2005 The National was held November 2–6, 2005, at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The total purse of the event was $100,000. It was the first (men's) Grand Slam event of the 2005-06 curling season.
Ontario's Wayne Middaugh rink defeated Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons team. It was Middaugh's third outright victory in four tournaments up to that point in the season.Toronto Star, November 7, 2005, pg C7 Middaugh's win gave him a career Grand Slam, and his team took home $28,000 for the win. Team Simmons took home $16,000, with semifinalists Randy Ferbey of Edmonton and Ontario's Glenn Howard winning $12,000 each.
The semifinals and finals were broadcast on Sportsnet.Ottawa Citizen, November 6, pg D7
Teams The teams were as follows:CurlingZone SkipThirdSecondLeadLocaleShawn Adams Paul Flemming Craig Burgess Kelly Mittelstadt Halifax, Nova ScotiaTom Brewster Graeme Connal ? Neil Murdoch Scotland Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo John Shuster Bemidji, Minnesota David Nedohin Randy Ferbey (skip) Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Edmonton, AlbertaBrad Gushue Mark Nichols Russ Howard (skip) Jamie Korab St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Glenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill Coldwater, OntarioPeja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup SwedenKevin Martin Don Walchuk Carter Rycroft Don Bartlett Edmonton, Alberta Wayne Middaugh Peter Corner Phil Loevenmark Scott Bailey Toronto John Morris Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Paul Moffatt Calgary David Murdoch Craig Wilson (?) Ewan MacDonald Euan Byers (?) Andreas Schwaller Jan Hauser Markus Eggler Simon Strübin Baden, SwitzerlandPat Simmons Jeff Sharp Ben Hebert Steve Laycock Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Ralph Stöckli Claudio Pescia Pascal Sieber Marco Battilana Switzerland Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Garry Vandenberghe Steve Gould Winnipeg Pal Trulsen Lars Vagberg Flemming Davanger Bent Anund Ramsfjell Norway Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Makela Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo
Draw The event was a triple knock out.
Playoffs The scores for the playoffs were as follows.Toronto Star, November 7, pg D2
References
External links
Final on YouTube