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Canada's men's curling championship
1981 Labatt Brier
Host cityHalifax, Nova Scotia
ArenaHalifax Metro Centre
DatesMarch 1–8
Attendance67,257
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubAssiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg
SkipKerry Burtnyk
ThirdMark Olson
SecondJim Spencer
LeadRon Kammerlock
Finalist Northern Ontario (Al Hackner)
« 1980 1982 »

The 1981 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship was held from March 1 to 8, 1981 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The total attendance for the week was 67,257.

Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Kerry Burtnyk won the Brier tankard as they defeated Northern Ontario, skipped by Al Hackner in the final 5–4. Manitoba advanced to the final after beating Saskatchewan in the semifinal 5–4. This was Manitoba's twenty-first Brier championship and the first of two skipped by Burtnyk. At 22 years, 3 months, and 15 days, Burtnyk became the youngest skip to ever win a Brier surpassing Hec Gervais' record by nearly five years when he won the 1961 Brier.

The Burtynk rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship on home soil in London, Ontario where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.

The event set a record for the most extra end games in a single Brier as fourteen games went to an extra end breaking the record of eleven set in 1976. This remains a record and would only be matched in 1990.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba
Fairview CC, Fairview

Skip: Mel Watchorn
Third: Jim Fox
Second: Terry Watchorn
Lead: Merv Watchorn

Kamloops CC, Kamloops

Skip: Barry McPhee
Third: Robert Kuroyama
Second: Brian Eden
Lead: Grant Young

Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Kerry Burtnyk
Third: Mark Olson
Second: Jim Spencer
Lead: Ron Kammerlock

New Brunswick Newfoundland Northern Ontario
Beaver CC, Moncton

Fourth: Tony Richardson
Third: Bruce Forster
Second: Gord Johnson
Skip: Don Mix

St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Toby McDonald
Third: Jim Miller
Second: John Allan
Lead: Neil Young

Fort William CC, Thunder Bay

Skip: Al Hackner
Third: Rick Lang
Second: Bob Nicol
Lead: Bruce Kennedy

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth

Skip: Alan Darragh
Third: Tom Fetterly
Second: Michael Currie
Lead: Brent Cotter

Avonlea CC, Don Mills

Skip: Ed Werenich
Third: Bob Widdis
Second: Neil Harrison
Lead: Jim McGrath

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Peter MacDonald
Third: Bobby Carruthers
Second: Alexander Stewart
Lead: Rod MacDonald

Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon/Northwest Territories
Howick CC, Howick

Skip: Brian Ness
Third: Karl Murovic
Second: Roy Weigand
Lead: Robert Carter

Assiniboia CC, Assiniboia

Skip: Bob Ellert
Third: Don Bushell
Second: Ken Berner
Lead: Bill Wilson

Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Chuck Haines
Third: Gordon Gee
Second: Lyle Sieg
Lead: John Russell

Map of teams

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Round-robin standings

Final Round Robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Province Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
 Northern Ontario Al Hackner 9 2 81 63 50 40 8 15 77%
 Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk 8 3 71 44 46 37 11 8 80%
 Ontario Ed Werenich 7 4 73 59 51 43 7 18 75%
 Saskatchewan Bob Ellert 7 4 66 58 45 40 8 10 73%
 British Columbia Barry McPhee 7 4 81 72 48 46 5 12 72%
 Quebec Brian Ness 6 5 61 58 45 39 9 14 75%
 Alberta Mel Watchorn 5 6 69 60 47 46 3 11 75%
 Prince Edward Island Peter MacDonald 4 7 56 69 41 47 13 9 71%
 Yukon/Northwest Territories Chuck Haines 4 7 50 71 37 50 8 4 70%
 New Brunswick Don Mix 3 8 53 69 39 50 13 2 71%
 Newfoundland Toby McDonald 3 8 55 70 41 45 11 11 73%
 Nova Scotia Alan Darragh 3 8 56 79 43 50 4 10 69%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-04:00).

