2015 Safeway Championship
# 2015 Safeway Championship

The 2015 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 4 to 8 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The winning Reid Carruthers team represented Manitoba at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.

## Teams

Teams are as follows:

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grant Brown | Jonathan Sawatzky | Tuff Seguin | Mike McGurk | | Burntwood |
| Roger Parker | Jason Yates | Ian Ferley | Robbie Fisher | Marc Meyers | Dauphin |
| Glenn Toews | Bryan Preston | Dwayne Moffatt | Steve Procyshyn | | Dauphin |
| Murray Warren | Brian Barker | Terry Warren | Reg Warren | Gary Barker | Deloraine |
| Kelly Robertson | Doug Armour | Peter Prokopowich | Bob Scales | Mark Robertson | Neepawa |
| Kelly Marnoch | Bart Witherspoon | Branden Jorgensen | Chris Cameron | Steve Irwin | Carberry |
| Perry Fisher | Kevin Cullen | Brett McGregor | Sean Martin | Brett Hargreaves | Wawanesa |
| Ryan Hyde | Kyle Einerson | Farrol Asham | Kenny Keeler | Travis Taylor | Portage |
| Steve Pauls | Clarence Reimer | Kevin Friesen | Tim Bridges | Eric Atkins | Manitou |
| Curtis McCannell | Rob Van Deynze | Bill Thiessen | Jason Morrow | Kyle McCannell | Pilot Mound |
| Richard Muntain | Mike McCaughan | Curtis Atkins | Rodney Legault | Rob Atkins | Pinawa |
| Evan Martin | Travis Bale | Ian Fordyce | Nigel Milnes | Scott Madams | East St. Paul |
| Andy Stewart | Andrew Hunt | Sam Good | Trevor Blue | Myles MacMillan | Stonewall |
| Jeff Stoughton | Rob Fowler | Alex Forrest | Connor Njegovan | | Charleswood |
| Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Lucas Van Den Bosch | Brendan Wilson | Trevor Calvert | Deer Lodge |
| Bill Kuran | Taylor McIntyre | Riley Smith | Jared Hancox | | Granite |
| Trevor Loreth | Brad Haight | Ryan Lowdon | Brett Cawson | Gerry Haight | Granite |
| Kyle Foster | Andrew Wickman | Ryan Hlatkey | Chad Barkman | Adam Wickman | Fort Rouge |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | Matt Dunstone | Granite |
| William Lyburn | Richard Daneault | Andrew Irving | Dan Gagne | | Granite |
| Jerry Chudley | Kevin Cooley | Brent McKee | Paul Robertson | Jason Vinnell | Neepawa |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | | Fort Rouge |
| Reid Carruthers | Braeden Moskowy | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | | West St. Paul |
| David Bohn | Bryan Galbraith | Dennis Bohn | Larry Solomon | Shawn Magnusson | Assiniboine Memorial |
| Scott Ramsay | Mark Taylor | Ross McFadyen | Kyle Werenich | Kevin Thompson | Granite |
| Sean Grassie | Corey Chambers | Kody Janzen | Stuart Shiells | | Deer Lodge |
| Jared Kolomaya | Neil Kitching | Kennedy Bird | Daniel Hunt | | Stonewall |
| Daley Peters | Brendan Taylor | Taren Gesell | Greg Melnichuk | | West Kildonan |
| Mark Lukowich | Stuart Gresham | Chris Chimuk | Kevin Wiebe | Steen Sigurdson | Granite |
| Daniel Birchard | Kelly Fordyce | Brody Moore | Andrew Peck | Neil Okumura | Pembina |
| Merv Satterthwaite | Brent Griffin | Heinz Warkentin | Mike Zwarycz | Ken Armstrong | St. Vital |
| Greg Mikolayek | Ian Harkness | Dean Nero | Clint Fuz | Pat Carson | Fort Rouge |

## Draw

32 team double knockout with playoff round Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event

