CurlManitoba Rulebook - Manitoba Curling Association

14. All Sport Region Qualifiers and berth bonspiel games will use a 2 hour 15 minute bell
and will be ten end games. An end is considered complete (and the next end is
considered in progress) when the final stone of the end has reached the throwing end
tee line. Unless specified, a game may be conceded at any time. In the event of a tie at
the conclusion of play, play shall be continued without changing the rotation of play
(end the stones are thrown to) for such additional end or ends as may be required to
decide the winning team. However, the losing skip may; at any time declare the game
conceded.
a. Exception: Master Men‟s Events
Senior Men‟s Events
Manitoba Open
All games will be 8 ends. A bell will be rung at 1 hour and 55
minutes indicating that the end in progress shall be completed
and one more shall be played.
15. In all Sport Region and berth bonspiel games, teams shall throw the designated color of
stone. The team at the top of the draw shall throw the color at top of the scoreboard.
16. The A side winner in an A/B final will have choice of color. Teams will play with stones
as assigned and no rocks may be moved or changed unless permission has been
received from the Event Representative or Chairperson.
17. Commercial advertising may be worn on the apparel of participants during Berth
Bonspiels and Sport Region Qualifiers provided it is deemed to be in good taste and not
in direct conflict with provincial sponsors of the event.
SPORT REGION QUALIFYING
1. Prior to the start of competition every member of the team must meet all eligibility
requirements.
2. Sport Region play referred to herein does not include nor pertain to any bonspiel that
leads to a Provincial Championship berth.
3. To the extent practical (as defined below), teams will be expected to defeat at least
one other team to qualify as a Sport Region representative in the respective
Provincial Championship. Pairing Sport Regions will be in such a manner that no
team will be able to advance to a Provincial Championship without playing a game.
(For example, if 2 Sport Regions are paired and each sport region has 1 team entry
then 1 spot will be removed and the 2 teams will play for 1 provincial berth). To
accomplish this, each Sport Region will be „paired‟ with a neighboring Sport Region.
Exception: Norman Region
4. CurlManitoba Sport Region pairs for all championships will be:
• Parkland and Westman
• Interlake and Eastman
• Central and Winnipeg
• Norman will NOT be required to pair up (due to geographical locations)
5. Region make-up is the sole responsibility of CurlManitoba. Member clubs by Sport
Region can be found on pages 39-45.
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