2000 Ontario Nokia Cup


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.

Standings

SkipWinsLosses
Wayne Middaugh81
Kirk Ziola72
Peter Corner72
Jeff McCrady63
Rich Moffatt63
Bryan Cochrane36
Mike Harris36
Rob Rumfeldt36
Peter Mellor27
Kevin Breivik09

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

Zone Winners

Regional winners in bold.
ZoneSkipClub
1ABryan CochraneRCMP
1BRon DiguerOttawa
2ARich MoffattRideau
2BJeff McCradyRideau
3ADoug JohnstonRenfrew
3BPeter SteskiGranite
4AAlex ToshRoyal Kingston
4BBill HopeTrenton
5AGary DavisKeene
5BGlen GarneysPeterborough
6AGary GrantUxbridge
6BMike HarrisTam Heather
7AScott McPhersonBayview
7BDennis ElgieEast York
8AJohn BaseOakville
8BWayne MiddaughSt. George's
9AJohn MorrisStayner
9BSteve OldfordOrangeville
10AEd WerenichMacTier
10BBrian RossCookstown
11APat JohnstonAllenford
11BPeter MellorChesley
12ARon MooibroekK-W Granite
12BRob RumfeldtGuelph
13APeter CornerGlendale
13BScott BrownGlendale
14AMurray ShannonHanover
14BBrent RossHarriston
15ANick RizzoBrant
15BJim LyleSt. Thomas
16AKirk ZiolaHighland
16BPhil DanielTilbury

Challenge Round

Bryan Cochrane won the East Challenge Round and Kevin Breivik won the West Challenge Round.