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 

   
 

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

   
 2012 Goldline TCA Men's Senator Champions - Team Shields with Erin Flowers from Goldline Curling Supplies.  

 


Main Event Champions

Division

Open

Seniors

Senators

Club

Richmond Hill Curling Club

Thornhill Golf & Country Club

York Curling Club

Skip

Greg Balsdon

Gary McCullough

Mike Shields

Vice

Jordan Keon

Tim Meadows

Silvio Vian

Second

Kevin Roberts

Doug Trivers

Rick Charles

Lead

Trevor Talbott

John Wroldsen

Dave Purvis

5TH

Curtis Samoy

Geoff Wood


Other Event Finalists


Open

Senior

Senator


Team

Club

Team

Club

Team

Club

Main Event Runnerup

Tom Dearie

High Park

Art Leganchuk

Bayview

Ron Barnes

Oakville

Consolation Winner

Mike Maddin

Richmond Hill

Brian Roblin

Scarboro

n/a


Consolation Runnerup

Steve McKerihen

High Park

Elgin Horton

St. George's

n/a


2nd Event Winner

Bill Goodchild

Tam Heather

Wayne Martin

Oakville

Eric Milne

Unionville

2nd event Runnerup

Richard Lumsden

High Park

Graham Baldwin

Donalda

Art Lobel

Richmond Hill

3rd Event Winner

Liam Kane

Leaside

Rick Harper

Richmond Hill

Dave Hampton

Tam Heather

3rd Event Runnerup

Rick Bradley

Brampton

Carson Klinck

Tam Heather

Eldon MacFayden

Dixie

4th Event Winner

Derek Cox

Weston

Jim Wright

Weston

Hugh Chesser

Humber Seniors

4th Event Runnerup

Brian Begg

Leaside

Don Small

Unionville

Malcolm Marsh

Leaside

Goldline Challenge

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

Club  Team  Prize
 Leaside  Patrick Kniss $2000
 East York  Aiden Ritchie  Round of Golf at Wyndance Golf Club
 Bayview  Dick Dahl  Round of Golf at Glendale Golf and Country Club

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.)
 
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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).

2012 Registration

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!

Event History

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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