### A Event

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lukowich | Lukowich | 7 | | | | | | |
| Kuran | Kuran | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kuran | Kuran | 5 | Lukowich | Lukowich | 1 | | | |
| | | | Stoughton | Stoughton | 7 | | | |
| Stoughton | Stoughton | 13 | Stoughton | Stoughton | 7 | | | |
| Parker | Parker | 2 | | | | | | |
| Parker | Parker | 2 | | | | Stoughton | Stoughton | 8 |
| | | | | | | Peters | Peters | 4 |
| Pauls | Pauls | 6 | | | | | | | Peters | Peters | 4 |
| Peters | Peters | 10 | | | | | | |
| Peters | Peters | 10 | Peters | Peters | 8 | | | |
| | | | Birchard | Birchard | 6 | | | |
| Gunnlaugson | Gunnlaugson | 2 | Birchard | Birchard | 6 | | | |
| Birchard | Birchard | 9 | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Stewart | Stewart | 6 | | | | | | |
| Loreth | Loreth | 9 | | | | | | |
| Loreth | Loreth | 9 | Loreth | Loreth | 7 | | | |
| | | | Ramsay | Ramsay | 8 | | | |
| Ramsay | Ramsay | 9 | Ramsay | Ramsay | 8 | | | |
| Satterthwaite | Satterthwaite | 6 | | | | | | |
| Satterthwaite | Satterthwaite | 6 | | | | Ramsay | Ramsay | 7 |
| | | | | | | Marnoch | Marnoch | 10 |
| Toews | Toews | 4 | | | | | | | Marnoch | Marnoch | 10 |
| Carruthers | Carruthers | 11 | | | | | | |
| Carruthers | Carruthers | 11 | Carruthers | Carruthers | 4 | | | |
| | | | Marnoch | Marnoch | 6 | | | |
| Marnoch | Marnoch | 8 | Marnoch | Marnoch | 6 | | | |
| Hyde | Hyde | 2 | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Chudley | Chudley | 8 | | | | | | |
| Muntain | Muntain | 11 | | | | | | |
| Muntain | Muntain | 11 | Muntain | Muntain | 9 | | | |
| | | | Lyburn | Lyburn | 4 | | | |
| Lyburn | Lyburn | 12 | Lyburn | Lyburn | 4 | | | |
| Brown | Brown | 3 | | | | | | |
| Brown | Brown | 3 | | | | Muntain | Muntain | 6 |
| | | | | | | Calvert | Calvert | 9 |
| Fisher | Fisher | 2 | | | | | | | Calvert | Calvert | 9 |
| Grassie | Grassie | 5 | | | | | | |
| Grassie | Grassie | 5 | Grassie | Grassie | 3 | | | |
| | | | Calvert | Calvert | 7 | | | |
| Calvert | Calvert | 9 | Calvert | Calvert | 7 | | | |
| Martin | Martin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Foster | Foster | 3 | | | | | | |
| Robertson | Robertson | 8 | | | | | | |
| Robertson | Robertson | 8 | Robertson | Robertson | 3 | | | |
| | | | McEwen | McEwen | 7 | | | |
| McEwen | McEwen | 10 | McEwen | McEwen | 7 | | | |
| Mikolajek | Mikolajek | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mikolajek | Mikolajek | 1 | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 8 |
| | | | | | | Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 1 |
| McCannell | McCannell | 10 | | | | | | | Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 1 |
| Bohn | Bohn | 6 | | | | | | |
| Bohn | Bohn | 6 | McCannell | McCannell | 5 | | | |
| | | | Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 9 | | | |
| Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 7 | Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 9 | | | |
| Warren | Warren | 3 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuran | Kuran | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Parker | Parker | 1 | Birchard | Birchard | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kuran | Kuran | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Birchard | Birchard | 2 | | | |
| Pauls | Pauls | 1 | | | | Gunnlaugson | Gunnlaugson | 8 | | | |
| Gunnlaugson | Gunnlaugson | 8 | Lukowich | Lukowich | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Gunnlaugson | Gunnlaugson | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Gunnlaugson | Gunnlaugson | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Peters | Peters | 3 |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 |
| Stewart | Stewart | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Satterthwaite | Satterthwaite | 6 | Carruthers | Carruthers | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Stewart | Stewart | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Carruthers | Carruthers | 8 | | | |
| Toews | Toews | 7 | | | | Loreth | Loreth | 2 | | | |
| Hyde | Hyde | 11 | Loreth | Loreth | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Hyde | Hyde | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Carruthers | Carruthers | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Ramsay | Ramsay | 4 |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 |
| Chudley | Chudley | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Brown | Brown | 6 | Grassie | Grassie | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brown | Brown | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Grassie | Grassie | 8 | | | |
| Fisher | Fisher | 2 | | | | Martin | Martin | 9 | | | |
| Martin | Martin | 8 | Lyburn | Lyburn | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Martin | Martin | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Martin | Martin | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Muntain | Muntain | 6 |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 |
| Foster | Foster | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mikolajek | Mikolajek | 3 | McCannell | McCannell | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Foster | Foster | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Foster | Foster | 10 | | | |
| Bohn | Bohn | 8 | | | | Robertson | Robertson | 6 | | | |
| Warren | Warren | 5 | Robertson | Robertson | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Bohn | Bohn | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Foster | Foster | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Kolomaya | Kolomaya | 9 |

## Playoffs

### Playoff round

8 team double knockout Four teams qualify into Championship Round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q1 | Jeff Stoughton | 3 | | | |
| Q6 | Reid Carruthers | 9 | | | |
| Q6 | Reid Carruthers | 9 | Reid Carruthers | Reid Carruthers | 7 |
| | | | Jason Gunnlaugson | Jason Gunnlaugson | 3 |
| Q2 | Kelly Marnoch | 4 | Jason Gunnlaugson | Jason Gunnlaugson | 3 |
| Q5 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 6 | | | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Q3 | Braden Calvert | 5 | | | |
| Q8 | Jared Kolomaya | 6 | | | |
| Q8 | Jared Kolomaya | 6 | Jared Kolomaya | Jared Kolomaya | 5 |
| | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 8 |
| Q4 | Mike McEwen | 7 | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 8 |
| Q7 | Evan Martin | 1 | | | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | 1 | Jared Kolomaya | 4 |
| 2 | Jeff Stoughton | 9 | | Jeff Stoughton | 10 |
| 3 | Kelly Marnoch | 3 | | | |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| | | | 1 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 6 |
| 2 | Braden Calvert | 6 | | Braden Calvert | 8 |
| 3 | Evan Martin | 5 | | | |

### Championship Round

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Reid Carruthers | 6 | | | | 1 | Reid Carruthers | 5 |
| 2 | Mike McEwen | 5 | | | | 2 | Mike McEwen | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Mike McEwen | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Jeff Stoughton | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Jeff Stoughton | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Braden Calvert | 4 | | | | | | |

**1 vs. 2**

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reid Carruthers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

**3 vs. 4**

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Braden Calvert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

**Semifinal**

Sunday, February 8, 9:00 am

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

**Final**

Sunday, February 8, 2:30 pm

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reid Carruthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

* 2015 Safeway Championship
* Reid Carruthers 4th Manitoba Provincial Championship title
