1997 Ontario Nokia Cup

The 1997 Nokia Cup, southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 4-9 at the Guelph Memorial Gardens in Guelph, Ontario.[1] The winning rink of Ed Werenich, John Kawaja, Pat Perroud and Neil Harrison from the Churchill Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1997 Labatt Brier in Calgary, Alberta.[2] It was Werenich's 10th and final provincial title of his career, which included World Championships in 1983 and 1990.

1997 Ontario Nokia Cup
Host cityGuelph, Ontario
ArenaGuelph Memorial Gardens
DatesFebruary 4-9
WinnerTeam Werenich
Curling clubChurchill Curling Club,
Churchill , Ontario
SkipEd Werenich
ThirdJohn Kawaja
SecondPat Perroud
LeadNeil Harrison
FinalistWayne Middaugh
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Standings

Final standings[3]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tie-Breakers
Skip[4] Club Wins Losses
Wayne MiddaughSt. George81
Ed WerenichChurchill72
Russ HowardMacTier54
Peter SteskiCity View54
Peter CornerBrant45
Mike HarrisTam Heather45
Rich MoffattRideau45
John BaseOakville36
Kevin BreivikLondon36
Bill WalshRideau27

Scores

February 4

Draw 1[5]
  • Steski 9-7 Harris
  • Base 9-8 Walsh
  • Howard 9-4 Moffatt
  • Middaugh 9-7 Corner
  • Werenich 6-5 Breivik
Draw 2[6]
  • Werenich 8-6 Base
  • Moffatt 8-2 Harris
  • Corner 7-5 Steski
  • Breivik 6-4 Walsh
  • Middaugh 5-2 Howard

February 5

Draw 3
  • Walsh 8-4 Howard
  • Breivik 7-4 Corner
  • Middaugh 7-1 Harris
  • Werenich 5-2 Moffatt
  • Steski 7-6 Base
Draw 4[7]
  • Corner 5-4 Harris
  • Base 8-6 Howard
  • Werenich 8-5 Walsh
  • Middaugh 5-2 Steski
  • Breivik 6-4 Moffatt

February 6

Draw 5
  • Steski 8-4 Moffatt
  • Werenich 11-10 Middaugh
  • Base 6-5 Breivik
  • Harris 8-7 Walsh
  • Howard 7-5 Corner
Draw 6
  • Middaugh 11-5 Breivik
  • Howard 8-7 Steski
  • Walsh 9-0 Corner
  • Moffatt 8-2 Base
  • Harris 7-4 Werenich

February 7

Draw 7[8]
  • Corner 6-4 Base
  • Harris 8-2 Breivik
  • Middaugh 6-5 Moffatt
  • Werenich 6-5 Howard
  • Steski 9-6 Walsh
Draw 8
  • Moffatt 7-5 Walsh
  • Corner 8-3 Werenich
  • Howard 6-5 Harris
  • Steski 7-4 Breivik
  • Middaugh 9-7 Base
Draw 9
  • Howard 10-1 Breivik
  • Middaugh 8-5 Walsh
  • Werenich 9-4 Steski
  • Harris 8-2 Base
  • Moffatt 6-3 Corner

Tie Breaker

[9]

Team Final
Peter Steski 5
Russ Howard 7

Playoffs

[1]

Semifinal Final
1 Wayne Middaugh 6
2 Russ Howard 4 3 Ed Werenich 7
3 Ed Werenich 8

References

  1. Rivet, Christine (1997-02-10). "Cagey veteran Werenich wins 10th Brier trip". The Ottawa Citizen. p. B6.
  2. Rauw, Murray (1997-02-10). "'Wrench' sweeps into Brier picture again". Calgary Herald. p. D1.
  3. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-10. p. B7.
  4. Rivet, Christine (1997-02-07). "Werenich holds off 'team of the future'". The Ottawa Citizen. p. D4.
  5. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-05. p. B5.
  6. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-06. p. D6.
  7. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-07. p. D5.
  8. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-09. p. B9.
  9. "Curling". The Ottawa Citizen. 1997-02-09. p. B9.


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