2008 Event
Host Club: Tam Heather
Dates: January 5 - 12, 2008
Final results
TCA Men's Energizer Bonspiel - 2008 Final Results |
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OPEN DIVISION |
Champions |
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Main Event |
Dixie Curling Club |
John Leermakers |
Main Event Consolation |
High Park Curling Club |
Tom Dearie |
2nd Event |
Toronto Cricket, Curling & Skating Club |
Jeff Flanagan |
3rd Event |
Leaside Curling Club |
Rob Harling |
4th Event |
Leaside Curling Club |
Jason Thomas |
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SENIORS DIVISION |
Champions |
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CLUB |
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Main Event |
Oakville Curling Club |
Kurt Tamowski |
Main Event Consolation |
Oakville Curling Club |
Mike Koyanagi |
2nd Event |
Annandale Curling Club |
Dale Patterson |
3rd Event |
Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club |
Dave Hampton |
4th Event |
Oakville Curling Club |
Ron Grey |
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SENATORS DIVISION |
Champions |
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CLUB |
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Main Event |
Thornhill Country Club |
Austin Palmer |
2nd Event |
Bayview Golf & Country Club |
Derek Lunn |
3rd Event |
Richmond Hill Curling Club |
Art Lobel |
4th Event |
Dixie Curling Club |
Eldon McFayden |
Pictures of Winning Teams
Click on pictures to enlargeOpen Winners: Leermakers - Dixie Curling Club
Senior Winners: Tamowski - Oakville Curling Club
You will require Microsoft Excel. To print the draw, go to the tab marked Print Command and print the appropriate draw. Or you can right click on the link and save the file to your computer.
Check out real time updates for all events of all divisions as they happen here!
Entries are now closed.
Formaps to all of the TCA member clubs, click here.
2008 Early Bird Elimination Draw Winners
Grand prize (Bahama Bay Resort, Orlando, Florida from Ultimate Golf Vacations) - Hugh Chesser (Humber Seniors)
Second prize (Round of golf at Sleepy Hollow Country Club) – Barnie Joosten (Chinguacousy Curling Club)
Third prize (Round of Golf at Eagle Ridge, courtesy of Clublink.) – Bruce Ure (Leaside Curling Club)
Elimination Draw Runners-Up (your prize will be delivered to your club)
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| Dixie Curling Club | Don Clarke | Coupon Book - Tee-off, Canada’s Play & Save Golf Program |
| Donalda | Al Donald | $25 Gift Certificate from Goldline Curling Supplies |
| East York | Steve Simpson | $25 Gift Certificate from Goldline Curling Supplies |
| Scarboro | Ross Dann | $50 Gift Certificate from Goldline Curling Supplies |
| Weston | Ron Kishimoto | Coupon Book - Tee-off, Canada’s Play & Save Golf Program |
| York | Terry Robertson | $25 Gift Certificate from Goldline Curling Supplies |
Here are the teams that were pulled on the last night. If your team name is listed, then unfortunately you are no longer in the draw. Last team in wins a 5 night golf vacation at Bahama Bay Resort, Orlando, Florida for four, including roundtrip airfare, accommodation and 4 rounds of golf, Courtesy of Ultimate Golf Vacations. VALID: Anytime, subject to availability, EXCEPT School Break or Statutory holidays. Runner up prizes include a round of Golf at Sleepy Hollow Country Club or a round of golf at Eagle Ridge, courtesy of Clublink. Other great prizes will be awarded.
Elimination Draw Results - January 12
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.
You can now sign up online for this event! Entry fees will still be collected by your club.
Event Rules
2008 Rules
3 Age Groups (Divisions)
| Open | 4 events | Age 19* & over | $100 |
| Senior | 4 events | Age 50* & over | $100 |
| Senators | 4 events | Age 65* & over | $80 |
*Age is as of December 31st prior to the Bonspiel.
Sponsors
In addition to Energizer Auto and Marine Batteries , we have many other sponsors we would like to acknowledge:
Tee-off, Canada’s Play & Save Golf Program
For more information on how you can enter the 2008 TCA ENERGIZER Men's, or how your club can be involved contact Bill Baker at bill-baker@rogers.com or The TCA ENERGIZER Men's Committee
2007 Results
For 2007 event results click here.2006 Results
For 2006 event results click here.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.