1983 Labatt Brier

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.

1983 Labatt Brier
Host city	Sudbury, Ontario
Arena	Sudbury Arena
Dates	March 6–13[1][2]
Attendance	65,927[3]
Winner	Ontario
Curling club	Avonlea CC, Don Mills, Ontario
Skip	Ed Werenich
Third	Paul Savage
Second	John Kawaja
Lead	Neil Harrison
Finalist	Alberta (Mike Chernoff)
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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 (skipped by Mike Chernoff) 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

The teams were listed as follows:^[7]

Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	New Brunswick
North Hill CC, Calgary Fourth: Ed Lukowich Skip: Mike Chernoff Second: Neil Houston Lead: Brent Syme	Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Bernie Sparkes Third: Jim Armstrong Second: Al Cook Lead: Keiven Bauer	Valour Road CC, Winnipeg Skip: Lloyd Gunnlaugson Third: Robert Davidson Second: Gordon Paterson Lead: Harold Johannesson	Capital WC, Fredericton Skip: Charlie Sullivan, Sr. Third: Dave Sullivan Second: Shelly Palk Lead: Robert Cormier
Newfoundland	Northern Ontario	Nova Scotia	Ontario
Corner Brook CC, Corner Brook Skip: Gary Oke[a] Third: Don Ryan[a] Second: Darrell Martin Lead: Kevin Mitchell	Tarentorus CC, Sault Ste. Marie Skip: John MacFarlane Third: Al Harnden Second: Eric Harnden Lead: Rich Evoy	Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Steve Ogden Third: Jack Robar Second: Robert MacDonald Lead: Andrew Dauphinee	Avonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Paul Savage Second: John Kawaja Lead: Neil Harrison
Prince Edward Island	Quebec	Saskatchewan	Northwest Territories/Yukon
Crapaud Community CC, Crapaud Skip: Ted MacFadyen Third: Bill MacFadyen Second: Mike Coady Lead: Sandy Foy	CC Laviolette, Trois-Rivières Skip: Denis Marchand Third: Denis Cecil[b] Second: Claude Lauziere[b] Lead: Yves Barrette	Estevan CC, Estevan Skip: Kirk Ziola Third: Jim Packet Second: Monte Ziola Lead: John Grundy	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Don Strang Third: Stephen Moss Second: Harry Lawrence Lead: Robert Hale

Map of teams

Lukowich

Sparkes

Gunn-
laugson

Sullivan

Oke

MacFarlane

Ogden

Werenich

MacFadyen

Marchand

Ziola

Strang

Provincial Winners

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings^[7]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%
Alberta	Mike Chernoff	10	1	75	48	46	40	12	11	77%
Ontario	Ed Werenich	10	1	79	48	49	35	5	17	81%
British Columbia	Bernie Sparkes	8	3	63	54	48	39	9	16	77%
Nova Scotia	Steve Ogden	7	4	84	67	54	41	6	21	76%
Quebec	Denis Marchand	6	5	63	75	37	43	11	8	75%
Saskatchewan	Kirk Ziola	5	6	60	63	37	47	13	4	74%
Northern Ontario	John MacFarlane	5	6	56	53	37	37	12	9	76%
New Brunswick	Charlie Sullivan, Sr.	4	7	56	66	45	46	4	8	73%
Prince Edward Island	Ted MacFadyen	4	7	65	70	41	50	8	8	71%
Manitoba	Lloyd Gunnlaugson	3	8	51	57	37	36	13	9	72%
Northwest Territories/Yukon	Don Strang	3	8	60	80	41	50	5	10	71%
Newfoundland	Gary Oke	1	10	48	79	36	44	7	4	68%

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 (Chernoff)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Oke)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	8
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	X	6
Ontario (Werenich)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7

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 D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
Newfoundland (Oke)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

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 C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	6
Saskatchewan (Ziola)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	6
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Saskatchewan (Ziola)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	6
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Quebec (Marchand)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	9
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Ogden)	2	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	1	X	10
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	4

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Manitoba (Gunnlaugson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ontario (Werenich)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	7
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	7
Saskatchewan (Ziola)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6

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 (Chernoff)	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 (Chernoff)	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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Oke)	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	10
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4

Draw 9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Saskatchewan (Ziola)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	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 A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nova Scotia (Ogden)	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	8
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	7

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 D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Newfoundland (Oke)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3
Saskatchewan (Ziola)	0	3	1	0	3	0	3	0	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 A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
British Columbia (Sparkes)	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	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 D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5

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 (Chernoff)	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 C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	X	8

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	7
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6

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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	7
Newfoundland (Oke)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

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 (Chernoff)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	X	X	10
Quebec (Marchand)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Prince Edward Island (MacFadyen)	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	8
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Yukon/Northwest Territories (Strang)	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	11
Nova Scotia (Ogden)	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	1	X	10
Newfoundland (Oke)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	6

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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Brunswick (Sullivan)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Northern Ontario (MacFarlane)	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
British Columbia (Sparkes)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	7
Nova Scotia (Ogden)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5

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 (Chernoff)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Alberta	3
	2	Ontario	6			2	Ontario	7
	3	British Columbia	3

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

Player percentages
Ontario		British Columbia
Neil Harrison	71%	Keiven Bauer	95%
John Kawaja	83%	Al Cook	83%
Paul Savage	90%	Jim Armstrong	83%
Ed Werenich	88%	Bernie Sparkes	74%
Total	83%	Total	84%

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Alberta (Chernoff)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Ontario (Werenich)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	7

Player percentages
Alberta		Ontario
Brent Syme	90%	Neil Harrison	90%
Neil Houston	88%	John Kawaja	94%
Mike Chernoff	86%	Paul Savage	90%
Ed Lukowich	67%	Ed Werenich	83%
Total	83%	Total	89%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final round robin percentages^[7]

Key
	All-Star Team

Leads  % Neil Harrison 82 Andrew Dauphinee 78 Brent Syme 78 John Grundy 77 Sandy Foy 77

Seconds  % John Kawaja 84 Claude Lauziere[c] 81 Robert MacDonald 79 Rich Evoy 78 Monte Ziola 76 Shelly Palk 76

Thirds  % Paul Savage 80 Jim Armstrong 79 Eric Harnden 76 Mike Chernoff (Skip) 75 Jack Robar 73

Skips  % Ed Lukowich (Fourth) 83 Ed Werenich 79 Bernie Sparkes 78 Al Harnden 78 Denis Marchand 75 Steve Ogden 75

Awards

The awards and all-star team are listed as follows:

All-Star Team

Position	Name	Team
Skip	Ed Lukowich	Alberta
Third	Paul Savage	Ontario
Second	John Kawaja	Ontario
Lead	Neil Harrison	Ontario

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award

The Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award is presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.

Name	Position	Team
Jim Armstrong	Third	British Columbia

Notes

1. For Draw 14, Team Newfoundland skip Gary Oke threw third stones while third Don Ryan threw skip stones.
2. For their final five draws, Team Quebec third Denis Cecil threw second stones while second Claude Lauziere threw third stones.
3. Lauziere's shot percentage includes the five draws where he threw third stones.