The 2000 Nokia Cup, southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 7-13 at the Steve Yzerman Arena at the Nepean Sportsplex in Nepean, Ontario. The winning rink of Peter Corner, Todd Brandwood, Drew Macklin and Dwayne Pyper from Hamilton would go on to represent Ontario at the 2000 Labatt Brier in Saskatoon.
In the final, Peter Corner and his Hamilton rink defeated his cousin and former teammate, Wayne Middaugh's Toronto rink, 6–4. The game began on a bad note for Middaugh who was heavy on his draw attempt in the first end, giving up a steal of one to Corner. Middaugh gave up another steal in the eighth end after coming up light on a draw, to go down 5–3. The teams traded singles in the next two ends for a 6 to 4 final score.
Corner's new rink of Todd Brandwood, Drew Macklin and Dwayne Pyper had played in just eight games before playdowns that season. It marked Corner's fifth trip to the Brier, but the first as a skip. The four previous times had been playing lead for Team Russ Howard which also included Middaugh at second.
Teams Skip Third Second Lead Club Kevin Breivik Jim Lyle Wayne Tuck Jr. Ted Smith St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Bryan Cochrane Bill Gamble Ian MacAulay Mike Pastuch RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa Peter Corner Todd Brandwood Drew Macklin Dwayne Pyper Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys Tam Heather Country Club, Scarborough Jeff McCrady Jim Hunker Morgan Currie Mike Stachon Rideau Curling Club, Ottawa Peter Mellor Jeff Thompson James Bromiley Brian Scott Chesley Curling Club, Chesley Wayne Middaugh Graeme McCarrel Ian Tetley Scott Bailey St. George's Golf and Country Club, Etobicoke Rich Moffatt Howard Rajala Chris Fulton Paul Madden Rideau Curling Club, Ottawa Rob Rumfeldt Greg Robinson Jeff Robinson Nolan Sims Guelph Curling Club, Guelph Kirk Ziola Peter Van Ymeren Darcy Tomchick Terry Van Ymeren Highland Country Club, London
Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
SkipWinsLosses Wayne Middaugh 8 1 Kirk Ziola 7 2 Peter Corner 7 2 Jeff McCrady 6 3 Rich Moffatt 6 3 Bryan Cochrane 3 6 Mike Harris 3 6 Rob Rumfeldt 3 6 Peter Mellor 2 7 Kevin Breivik 0 9
Round-robin results Draw 1 February 7
Draw 2 February 8
Draw 3 February 8
Draw 4 February 9
Draw 5 February 9
Draw 6 February 10
Draw 7 February 10
Draw 8 February 11
Draw 9 February 11
Playoffs
Semifinal February 12, 3:00pm
Final February 13, 1:00pm
Qualification Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) Region 1 2 Rich Moffatt Jeff McCrady Region 2 2 Mike Harris Wayne Middaugh Region 3 2 Peter Mellor Rob Rumfeldt Region 4 2 Peter Corner Kirk Ziola Challenge Round East 1 Bryan Cochrane Challenge Round West 1 Kevin Breivik
Zone Winners Regional winners in bold. Zone Skip Club 1A Bryan Cochrane RCMP 1B Ron Diguer Ottawa 2A Rich Moffatt Rideau 2B Jeff McCrady Rideau 3A Doug Johnston Renfrew 3B Peter Steski Granite (West Ottawa) 4A Alex Tosh Royal Kingston 4B Bill Hope Trenton 5A Gary Davis Keene 5B Glen Garneys Peterborough 6A Gary Grant Uxbridge 6B Mike Harris Tam Heather 7A Scott McPherson Bayview 7B Dennis Elgie East York 8A John Base Oakville 8B Wayne Middaugh St. George's 9A John Morris Stayner 9B Steve Oldford Orangeville 10A Ed Werenich MacTier 10B Brian Ross Cookstown 11A Pat Johnston Allenford 11B Peter Mellor Chesley 12A Ron Mooibroek K-W Granite 12B Rob Rumfeldt Guelph 13A Peter Corner Glendale 13B Scott Brown Glendale 14A Murray Shannon Hanover 14B Brent Ross Harriston 15A Nick Rizzo Brant 15B Jim Lyle St. Thomas 16A Kirk Ziola Highland 16B Phil Daniel Tilbury
Challenge Round Bryan Cochrane won the East Challenge Round and Kevin Breivik won the West Challenge Round.
Sources Ontario Curling Association 1999-00 Annual Report - Coverage on curlingzone.com
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