CurlManitoba Rulebook - Manitoba Curling Association

Provincial Rules
1. The round robin draw shall be prepared by CurlManitoba
2. All games in Provincial Championships will be 10 ends with a minimum of 5 ends
required. Any team defaulting a game in the Provincial Championships for other than
extenuating circumstances (weather, multiple injury, etc) will be dealt with as follows:
All members of that team will be disqualified from further play in that competition and
will not be allowed to compete in any CurlManitoba sanctioned competition for the
remainder of the season in which the default takes place.
As well, all team members involved will not be allowed to participate in any CurlManitoba
sanctioned competition for the year (season) following the infraction.
Exception: Senior Women, Senior Men, Master Women and Master Men Championships
shall be 8 ends with a minimum of 4 ends required.
3. At the Provincial Championship a coaching break of 5 minutes will be mandated after the
fifth end in addition to two 1-minute time outs per team. One additional 1-minute time
out per team will be allowed in an extra end. Time outs not used during regulation play
may not be carried over to the extra ends.
4. All 8 end games at the Senior and Master Championships shall have a 5 minute break
after the fourth end. The 4 th end break will be at the discretion of the umpire.
5. In all games, where play cannot be continued due to ice conditions and/or problems
within the building; such as power failure, condensation falling, etc., and subject to
approval of the Umpire and the CurlManitoba Competition Chairperson, play shall be
resumed at the point of the last completed end. This rule shall not apply in games where
the game has been declared due to a team being late.
6. All competitors are expected to attend all meetings and Umpire functions associated with
the Provincial Championship. Failure to have at least one player or the registered coach
present at the pre-competition team briefing prior to the conclusion of roll call will result
in loss of hammer in the first game of the competition in which last rock has been
earned.
7. A coach and any team member cannot be the same person.
8. In all games of the competition a pre-game practice of seven (7) minutes will be
provided, choice of last rock for the game will be determined by a draw to the button,
which will occur at the conclusion of each team‟s pre-game practice.
9. A player from the team, at the conclusion of the team practice shall throw a draw shot,
which shall be measured by the Umpire. In the event of a tie, the Skill Based Ranking
will be used as a tie breaker. Please refer to Skill Based Ranking on page 32.
10. Each team member will be required to deliver a minimum of one (1) draw shot for last
stone advantage.
11. A team line-up card must be completed and presented to the Umpire at the time of the
coin toss. A team that does not hand in the game roster will be required to do so prior
to their team practice. If a team line-up has changed from the original line-up declared
prior to the Championship, a team line-up card must be completed and presented to the
Umpire.
12. A minimum of 30 minutes before the draw, the teams shall toss a coin to determine the
order of practice and rock colour. The winner of the toss shall have choice of second
practice or stone colour.
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