| 2012 Safeway Championship | |
| Host City: | Dauphin, Manitoba |
| Arena: | Credit Union Place |
| Dates: | February 8–12 |
| Winner: | Rob Fowler |
| Curling Club: | Brandon CC, Brandon, Manitoba |
| Skip: | Rob Fowler |
| Third: | Allan Lyburn |
| Second: | Richard Daneault |
| Lead: | Derek Samagalski |
| Finalist: | Mike McEwen |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba. The winning team of Rob Fowler, will represent Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1] [2] [3] This will be the 88th edition of the Manitoba men's curling championships.
Thirty-two teams qualify for the men's provincial championship in Manitoba. Berths 1–14 represent the rural zones, and berths 15–21 represent the Winnipeg zones. There were two separate bonspiels played earlier in the year, the Northern and Southern Bonspiels, representing the north and south; these represent berths 22 and 23. Berth 24 goes to the winner of the Brandon Bonspiel played around the same time of fall as the Northern and Southern floating bonspiels. Berth 25 goes to the prior year's Manitoban champion, assuming the team meets the requirements to represent themselves. The same goes for berths 26 and 27, which go to the Manitoba Curling Tour champion and the top Manitoban team on the Canadian Team Ranking System, respectively. Berth 27 must be declared by November 1, 2010. Numbers 28–32 are qualifiers from the MCA Bonspiel, also subject to subset rules and requirements.
Once all 32 teams have been qualified, they will be seeded respectively and slotted into the draw format of 1 vs 32, 2 vs 31, and so on.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club(s) | Berth Number | Seed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rae Hainstock | Gerry Haight | Alex Sutherland | Al Meston | Burntwood C.C. | 1 | 28 | Norman Zone winner 1 | |
| Brad Hyrich | Jason Levers | Lyle Kennedy | Terry Boydell | Flin Flon C.C. | 2 | 32 | Norman Zone winner 2[4] | |
| Glen Toews | Nick Ogryzlo | Mike Schott | Ken Levandoski | Dauphin C.C. | 3 | 31 | Parkland Zone winner 1 | |
| Rae Kujanpaa | Ray Baker | Bob Alm | Bob Scales | Dauphin C.C. | 4 | 23 | Parkland Zone winner 2 | |
| Jared Kolomaya | Neil Kitching | Kennedy Bird | Daniel Hunt | Stonewall C.C. | 5 | Interlake Zone winner 1 | ||
| Rob Atkins | Clarence Kohut | Graham Grimes | Curtis Atkins | East St.Paul C.C. | 6 | 26 | Interlake Zone winner 2 | |
| David Hamblin | Kevin Hamblin | Kyle Einarson | Mike Neufeld | Morris C.C. | 7 | Central Zone winner 1 | ||
| Dean North | Darcy Hayward | Bill North Jr. | Warren McCutcheon | Carmen C.C. | 8 | Central Zone winner 2 | ||
| Richard Muntain | Mike McCaughan | Justin Reischek | Keith Doherty | Pinawa | 9 | Eastman Zone winner 1 | ||
| Murray Woodward | William Kuran | Nathan Bodnarchuk | Terry Dreger | Ste.Anne C.C. | 10 | Eastman Zone winner 2 | ||
| Kelly Skinner | Allan Lawn | Greg Rabe | Mike Marshall | Brandon C.C. | 11 | Westman Zone winner 1 | ||
| Terry McNamee | Steve Irwin | Geordie Hargreaves | Travis Saban | Brandon C.C. | 12 | 9 | Westman Zone winner 2 | |
| Kelly Robertson | Doug Armour | Duane Lang | Ace Ross | Neepawa C.C. | 13 | Westman Zone winner 3 | ||
| Vic Peters (third) | Daley Peters (fourth) | Brendan Taylor | Kyle Werenich | West Kildonan C.C. | 14 | 5 | Winnipeg Zone winner 1 | |
| Jim Coleman | A.J. Girardin | Brad Van Walleghem | Shane Halliburton | Pembina C.C. | 15 | Winnipeg Zone winner 2 | ||
| Scott Ramsay | Mark Taylor | Ross McFadyen | Ken Buchanan | Granite C.C. | 16 | Winnipeg Zone winner 3 | ||
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Jason Ackerman | David Kraichy | Assiniboine Memorial C.C. | 17 | 8 | Winnipeg Zone winner 4 | |
| Dave Elias | Kevin Thompson | Hubert Perrin | Chris Suchy | West Kildonan C.C. | 18 | 10 | Winnipeg Zone winner 5 Additional berth based on regional participation | |
| Kyle Foster | Wes Jonasson | Shawn Magnusson | Darcy Jacobs | Arborg C.C. | 19 | Safeway Berth Bonspiel | ||
| Rob Van Kommer | Bart Witherspoon | Cale Dunbar | Ian Scott | Carberry C.C. | 20 | Safeway Berth Bonspiel | ||
| Kevin Cooley | Kyle Csversko | Paul Robertson | 21 | 24 | Brandon Men's Berth Bonspiel | |||
| Dean Dunstone | Ken Tresoor | Taren Gesell | Greg Melnichuk | Rossmere C.C. | 22 | 7 | Manitoba Curling Tour event winner | |
| 23 | 3 | MCT Champion | ||||||
| Mike McEwen | B.J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Assiniboine Memorial C.C. | 24 | 2 | Manitoba's top team from the Canadian Team Ranking System | |
| William Lyburn | James Kirkness | Alex Forrest | Tyler Forrest | Deer Lodge C.C. | 25 | 4 | 2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship | |
| Sean Grassie | Corey Chambers | Kody Janzen | Stuart Shiells | Deer Lodge C.C. | 26 | 6 | 2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship | |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Reid Carruthers | Steve Gould | Charleswood C.C. | 27 | 1 | Defending Champion | |
| Don Vines | Bill Harding | Jason Morrow | 28 | 29 | MCA Bonspiel Asham Event qualifier | |||
| Robin Nelson | Craig Scott | David Bay | 29 | 27 | MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier | |||
| Dave Lemoine | Ash Toews | Hank Lemoine | 30 | 30 | MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier | |||
| 31 | MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier | |||||||
| 32 | 25 | MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier |
32 team double knockout with playoff round
Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event
February 8, 8:30am
February 8, 12:15pm
February 8, 4:00pm
February 8, 8:15pm
February 9, 8:30am
February 9, 12:15pm
February 9, 4:00pm
February 9, 7:45pm
February 10, 8:30am
February 10, 12:15pm
February 10, 4:00pm
8 team double knockout
Four teams qualify into Championship Round
February 10, 7:45pm
February 11, 9:00am
February 11, 2:00pm
February 11, 6:30 PM
February 11, 6:30 PM
February 12, 9:00 AM
February 12, 1:30 PM