The 1981 Labatt Brier curling championship was held from March 1 to 8 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax , Nova Scotia .[1]
Kerry Burtnyk of Manitoba defeated Al Hackner of Northern Ontario to win his first Brier title.[2]
Teams [ ]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
, Fairview
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Kamloops
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Assiniboine Memorial CC , Winnipeg Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron Kammerlock
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
, Moncton
Fourth: Third: Second: Skip:
St. John's CC , St. John's Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Fort William CC , Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Rick Lang Second: Bob Nicol Lead: Bruce Kennedy
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
, Dartmouth
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Don Mills
Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Second: Neil Harrison Lead:
, Charlottetown
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon/Northwest Territories
, Howick
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
, Assiniboia
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Round robin standings [ ]
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Round robin results [ ] Draw 1 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
Saskatchewan (Ellert)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (McDonald) 0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
4
Manitoba (Burtnyk)2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
X
9
Draw 2 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Ontario (Werenich)
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
5
Alberta (Watchorn)0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
X
7
Draw 3 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
New Brunswick (Mix)2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
5
Draw 4 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (McDonald) 1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
5
Ontario (Werenich)0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 2
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
8
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 1
1
0
0
3
0
0
3
X
X
8
Quebec (Ness)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Draw 5 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Alberta (Watchorn) 0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
5
Prince Edward Island (MacDonald)1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee) 0
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
0
1
9
Quebec (Ness)
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich) 0
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
1
7
New Brunswick (Mix)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
Draw 6 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Werenich) 0
0
0
2
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
7
Northern Ontario (Hackner)2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
8
Draw 7 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
5
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 0
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
7
Ontario (Werenich)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
7
New Brunswick (Mix)1
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
2
9
Draw 8 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
0
X
6
Nova Scotia (Darragh)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee) 0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
X
5
Alberta (Watchorn)3
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
2
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
6
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
5
Draw 9 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Alberta (Watchorn)0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
X
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert) 0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
3
8
Nova Scotia (Darragh)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
6
Draw 10 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich) 0
2
3
0
3
0
1
1
X
X
10
Nova Scotia (Darragh)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (McDonald) 1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
2
X
8
Alberta (Watchorn)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
4
Draw 11 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Ellert) 1
1
0
2
0
4
2
0
X
X
10
Newfoundland (McDonald)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
Northern Ontario (Hackner)0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (McPhee) 0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
Ontario (Werenich)0
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
2
7
Draw 12 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Werenich) 0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
6
Saskatchewan (Ellert)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
Draw 13 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Alberta (Watchorn) 0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
5
Ontario (Werenich)1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 3
0
2
3
0
1
0
1
X
X
10
Saskatchewan (Ellert)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
2
Draw 14 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Watchorn) 2
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
X
X
8
New Brunswick (Mix)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
Manitoba (Burtnyk)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
4
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Ness) 1
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
X
7
Newfoundland (McDonald)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
4
Draw 15 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
7
Newfoundland (McDonald)
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
New Brunswick (Mix) 0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
5
Quebec (Ness)0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
British Columbia (McPhee)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Watchorn) 0
4
0
2
0
1
1
0
X
X
8
Saskatchewan (Ellert)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
3
Tiebreakers [ ] Round 1 [ ] Round 2 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Ontario (Werenich) 0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Saskatchewan (Ellert)0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
6
Playoffs [ ] Semifinal [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
5
Saskatchewan (Ellert)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Final [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (Hackner)
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
4
Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
5
References [ ]
Macdonald Brier Labatt Brier Nokia Brier Tim Hortons Brier
Manitoba
Northern Ontario (Al Hackner)
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Quebec
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Yukon/Northwest Territories
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
