1975 Macdonald Brier


The 1975 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship was held from March 2 to 8, 1975 at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The total attendance for the week was 20,672. This was the first Brier in which a combined Territories team would participate, increasing the field from 11 to 12 teams. This arrangement would last until when each territory was granted a separate entry along with a Team Canada entry for the defending Brier champions.
Team Northern Ontario, who was skipped by Bill Tetley captured the Brier tankard as they finished round robin play with a 9–2 record. This was Northern Ontario's first Brier championship since and their second overall as well as Tetley's only Brier championship. The Tetley rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1975 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship in Perth, Scotland where they would lose in the semifinal to eventual champion Switzerland.
Despite being a longshot to win the Brier as a first year entry, the Territories entry from Yukon, who was skipped by Don Twa remained in contention until the final draw of the tournament and eventually finished tied for second overall with an 8–3 record. To date, this is the best Brier finish by any team from the territories.

Teams

The teams were listed as follows:

Round Robin standings

''Final Round Robin standings''

Round Robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time.

Draw 1

''Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Monday, March 3, 9:00 am''

Draw 3

''Monday, March 3, 2:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Monday, March 3, 7:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, March 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, March 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 10

''Thursday, March 6, 2:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, March 7, 2:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm''

Awards

All-Star Team

The media selected the following curlers as All-Stars.
PositionNameTeam
SkipDon Twa
ThirdBill Martin
SecondMike Boyd
LeadHoward Atkinson

Ross G.L. Harstone Award

The Ross Harstone Award was presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler who best represented Harstone's high ideals of good sportsmanship, observance of the rules, exemplary conduct and curling ability.
NameTeamPosition
Harvey MazinkeSkip