The 1968 Macdonald Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 4–8 at the in Kelowna , British Columbia .
The Ron Northcott rink representing Alberta won their second title with an impressive 9–1 record. It was also the 10th title for Alberta.
Saskatchewan were runners-up, with an 8–2 record. Prince Edward Island finished in third place with a 7-3 record.[5]
Teams [ ]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Calgary CC , Calgary
Skip: Ron Northcott Third: Jim Shields Second: Bernie Sparkes Lead Fred Storey
Richmond Winter Club , Richmond Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Dauphin
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
, Fredericton
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Geraldton
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC , Halifax Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, St. Thomas
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Charlottetown
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
, Chicoutimi
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Avonlea
Skip: Bob Pickering Third: Second: Garnet Campbell Lead:
Round robin standings [ ] The final standings were as follows:[5]
Round robin results [ ] Draw 1 [ ] Monday, March 4, 4:00pm [6]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
5
Saskatchewan (Pickering)2
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
5
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
2
0
1
2
2
0
3
0
3
0
13
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Manitoba (Parker)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
5
Draw 2 [ ] Monday, March 4, 11:00pm [6]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)3
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
1
0
3
0
14
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
6
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
3
0
1
0
3
5
0
0
3
2
0
18
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
8
British Columbia (McCubbin)2
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
2
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Smith)0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
10
Quebec (Tracy)
1
2
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
8
Northern Ontario (Pile)1
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
9
Draw 3 [ ] Tuesday, March 5, 12:00pm [7]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)2
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
9
British Columbia (McCubbin)
0
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
2
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)1
4
0
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
14
Northern Ontario (Pile)
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
9
Quebec (Tracy)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
8
Draw 4 [ ] Tuesday, March 5, 5:30pm [7]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)2
0
1
0
0
4
3
0
2
1
5
4
22
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
10
Quebec (Tracy)
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
7
New Brunswick (Ayer)
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Ontario (Gilbert)1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
7
Draw 5 [ ] Wednesday, March 6, 5:30pm [8] [9]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Alberta (Northcott)0
2
2
0
4
1
2
0
4
1
0
1
17
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
9
Ontario (Gilbert)0
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)1
1
0
2
0
5
0
1
3
1
0
0
14
Manitoba (Parker)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
5
Draw 6 [ ] Wednesday, March 6, 11:00pm [8]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Smith)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
8
Alberta (Northcott)0
3
0
1
1
2
3
0
4
0
0
0
14
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
1
0
5
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
9
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)1
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
10
Saskatchewan (Pickering)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
8
Manitoba (Parker)1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
6
0
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Northern Ontario (Pile)
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
10
Draw 7 [ ] Thursday, March 7, 12:00pm [10]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
8
Manitoba (Parker)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)0
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
8
Northern Ontario (Pile)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)0
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
1
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
4
10
Draw 8 [ ] Thursday, March 7, 5:30pm [10]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
8
Quebec (Tracy)1
0
2
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
1
0
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
Saskatchewan (Pickering)0
2
0
2
0
4
2
1
0
1
0
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Gilbert)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
4
Prince Edward Island (Smith)0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
0
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)1
2
2
1
0
1
4
0
0
1
0
2
14
British Columbia (McCubbin)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
5
Draw 9 [ ] Thursday, March 7, 11:00pm [10]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Northcott)
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
7
Quebec (Tracy)2
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
2
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
4
2
0
14
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
4
Draw 10 [ ] Friday, March 8, 12:00pm [5] [11]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Flemming)0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
8
New Brunswick (Ayer)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Parker)
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
0
9
Alberta (Northcott)0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
8
Ontario (Gilbert)0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
3
0
3
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
1
9
Newfoundland (Piercey)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
Draw 11 [ ] Friday, March 8, 5:30pm [5]
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (McCubbin)
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
10
Manitoba (Parker)0
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
0
1
11
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Pickering)1
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
1
9
Nova Scotia (Flemming)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Tracy)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
New Brunswick (Ayer)0
1
0
1
0
1
3
1
2
0
3
0
12
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Pile)
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
9
Alberta (Northcott)0
2
0
3
1
0
0
2
0
3
2
0
13
Awards [ ] All-Star Team[12] ROSS G.L. HARSTONE AWARD Records [ ] The record for the highest combined score in a single match was repeated.[13]
References [ ] External links [ ]
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