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The 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 16 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1] Skipped by Kevin Martin , Alberta defeated the defending champion, and reigning World Champion Glenn Howard and Team Ontario.
Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. [1] Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. [2]
He represented Manitoba in the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier but ended up just outside the playoffs with a 6–5 record. Burtnyk again announced his retirement following the 2009–10 season. However, he would play alternate for Garth Smith at the provincial 2011 Safeway Championships .
The Brier is the best supported curling competition in terms of paid attendance, attracting crowds far larger than even those for World Championships held in Canada. [ citation needed ] Its current main sponsor is Montana's , a Canadian restaurant chain.
During the 2021–22 curling season, Grattan picked up Darren Moulding to play third for this team, after Moulding had been cut from the defending Brier champion Brendan Bottcher rink. [10] [11] After winning the 2022 New Brunswick Tankard, the team represented the province at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier. The team was placed in the same pool as ...
He left the team in 2000, and joined up with Glenn Howard. Eventually with Howard, Hart would go to another Brier, in 2006 where they lost in the final. The following year, they won the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier and then the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. As vice with Glenn Howard he placed 2nd in the Olympic trials in Edmonton in ...
At the 2003 Brier, the team lost in the semi-final to Nova Scotia (skipped by Mark Dacey). After the 2003 Brier, Ursel left the Ryan team to form his own team. Ursel won his third and final BC provincial championship, and only one as skip in 2008, when he defeated former World Champion Greg McAulay 8–7 in the final an extra end. [ 3 ]
In 2008, Hebert was a part of the Alberta team that won the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, and a member of Team Canada that won the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship. In 2009, Hebert was again the Lead for Team Alberta that repeated as 2009 Tim Hortons Brier Champions as they went 13-0 for the second consecutive Brier, and in the process set a new ...