The Viterra Championship is the Manitoba men's provincial curling championship. The tournament is run by Curl Manitoba , the provincial curling association. The winner represents Manitoba at the Montana's Brier , the Canadian men's championship.
3-763: The tournament was previously known as the Safeway Championship (2008–2015), Safeway Select (1995–2007); the Labatt Tankard (1980–1994); the British Consols (1937–1979) and the Macdonald Brier Trophy event winner at the MCA Bonspiel (1925-1936). 32 teams qualify. The distribution of berths changes from year to year but is generally composed of the following: Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year. Manitoba did not participate in
6-543: Is the annual Manitoba Curling Association bonspiel held at the end of every January in Winnipeg , Manitoba in Canada . It is the largest curling bonspiel in the world with the tournament setting a record in 1988 with 1280 curling teams, as well as the oldest, with the first edition taking place in 1888. The tournament is unseeded and can have the top teams in the world facing first time curlers or otherwise. The current editions of
9-512: The 1927 Brier. Brier champions in bold . Beginning in 2015, the defending Brier champion automatically earned a berth for the following years' national championship as "Team Canada". A team from Manitoba has yet to play as "Team Canada" at the Brier. A Wildcard entry was added in 2018, which was expanded to three entries in 2021. Two of these entries became prequalifying entries in 2024. MCA Bonspiel The Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel
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