Draw 1

Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mix) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
 British Columbia (McPhee) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 4
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 X X 7
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Draw 2

Sunday, March 1, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) (has hammer) 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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) (has hammer) 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mix) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
 Newfoundland (McDonald) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) (has hammer) 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

Monday, March 2, 9:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) (has hammer) 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
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Newfoundland (McDonald) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4

Draw 4

Monday, March 2, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (McDonald) (has hammer) 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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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

Monday, March 2, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) (has hammer) 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Watchorn) (has hammer) 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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 6
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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

Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 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
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 7

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) (has hammer) 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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (McDonald) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 X 8
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 7
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 7
 New Brunswick (Mix) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Newfoundland (McDonald) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 6

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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

Wednesday, March 4, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 British Columbia (McPhee) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 11
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
 New Brunswick (Mix) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 8
 Alberta (Watchorn) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 11

Wednesday, March 4, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) (has hammer) 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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mix) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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

Thursday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
 British Columbia (McPhee) 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
 Quebec (Ness) 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Watchorn) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Brunswick (Mix) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 6

Draw 13

Thursday, March 5, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
 Quebec (Ness) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 X 8
 Newfoundland (McDonald) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Alberta (Watchorn) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 X X 10
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 14

Friday, March 6, 9:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Watchorn) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Northern Ontario (Hackner) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Prince Edward Island (MacDonald) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Quebec (Ness) (has hammer) 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

Friday, March 6, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Nova Scotia (Darragh) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Yukon/Northwest Territories (Haines) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
 Ontario (Werenich) 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Alberta (Watchorn) (has hammer) 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

Ontario was awarded the bye into the second tiebreaker round based on head-to-head victories over both British Columbia and Saskatchewan in the round robin.

  To Semifinal
1  Ontario 5
2  Saskatchewan 7  Saskatchewan 6
3  British Columbia 5

Round 1

Friday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Saskatchewan (Ellert) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 7
 British Columbia (McPhee) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Player percentages
 Saskatchewan  British Columbia
Bill Wilson 83% Grant Young 84%
Ken Berner 74% Brian Eden 81%
Don Bushell 68% Robert Kuroyama 76%
Bob Ellert 74% Barry McPhee 66%
Total 74% Total 77%

Round 2

Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Ontario (Werenich) (has hammer) 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
Player percentages
 Ontario  Saskatchewan
Jim McGrath 89% Bill Wilson 55%
Neil Harrison 90% Ken Berner 80%
Bob Widdis 77% Don Bushell 70%
Ed Werenich 66% Bob Ellert 85%
Total 80% Total 72%

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1  Northern Ontario 4
2  Manitoba 5 2  Manitoba 5
3  Saskatchewan 4

Semifinal

Saturday, March 7, 3:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Manitoba (Burtnyk) (has hammer) 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
Player percentages
 Manitoba  Saskatchewan
Ron Kammerlock 90% Bill Wilson 82%
Jim Spencer 83% Ken Berner 81%
Mark Olson 90% Don Bushell 74%
Kerry Burtnyk 76% Bob Ellert 73%
Total 85% Total 77%

Final

Sunday, March 8, 3:00 pm

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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
Player percentages
 Northern Ontario  Manitoba
Bruce Kennedy 84% Ron Kammerlock 83%
Bob Nicol 76% Jim Spencer 80%
Rick Lang 74% Mark Olson 75%
Al Hackner 84% Kerry Burtnyk 78%
Total 79% Total 79%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
Manitoba Ron Kammerlock 81
Ontario Jim McGrath 80
Northern Ontario Bruce Kennedy 79
Newfoundland and Labrador Neil Young 77
Prince Edward Island Rod MacDonald 76
Seconds %
Quebec Roy Weigand 79
Manitoba Jim Spencer 78
Northern Ontario Bob Nicol 76
Alberta Terry Watchorn 75
Saskatchewan Ken Berner 75
Thirds %
Manitoba Mark Olson 81
Northern Ontario Rick Lang 76
Newfoundland and Labrador Jim Miller 75
British Columbia Jim Fox 75
Quebec Karl Murovic 75
Skips %
Manitoba Kerry Burtnyk 78
Northern Ontario Al Hackner 77
Alberta Mel Watchorn 74
British Columbia Barry McPhee 73
Ontario Ed Werenich 73

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.

Position Name Team
Skip Al Hackner  Northern Ontario
Third Mark Olson  Manitoba
Second Roy Weigand  Quebec
Lead Jim McGrath  Ontario

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award was 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.

Alberta skip, Mel Watchorn became the first player to win the Harstone Award twice after previously winning the award in 1973.

Name Team Position
Mel Watchorn (2)  Alberta Skip

External links

References

  1. ^ "Brier Records" (PDF). Soudog's Curling History Site. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 159. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. "Brier Records". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ "1981 Labatt Brier". Curling Canada Stats Archive. Curling Canada. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. "The draw". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. February 28, 1981. p. 62. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. Phillips, Randy (March 7, 1981). "Saskatchewan rink stays alive in Brier". The Montreal Gazette. Newspapers.com. p. 78. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  7. ^ BRIER INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & ALL-STAR TEAMS
  8. "EE22_BrierSouvenirProgramFinal.pdf" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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