1998 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The 1998 AT&T Canada Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 10-18 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound, Ontario.[1]

1998 AT&T Canada Canadian
Mixed Curling Championship
Host cityOwen Sound, Ontario
ArenaHarry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre
DatesJanuary 10–18, 1998
Attendance22,147
Winner Nova Scotia
Curling clubMayflower Curling Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia
SkipSteve Ogden
ThirdMary Mattatall
SecondJeff Hopkins
LeadHeather Hopkins
Finalist Ontario
« 1997
1999 »

Nova Scotia won its third national mixed championship, after skip Steve Ogden made a tap back for two points in the last end to defeat Ontario, 8-7. Ogden had previously won a mixed title in 1995.

The semifinals and finals were televised on TSN.

The total attendance for the event was 22,147 which was a record at the time. Saskatchewan's Warren Betker won the sportsmanship award.[2]

Teams

Teams were as follows:[3]

Locale Skip Third Second Lead Club
 AlbertaKurt BalderstonMarcy BalderstonLes SonnenbergKaren McNameeSexsmith
 British ColumbiaGrant DezuraDiane NelsonBill FisherSusan AllenGolden Ears
 ManitobaRob FowlerLois FowlerMark TaylorSharon FowlerBrandon
 New BrunswickVance LeCocqKaren McDermottMarc LeCocqCindy LeCocqBathurst
 NewfoundlandGarry PinsentBarbara Ann PinsentDennis LangdonKathy LangdonCarol
 Northern OntarioRick StewartValerie MacInnesNeil MacInnesMarianne KentishMcIntyre
 Nova ScotiaSteve OgdenMary MattatallJeff HopkinsHeather HopkinsMayflower
 OntarioDean WadlandCheryl McPhersonPaul WadlandMarian AraiBayview
 Prince Edward IslandMike GaudetLeslie AllanBrian ScalesLori RobinsonSilver Fox
 QuebecClaude BrazeauCheryl MorganFrançois GagnéJosée FrioletLongue Pointe
 SaskatchewanWarren BetkerDeanne Miller-JonesJaime MillerSloane GirardinWeyburn
 Northwest Territories/YukonGerry MenardTwyla TincherLloyd StangAnn LangeYellowknife

Standings

Final standings[4]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Province Skip Wins Losses
 AlbertaKurt Balderston101
 Nova ScotiaSteve Ogden83
 Northern OntarioRick Stewart74
 OntarioDean Wadland65
 ManitobaRob Fowler65
 British ColumbiaGrant Dezura65
 SaskatchewanWarren Betker65
 QuebecClaude Brazeau65
 New BrunswickVance LeCocq47
 Northwest Territories / YukonGerry Menard28
 Prince Edward IslandMike Gaudet29
 NewfoundlandGarry Pinsent29

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

  Page playoff system Semifinal Final
                           
1  Alberta 4  
4  Nova Scotia 7         2  Nova Scotia 8
      1  Alberta 6   4  Ontario 7[8]
  4  Ontario 9[9]  
3  Northern Ontario 5
4  Ontario 6[10]  

References

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