Toronto Curling Association

2006 Final Results

Elimination Draw

2006 Event Details:

Host Club: Mississaugua Golf and Country Club

Dates: January 7 - 14, 2006

Entry Deadline: Passed

Elimination Draw Deadline: Passed

Event History

The TCA Energizer 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.  In 2002 Johnson Controls assumed sponsorship of this great event, under the banner of TCA Energizer Men's Bonspiel.

How To Enter

Bonspiel Sign-up sheets are posted in all GTA-area clubs. Record your team members and the division you are entering. Entry fees are collected by your club.

Event Rules

3 Age Groups (Divisions)

*Age is as of December 31st prior to the Bonspiel.

Elimination Draw Information - Deadline is December 9, 2005

All teams who have entered the TCA Energizer Men's Bonspiel by end of day December 10, 2004 are entered in the Ultimate Golf Elimination Draw. The draw will be held during the TCA Energizer Men's Bonspiel. Each day names will be removed from the draw pool and posted here on the TCA website. The last name drawn wins the draw.

2005 Winners: Florida vacation - Doug Ross (East York); Day at Wooden Sticks - Art Lobel (Richmond Hill)

Winners of the 2006 TCA ENERGIZER Men's Bonspiel Elimination Draw earn a FLORIDA GOLF VACATION for four, including roundtrip airfare , accommodation in a vacation home, unlimited golf, rental van.

Van Der Valk Lakeside Golf & Country Club is located in Inverness , Florida approximately a 90-minute drive from Orlando International Airport and is one of Florida 's "Best Kept Golfing Secrets". Imagine access to 4 18-hole courses while staying in the comfort of your own privately rented home.

Accommodations - Van Der Valk Lakeside Golf & Country Club ( Inverness ) Each home is fully furnished and has a swimming pool, air conditioning, 2-car garage and large living room, dinning room and kitchen, equipped with every imaginable fixture. Homes vary in size between 3 and 4 bedrooms with 2 or 3 bathrooms.

Land portion of the prize, courtesy Ultimate Golf Vacations; air portion, courtesy Conquest Vacations.

Runners-up receive a round of golf for four at Wooden Sticks. Many other prizes awarded.

VALID: Anytime, subject to availability, EXCEPT School Break or Statutory holidays

Final Results of the 2005 competition

Congratulations to the rink of Bob Stoll, Steve Tolkunow / Dennis Brodeur, Michael Rowley, and Jason Wiebe, winners of the TCA Energizer Men’s Open Division. The winners of the Senior Division was the Edmonson rink from Oakville, and the winner of the Senators Division was the Baker rink from Unionville. For All event results, click here.

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