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, represented Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Teams 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) BerthNumber Seed NotesRae HainstockGerry HaightAlex SutherlandAl MestonBurntwood CC128Norman Zone winner 1Brad HyrichJason LeversLyle KennedyTerry BoydellFlin Flon CC232Norman Zone winner 2Glenn ToewsNick OgryzloMike SchottKen LevandoskiDauphin CC331Parkland Zone winner 1Rae KujanpaaRay BakerBob AlmBob ScalesDauphin CC423Parkland Zone winner 2Jared KolomayaNeil KitchingKennedy BirdDaniel HuntStonewall CC5 Interlake Zone winner 1Rob AtkinsClarence KohutGraham GrimesCurtis AtkinsEast St.Paul CC626Interlake Zone winner 2David HamblinKevin HamblinKyle EinarsonMike NeufeldMorris CC7 Central Zone winner 1Dean NorthDarcy HaywardBill North Jr.Warren McCutcheonCarmen CC8 Central Zone winner 2Richard MuntainMike McCaughanJustin ReischekKeith DohertyPinawa9 Eastman Zone winner 1Murray WoodwardWilliam KuranNathan BodnarchukTerry DregerSte.Anne CC10 Eastman Zone winner 2Kelly SkinnerAllan LawnGreg RabeMike MarshallBrandon CC11 Westman Zone winner 1Terry McNameeSteve IrwinGeordie HargreavesTravis SabanBrandon CC129Westman Zone winner 2Kelly RobertsonDoug ArmourDuane LangAce RossNeepawa CC13 Westman Zone winner 3Vic Peters (Fourth)Daley Peters (Skip)Brendan TaylorKyle WerenichWest Kildonan CC145Winnipeg Zone winner 1Jim ColemanA.J. GirardinBrad Van WalleghemShane HalliburtonPembina CC15 Winnipeg Zone winner 2Scott RamsayMark TaylorRoss McFadyenKen BuchananGranite CC16 Winnipeg Zone winner 3Jason GunnlaugsonJustin RichterJason AckermanDavid KraichyAssiniboine Memorial CC178Winnipeg Zone winner 4Dave EliasKevin ThompsonHubert PerrinChris SuchyWest Kildonan CC1810Winnipeg Zone winner 5Additional berth based on regional participationKyle FosterWes JonassonShawn MagnussonDarcy JacobsArborg CC19 Safeway Berth BonspielRob Van KommerBart WitherspoonCale DunbarIan ScottCarberry CC20 Safeway Berth BonspielJerry Chudley Kevin CooleyKyle CsverskoPaul RobertsonNeepawa CC 2124Brandon Men's Berth BonspielDean DunstoneKen TresoorTaren GesellGreg MelnichukRossmere CC227Manitoba Curling Tour event winnerRob Fowler Allan Lyburn Richard Daneault Derek Samagalski Brandon CC 233MCT ChampionMike McEwenB.J. NeufeldMatt WozniakDenni NeufeldAssiniboine Memorial CC242Manitoba's top team from the CanadianTeam Ranking SystemWilliam LyburnJames KirknessAlex ForrestTyler ForrestDeer Lodge CC2542 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championshipSean GrassieCorey ChambersKody JanzenStuart ShiellsDeer Lodge CC2662 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championshipJeff StoughtonJon MeadReid CarruthersSteve GouldCharleswood CC271Defending ChampionCurtis McCannell Don VinesBill HardingJason MorrowPilot Mound CC 2829MCA Bonspiel Asham Event qualifierDave Johnson Robin NelsonCraig ScottDavid BayPembina CC 2927MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifierBruce Jones Dave LemoineAsh ToewsHank LemoineSt. Vital CC 3030MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifierTrevor Loreth Brad Haight Ryan Lowdon Brett Cawson West Kildonan CC 31 MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifierCarl German Brian Cox Daniel Cox Wayne Sobering West St. Paul CC 3225MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier
Knockout Brackets 32 team double knockout with playoff round Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event
A Event
B Event
Knockout Results All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Wednesday, February 8, 8:30 am
Draw 2 Wednesday, February 8, 12:15 pm
Draw 3 Wednesday, February 8, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Wednesday, February 8, 8:15 pm
Draw 5 Thursday, February 9, 8:30 am
Draw 6 Thursday, February 9, 12:15 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, February 9, 4:00 pm
Draw 8 Thursday, February 9, 7:45 pm
Draw 9 Friday, February 10, 8:30 am
Draw 10 Friday, February 10, 12:15 pm
Draw 11 Friday, February 10, 4:00 pm
Playoff Brackets 8 team double knockout Four teams qualify into Championship Round
A event
B event
Playoff Results Draw 12 Friday, February 10, 7:45 pm
Draw 13 Saturday, February 11, 9:00 am
Draw 14 Saturday, February 11, 2:00 pm
Championship Round
1 vs. 2 Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm
3 vs. 4 Saturday, February 11, 6:30 pm
Semifinal Sunday, February 12, 9:00 am
Final Sunday, February 12, 1:30 pm
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