumback
NestorShular
C al gary
CameronReid
ClitfltlcMurtry
Rossconnal
Jack Blrns
Britishcolumbia
Harry Sieele
lvancumming
Cu y Voth-Doan S i d P hi l l i ps
Ken lnnes
CIiif Mcllillan
CaaoleInnes
FraserMuldrew
DennisButcher
Winnipeg
PhilCline
FllisCline
Dave/FredCline
Bruceweibe
[rarti:r
Maurice
Davld t','lartin
DonBarss
Dan Skaret
Murray
Halvorson
DavidHunier
JaycenSnider
Harold Hesie
Bill Kiesman
FslerGrant
Gary Williams
JackToth
EvanBoltomley
Jim Chapman
Kulch lmtyoshi
St. Andrews,l\,{B
DavidWinter
sieglried wall
Ed Oman
GordTruscolt
lruinHolm
ArchMcCurdy
Toln Bray
JimOsbome
team
AllCanada
onlario
Tom Kehler
Saskaloon
Stewart[riller
Saskatchewar/AIberla
Saskatoon
John Roberts
Saskaloon
Bob Stanich
Calgary
GerryDeJong
Abbotsford,Bc
EmmittHolmes
An Griffin
Art Seaman
Jan Huntjens
Stevecline
HerbEriksson
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RolandLebrun
Ilanitoba
HelgeHongisto
Elobicoke,on1.
TomErayJr.
Calgary
Saskatchewan'sMedal Rinks
GOLD! (lertto rigtrt
SlewartMiUer(lead).JayccnSnider(second),David Huner (third).Muray Halvorson(skip)
SILVER lllertorigtrg
Johr Roberrs(lead).Ron weglrer (secofld).wcs Long (lhird),GaryWilliams (skip)
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Albefta's Top Rink
BRONZE (tel torigh,
(jranrRodgers(ihird).Gry Ssholz(slip), Dan Eagle(second),Herb Scholz(lead)
DavcLittel (right)andhis Calgaryrink displayingthe 2002Briar fleeces
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[lighttr to I
n i n k tr ixth placein thecham pionship
An uth e rS a .ka tch e u aR
Dor Barss(skip).Dan Skarct(third),Ket Petcrson(sccord),Tom Kehlcr (lead)
David Martin (Local arangementschair in 2001), and his Kitcbener Watefloo rink
MauriccMartin (ihifd), David Manin (second),TerrellWiebe(ledd)andBrucewiebe (skip)
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The Cline Brothers(dght to left)
aroundtheBanquettable
Phil. EIlis,Fred,David. andSteve
PoetLaureate
Herb Eriksson
reaolng
his 2002Briar poem
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