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Goldline TCA Men's Bonspiel
Entering its 118th Year!
2013 Event
Host Club: Richmond Hill Curling Club
Dates: January 12 - 19, 2013 / January 11-18, 2014
One of the largest and oldest continuing curling events in the world (this is the 118th 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 …
2013 Winners
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2013 Main Event Champions |
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Open |
Seniors |
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Club |
Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club |
Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club |
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Skip, Peter Kostin, Vice Ted Paradis, Second Gary Coyle, Lead Kevin Coyle with Goldline TCA Men's Bonspiel Chair Bill Baker |
Skip-Tony Baker, Vice - Rod MacIntyre, Second-Tom Murray, Lead Kevin Jackson with Goldline TCA Men's Bonspiel Chair Bill Baker |
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Senators |
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York Curling Club |
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Skip-Mike Shields, Vice-Vice Silvio Vian, Second-Rick Charles, Lead-Dave Purvis with Goldline TCA Men's Bonspiel Chair Bill Baker and TCA President Paivi Liitela |
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Other 2013 Event Finalists
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Other Event Finalists |
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Open |
Senior |
Senator |
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Team |
Club |
Team |
Club |
Team |
Club |
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Craig Shinde |
Dixie |
Dave Furness |
Chinguacousy |
Earl Cochrane |
Oakville |
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Craig Hammond |
Donalda |
Doug Miller |
Tam Heather |
n/a |
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Dave Coutanche |
Richmond Hill |
Hector Hickey |
Richmond Hill |
n/a |
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Greg Balsdon |
Richmond Hill |
Gord Barry |
Unionville |
Dan Yamasaki |
High Park |
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Jim Bell |
Unionville |
Andy DiSebastiano |
Richmond Hill |
Dave Hampton |
Tam Heather |
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Chris Ewing |
High Park |
Gary McCullough |
Thornhill |
Tony Baker |
Tam Heather |
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John Rorabeck |
Tam Heather |
Bill Baker |
Scarboro |
Ron Barnes |
Oakville |
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Bob Stoll |
Weston |
Peter Wong |
Unionville |
Austin Palmer |
Thornhill |
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Zachary Levinsky |
High Park |
Don Burnett |
Oakville |
Brian Merriman |
Donalda |
Open Seniors Senators
Goldline Challenge
This years winners are:
- Richmond Hill’s Men's section will receive $600 in Goldline gift certificates for ranking 1st in participation (40.5%).
- Tam Heather’s Men’s section will receive $400 in Goldline gift certificates for ranking 2nd in participation (39.7%).
- East York Men's section will receive $500 in Goldline gift certificates for their increase in entries (+6).
- Oakville’s and Scarboro’s Men's sections will receive $250 in Goldline gift certificates for their increase in entries (+2).
Elimination Draw
And the winner of $2000 was the team from Unionville, skipped by Peter Wong. Other winners were
Steve Hawes, Tam Heather
Clublink - Glendale Foursome & 4 Boxes Srixon Golf Balls
Cec Adams, Bayview
Clublink - Glendale Foursome & 4 Boxes Taylormade Golf Balls
Dave Mann, Thornhill
4 - Petro Canada $100
Chris Kott, High Park
4 - Home Depot $75 |
Don Kawaja, High Park
4 - Best Buy $75
Eric Roberts, Leaside
4 - LCBO $75
Brian Jackson, Bayview
4 - Tim Horton's $25
John Bell, Unionville
4 - Subway $25 |
Elimination Draw Results
2013 Rules
There are specific eligibility rules to help ensure only club-level teams are entered:
 2013 Rules (you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this file.)
Format
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 including byes 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!
If you have any questions, please contact Draw Master, Jim Stewart, via email or by phone at 905 479 1079.
Survey Responses
Thank you for responding to our survey. Here are our responses to your questions and comments.
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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