Manitoba Curling Pride Roars Over Bonspiel Record
The Manitoba bonspiel drew 848 rinks, the biggest in curling, with Manitoba figures like Don Wittman Don Duguid and Eddie Werenich cited as hosts and champions. The piece defends Manitoba’s heritage against Toronto claims of a bigger event and extols Manitoba’s curling legacy through Briers and notable figures.
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Manitoba
Toronto
Canada Life
Ken Watson
Canada
Dale Haverchuck
Paul Robson
Don Wittman
Don Duguid
Eastern Canada
Eddie Werenich
Everdody
Benito
Winnipeg
Scotty Harper
Terry Braunstein
Ron Braunstein
Ray Turnbull
Jack van Hellemond
Dominion Curling Association
Canadian Curling Association
Bill Lumsden
Bron - Cops
Orest Meleschuk
Vera Peter
Big O
Vera
Ontario
Pierre Berton
Manitoba native Gerry Glinz inducted into Nova Scotia Hall of Fame
The Halifax Chronicle Herald notes Gerry Glinz of Oak River and Minnedosa roots, long associated with Nova Scotia curling, is among six individuals and one team inducted at the Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre Hall of Fame in Halifax. He skippered five provincial titles with Halifax, Sydney, and Truro clubs from 1944 to 1956, had a strong Brier and Consols record, and pioneered the long slide delivery shaping Nova Scotia curling.
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Manitoba
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre
Rebecca Cohn ‘Auditorium
Halifax
Chronicle-Herald
Gerald Glinz
Oak River
Art
Mabel Glinz
Jack Coombs
Hamiota
Gordon Taylor
Minnedosa
Gerry Glint
Nova Scotia
Truro
Halifax Curling Club
Sydney Curling Club
U.S
Gerry
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Reae “Aa Iy
Sneakers
Randy Glowach Enterprises
the Rivers Inn
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Manitoba Mediation Board