CurlManitoba Rulebook - Manitoba Curling Association

FIFTH PLAYER AND/OR SIXTH PLAYERS
FIFTH PLAYERS
For all CurlManitoba events leading up to and including Provincial Championships:
1. A fifth player may be registered prior to the event.
2. NO SPARES ARE ALLOWED.
Exception: Spares are allowed from the spare pool at Provincial Championships
only.
3. The players on the ice must be four of the five players listed on the team
entry/registration form. The registered Fifth player may play any position in any
game.
4. In addition, teams qualifying for the six 16-team Manitoba Provincial Championships,
the 32-team Safeway Championship, or the Senior Women‟s Open Championship and
the Master Women‟s Open Championship may identify a fifth player as a team
member with competition privileges as outlined in the CCA Rules of Officiated Play.
Fifth players may access the ice during the fifth end break. Fifth players must be
identified prior to the start of an event and 7 days prior to a Provincial Championship.
5. Fifth players must maintain the eligibility of the team.
6. Fifth players will not receive berth winner crests, trophies, or a complimentary
banquet ticket.
7. Following the registration of their four players plus a fifth player for the Sport Region
Qualifiers, or following the registration of four players plus a Fifth Player for Berth
Bonspiels and Bonspiels with a Berth, and at any level, should a player be unable to
play due to extenuating circumstances (injury, illness, employment, coaching at
another sanctioned event, etc.) the team will continue with the remaining three/four
players. The exception to three person teams will be in mixed competitions where
four players are required.
8. In championship events in which a pre-event practice is permitted, a Fifth Player may
participate in the team‟s designated pre-event practice.
9. In all events in which a pre-game practice is permitted, a fifth player may participate
in the pre-game practice.
SPARE PLAYER
1. A spare is a player named in the Spare Pool at all Provincial Championships. This is a
temporary player who may play the position of the indisposed player or lower. The
spare list is approved by CurlManitoba prior to the Provincial Championships.
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