2000 Players' Championship Explained
The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship, the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.[2]
Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials,[2] which he would go on to win, and then went on to win the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard, who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall.[3]
The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV.
Teams
The teams were as follows:[4]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale[5] | Season earnings to date ($CA) |
|---|
| | | | | $48,500 |
| | | | | $42,000 |
| Randy Ferbey (skip) | | | | $46,700 |
| | | | | $20,000 |
| | | | | $18,500 |
| | | | | $23,500 |
| | | | | $23,000 |
| | | | | $33,000 |
| Peja Lindholm[6] | | | | | N/A |
| | | | | $41,980 |
| | | | | N/A |
| | | | | $19,825 |
| | | | | $50,400 |
| | | | | $27,500 |
| | | | | N/A |
| Scott Park (skip) | | | | $21,375 |
| | | | | N/A |
| | | | | $46,800 |
| | | | | $18,350 |
| | | | | $22,896 |
| | | | | $20,125 |
| | | | | $20,300 |
| | | | | $19,500 |
| | | | | $47,000 | |
Round-robin standings
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs.[1]
Final round-robin standings[7]
| Key |
|---|
| Teams to Playoffs |
| Teams to Tiebreakers | |
| valign=top width=10% | | width=200 | Pool A ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L |
|---|
| 4 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | | 1 | 4 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | width=200 | Pool B ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L |
|---|
| 3 | 2 | | 3 | 2 | | 3 | 2 | | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | 1 | 4 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | width=200 | Pool C ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L |
|---|
| 4 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | | 0 | 5 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | width=200 | Pool D ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L |
|---|
| 4 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | 1 | 4 | | 1 | 4 | |
| |
Scores
Scores were as follows:
Draw 1
- Middaugh 8, McMillan 2
- Team Olson 6, Skinner 5
- Korte 8, Flemming 4
- Harris 7, Spiring 3
- Peters 10, Schmidt 2
Draw 2
- Martin 7, McMullan 3
- Despins 10, Lindholm 5
- Team Park 10, Stoughton 7
- Moffatt 8, Peterman 4
- Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3
Draw 3
- Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6
- Hemmings 9, Restall 2
- Skinner 4, McMillan 3
- Korte 8, Team Olson 2
- Flemming 10, Middaugh 6
Draw 4
- Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4
- Spencer 7, Martin 6
- Peterman 8, McMullan 5
- Team Park 10, Despins 4
- Stoughton 9, Spiring 7
Draw 5
- Lindholm 9, Harris 3
- Hannah 7, Peters 6
- Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7
- Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6
- Korte 4, McMillan 3
Draw 6
- Team Olson 7, Flemming 4
- Skinner 8, Middaugh 5
- Martin 7, Moffatt 6
- McMullan 8, Spencer 5
- Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2
Draw 7
- Despins 7, Spiring 5
- Harris 8, Stoughton 7
- Lindholm 5, Team Park 4
- Peters 6, Restall 5
- Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2
Draw 8
- Schmidt 9, Hannah 1
- McMillan 10, Flemming 2
- Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3
- Korte 4, Skinner 3
- McMullan 8, Moffatt 3
Draw 9
- Spencer 9, Peterman 7
- Burtnyk 6, Martin 5
- Despins 10, Harris 1
- Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1
- Team Park 11, Spiring 8
Draw 10
- Hemmings 8, Peters 6
- Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4
- Hannah 7, Restall 3
- McMillan 11, Team Olson 4
- Skinner 9, Flemming 6
Draw 11
- Team Park 8, Harris 5
- Lindholm 7, Spiring 5
- Moffatt 7, Spencer 6
- Martin 8, Peterman 5
- Despins 7, Stoughton 6
Draw 12
- Middaugh 8, Korte 3
- Hannah 10, Hemmings 5
- McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5
- Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4
- Restall 6, Schmidt 3
Tiebreakers
[8]
- Martin 5, Spencer 4
- Middaugh 7, Skinner 6
- McMullan 10, Moffatt 5
Playoffs
[9]
Final
March 19, 11:30am[10]
Notes and References
- News: WCT field event outclasses men's Brier championship. March 13, 2000. 36. Winnipeg Sun. April 16, 2023.
- News: Mission Accomplished. March 20, 2000. 35. Winnipeg Sun. April 16, 2023.
- News: Restall eyes WCT prize. March 10, 2000. 75. Winnipeg Sun. April 16, 2023.
- Web site: GMC Players' Championship -- Teams. CurlingZone. April 16, 2023.
- News: Curling. March 18, 2000. 60. Winnipeg Sun. April 16, 2023.
- News: Eighteen years, now that's longevity. March 18, 2000. 41. Winnipeg Sun. April 16, 2023.
- Web site: GMC Players' Championship -- Round-Robin. CurlingZone. April 16, 2023.
- Web site: GMC Players' Championship -- Tie-Breakers. CurlingZone. April 16, 2023.
- Web site: GMC Players' Championship -- Playoffs. CurlingZone. April 16, 2023.
- Web site: GMC Players' Championship -- Scores. CurlingZone. April 16, 2023.
