The 1983 Labatt Brier , Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 6 to 13 at the Sudbury Arena in Sudbury , Ontario .
The "Dream Team"[4] of Ed Werenich , Paul Savage , John Kawaja and Neil Harrison representing Ontario won the event, defeating Ed Lukowich 's Alberta rink in the final.
The 1983 Brier was the first to use wireless microphones on the players, so that CBC viewers at home could listen to the player's strategies. This meant for some amusing remarks made by some of the more colourful curlers being heard across the country.[5] The semi-final between Ontario and British Columbia's Bernie Sparkes rink is regarded as being one of the greatest curling games in Brier history,[6] as Werenich had to make numerous double- and triple-takeouts in the game.
Teams [ ]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
, Calgary
Skip: Ed Lukowich
Third: Mike Chernoff
Second: Neil Houston
Lead: Brent Syme
, Vancouver
Skip: Bernie Sparkes
Third: Jim Armstrong
Second:
Lead:
, Winnipeg
Skip:
Third:
Second: Gordon Paterson
Lead:
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northern Ontario
, Fredericton
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
, Corner Brook
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
, Sault Ste. Marie
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Mayflower CC , Halifax
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
, Don Mills
Skip: Ed Werenich
Third: Paul Savage
Second: John Kawaja
Lead: Neil Harrison
, Crapaud
Skip:
Third:
Second: Mike Coady
Lead:
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories/Yukon
, Trois-Rivières
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
, Estevan
Skip: Kirk Ziola
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Yellowknife CC , Yellowknife
Skip:
Third:
Second:
Lead:
Round robin standings [ ]
Round robin results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
Alberta (Lukowich)
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
7
Draw 2 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
5
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
3
Ontario (Werenich)
3
4
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
X
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Marchand)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
8
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
7
Draw 3 [ ]
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Newfoundland (Oke)
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
1
7
Draw 4 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Oke)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
1
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
X
X
8
Quebec (Marchand)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Draw 5 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
7
Ontario (Werenich)
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
2
3
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
X
9
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
4
Draw 6 [ ]
Draw 7 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Newfoundland (Oke)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
4
Ontario (Werenich)
2
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
X
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Marchand)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
X
6
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
5
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
Draw 8 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)
0
1
5
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
7
Quebec (Marchand)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
1
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
0
X
X
11
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
1
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
6
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
Draw 9 [ ]
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
4
X
X
9
Quebec (Marchand)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Draw 10 [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Quebec (Marchand)
0
3
2
0
0
2
0
3
X
X
10
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
British Columbia (Sparkes)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
4
Draw 11 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
0
X
6
Newfoundland (Oke)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Ontario (Werenich)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
X
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
1
0
1
0
2
0
4
0
2
X
10
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Draw 12 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
3
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Marchand)
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
7
Nova Scotia (Ogden)
0
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
4
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
6
Ontario (Werenich)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
X
8
Draw 13 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
X
6
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
3
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
Draw 14 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
7
New Brunswick (Sullivan)
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Marchand)
0
0
0
3
1
0
3
0
0
X
7
British Columbia (Sparkes)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Draw 15 [ ]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Quebec (Marchand)
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
X
8
Newfoundland (Oke)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
X
X
X
6
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
2
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Saskatchewan (Ziola)
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
5
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
4
Playoffs [ ]
Semifinal [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ontario (Werenich)
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
X
6
British Columbia (Sparkes)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
3
Final [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Alberta (Lukowich)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
Ontario (Werenich)
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
7
References [ ]
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