2012 Safeway Championship
The 2012 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba. The winning team of Rob Fowler, represented Manitoba at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Teams
Thirty-two teams qualify for the men's provincial championship in Manitoba. Berths 1–14 represent the rural zones, and berths 15–21 represent the Winnipeg zones. There were two separate bonspiels played earlier in the year, the Northern and Southern Bonspiels, representing the north and south; these represent berths 22 and 23. Berth 24 goes to the winner of the Brandon Bonspiel played around the same time of fall as the Northern and Southern floating bonspiels. Berth 25 goes to the prior year's Manitoban champion, assuming the team meets the requirements to represent themselves. The same goes for berths 26 and 27, which go to the Manitoba Curling Tour champion and the top Manitoban team on the Canadian Team Ranking System, respectively. Berth 27 must be declared by November 1, 2010. Numbers 28–32 are qualifiers from the MCA Bonspiel, also subject to subset rules and requirements.Once all 32 teams have been qualified, they will be seeded respectively and slotted into the draw format of 1 vs 32, 2 vs 31, and so on.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club | Berth Number | Seed | Notes |
| Rae Hainstock | Gerry Haight | Alex Sutherland | Al Meston | Burntwood CC | 1 | 28 | Norman Zone winner 1 |
| Brad Hyrich | Jason Levers | Lyle Kennedy | Terry Boydell | Flin Flon CC | 2 | 32 | Norman Zone winner 2 |
| Glenn Toews | Nick Ogryzlo | Mike Schott | Ken Levandoski | Dauphin CC | 3 | 31 | Parkland Zone winner 1 |
| Rae Kujanpaa | Ray Baker | Bob Alm | Bob Scales | Dauphin CC | 4 | 23 | Parkland Zone winner 2 |
| Jared Kolomaya | Neil Kitching | Kennedy Bird | Daniel Hunt | Stonewall CC | 5 | Interlake Zone winner 1 | |
| Rob Atkins | Clarence Kohut | Graham Grimes | Curtis Atkins | East St.Paul CC | 6 | 26 | Interlake Zone winner 2 |
| David Hamblin | Kevin Hamblin | Kyle Einarson | Mike Neufeld | Morris CC | 7 | Central Zone winner 1 | |
| Dean North | Darcy Hayward | Bill North Jr. | Warren McCutcheon | Carmen CC | 8 | Central Zone winner 2 | |
| Richard Muntain | Mike McCaughan | Justin Reischek | Keith Doherty | Pinawa | 9 | Eastman Zone winner 1 | |
| Murray Woodward | William Kuran | Nathan Bodnarchuk | Terry Dreger | Ste.Anne CC | 10 | Eastman Zone winner 2 | |
| Kelly Skinner | Allan Lawn | Greg Rabe | Mike Marshall | Brandon CC | 11 | Westman Zone winner 1 | |
| Terry McNamee | Steve Irwin | Geordie Hargreaves | Travis Saban | Brandon CC | 12 | 9 | Westman Zone winner 2 |
| Kelly Robertson | Doug Armour | Duane Lang | Ace Ross | Neepawa CC | 13 | Westman Zone winner 3 | |
| Vic Peters | Daley Peters | Brendan Taylor | Kyle Werenich | West Kildonan CC | 14 | 5 | Winnipeg Zone winner 1 |
| Jim Coleman | A.J. Girardin | Brad Van Walleghem | Shane Halliburton | Pembina CC | 15 | Winnipeg Zone winner 2 | |
| Scott Ramsay | Mark Taylor | Ross McFadyen | Ken Buchanan | Granite CC | 16 | Winnipeg Zone winner 3 | |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Jason Ackerman | David Kraichy | Assiniboine Memorial CC | 17 | 8 | Winnipeg Zone winner 4 |
| Dave Elias | Kevin Thompson | Hubert Perrin | Chris Suchy | West Kildonan CC | 18 | 10 | Winnipeg Zone winner 5 Additional berth based on regional participation |
| Kyle Foster | Wes Jonasson | Shawn Magnusson | Darcy Jacobs | Arborg CC | 19 | Safeway Berth Bonspiel | |
| Rob Van Kommer | Bart Witherspoon | Cale Dunbar | Ian Scott | Carberry CC | 20 | Safeway Berth Bonspiel | |
| Jerry Chudley | Kevin Cooley | Kyle Csversko | Paul Robertson | Neepawa CC | 21 | 24 | Brandon Men's Berth Bonspiel |
| Dean Dunstone | Ken Tresoor | Taren Gesell | Greg Melnichuk | Rossmere CC | 22 | 7 | Manitoba Curling Tour event winner |
| Rob Fowler | Allan Lyburn | Richard Daneault | Derek Samagalski | Brandon CC | 23 | 3 | MCT Champion |
| Mike McEwen | B.J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Assiniboine Memorial CC | 24 | 2 | Manitoba's top team from the Canadian Team Ranking System |
| William Lyburn | James Kirkness | Alex Forrest | Tyler Forrest | Deer Lodge CC | 25 | 4 | 2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship |
| Sean Grassie | Corey Chambers | Kody Janzen | Stuart Shiells | Deer Lodge CC | 26 | 6 | 2 Highest ranked MCT teams at conclusion of MCT championship |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Reid Carruthers | Steve Gould | Charleswood CC | 27 | 1 | