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Goldline TCA Men's Bonspiel
 Entering its 117th Year!
2012 Event
Host Club: St. George’s Golf & Country Club
Dates: January 7 - 14, 2012
Broadcast of Goldline TCA 2012 Men's Bonspiel
Go here to get more information on watching the Open and Senior Finals.
2012 Winners
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2012 Goldline TCA Men's Open Champions - Team Balsdon, Richmond Hill Curling Club with Doug Flowers, President Goldline Curling Supplies |
2012 Goldline TCA Men's Senior Champions - Team McCullough, Thornhill Golf & Country Club with Doug Flowers, President Goldline Curling Supplies |
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| 2012 Goldline TCA Men's Senator Champions - Team Shields with Erin Flowers from Goldline Curling Supplies. |
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Main Event Champions |
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Division |
Open |
Seniors |
Senators |
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Club |
Richmond Hill Curling Club |
Thornhill Golf & Country Club |
York Curling Club |
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Skip |
Greg Balsdon |
Gary McCullough |
Mike Shields |
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Vice |
Jordan Keon |
Tim Meadows |
Silvio Vian |
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Second |
Kevin Roberts |
Doug Trivers |
Rick Charles |
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Lead |
Trevor Talbott |
John Wroldsen |
Dave Purvis |
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5TH |
Curtis Samoy |
Geoff Wood |
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Open |
Senior |
Senator |
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Team |
Club |
Team |
Club |
Team |
Club |
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Main Event Runnerup |
Tom Dearie |
High Park |
Art Leganchuk |
Bayview |
Ron Barnes |
Oakville |
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Consolation Winner |
Mike Maddin |
Richmond Hill |
Brian Roblin |
Scarboro |
n/a |
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Consolation Runnerup |
Steve McKerihen |
High Park |
Elgin Horton |
St. George's |
n/a |
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2nd Event Winner |
Bill Goodchild |
Tam Heather |
Wayne Martin |
Oakville |
Eric Milne |
Unionville |
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2nd event Runnerup |
Richard Lumsden |
High Park |
Graham Baldwin |
Donalda |
Art Lobel |
Richmond Hill |
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3rd Event Winner |
Liam Kane |
Leaside |
Rick Harper |
Richmond Hill |
Dave Hampton |
Tam Heather |
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3rd Event Runnerup |
Rick Bradley |
Brampton |
Carson Klinck |
Tam Heather |
Eldon MacFayden |
Dixie |
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4th Event Winner |
Derek Cox |
Weston |
Jim Wright |
Weston |
Hugh Chesser |
Humber Seniors |
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4th Event Runnerup |
Brian Begg |
Leaside |
Don Small |
Unionville |
Malcolm Marsh |
Leaside |
As announced in the fall, Goldline ran a challenge to increase participation in the bonspiel. We are pleased to announce
- Weston Men's section will receive $600 in Goldline gift certificates for ranking 1st in participation (42%).
- Humber Seniors will receive $400 in Goldline gift certificates for ranking 2nd in participation (40%).
- Richmond Hill Men's section will receive $500 in Goldline gift certificates for their increase in entries (+4).
- Donalda Men's section will receive $500 in Goldline gift certificates for their increase in entries (+3).
View the full results here.
2012 Elimination Draw
Congratulations to Patrick Kniss and his team from Leaside who were the winners of $2000
The Runners-Up listed here will recieve a gift certificate.
The list of which teams are out of the draw will start to be posted on Sunday, January 8. If you see your team, the team is out - however, if your team paid online, then your team will be entered twice! The last team in will win $2000. Other prizes include rounds of golf at Wyndance Golf Club and Glendale Golf and Country Club and lots of other great prizes.
Draw 1 Draw 2 Draw 3 Draw 4 Draw 5 Draw 6 Draw 7
2012 Live Scoring
Live Scoring will start with the Senator event finals on Friday, January 13th.
Check out real time updates for the finals of all events for all divisions as they happen!
Open Division Senior Division Senator Division
2012 Draws & Results
Open Seniors Senators
If you have any questions about the draw, please send an email to our DrawMaster (Jim Stewart)..
2012 Rules (you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this file.)
Event Rules
2012 Event
One of the largest and oldest continuing curling events in the world (this is the 117th year!). Open to all Men’s teams in the city.
The TCA Goldline Men’s Bonspiel is open to all club-level teams from across the GTA and beyond. The bonspiel attracts teams of all caliber from clubs across the city. Last year we had 290 teams participate with games hosted at 19 different curling clubs! Each day you will play at a different club, against teams from other clubs in the city. This is a great way to get to play at many of the clubs around the city and make many new curling friends.
There are 3 separate divisions you may enter…
Open – All team members age 19+ as of December 31
- Seniors - All team members age 50+ as of December 31
- Senators - All team members age 65+ as of December 31
There are specific eligibility rules to help ensure only club-level teams are entered (see Rules section below).
The entry deadline for the 2012 TCA Goldline Men's Bonspiel has now passed. As a result, online entries are no longer being accepted. However, we will continue to accept entries where we can balance the draw. If you are interested in entering please contact our Draw Master, Jim Stewart, via email or by phone at 905 479 1079.
Teams Entered
Check here to see if your team is entered yet.
Note: All teams that enter and pay online will receive 2 entries in the Elimination draw!
The Entry deadline is December 22nd, 2011.
The Open and Seniors divisions play through the day on the opening Saturday and then in the evening Monday to Thursday, with the finals on the following Saturday.
The Senators division plays through the day Monday – Friday, with their finals Friday morning.
Your first 2 games determine which event you will be in for the remainder of the bonspiel.
Win both games and you are in the Main event
- Win your 1st, lose your 2nd, you’re in the 2nd event
- Lose your 1st, win you 2nd, you’re in the 3rd event
- Lose both games, you’re in the 4th event
You must continue to win after your first 2 games to stay in the bonspiel (so 3 games are guaranteed). Prizes are awarded to all teams that make it to the semi-finals in their event, and the finalists are treated to a Championship banquet. Last year approximately $40,000 in prizes were awarded!
The TCA Men's bonspiel is one of the world's oldest continuous curling event. The winners of the first Championship was the Rennie Rink, from the Caledonia Curling club, in 1896. Prior to 1896, there was a city competition, but the format was different. At that time, 16 players threw 16 rocks, and there was no championship. The game was played by eight man teams throwing one rock each. As time went on the game changed and by the mid 1800's, the most popular format of play was the Single Rink. A championship was proposed in 1895 and the first Single Rink Championship of Toronto was held in January of 1896. They played twenty-two ends on natural ice with straw brooms. The good news was you couldn't sweep a rock until it reached the middle line. Hiram Walker sponsored the event in those early years before passing the torch to the Canada Life Assurance Company in 1906. Every January for the next eighty years, curlers assembled in clubs across the city to compete for the right to call themselves "Canada Life Champions."
From 1994 -1997, the Investors Group sponsored the event, and in 1998 a determined group of curlers from the Weston Golf & Country Club kept the tradition alive. Brick Brewing stepped in as sponsor from 1999-2001. From 2002 until 2009 Johnson Controls assumed sponsorship of this great event, under the banner of TCA Energizer Men's Bonspiel. In 2010, the TCA was pleased to welcome Goldline Curling Supplies as sponsor of this great event for the next 5 years.
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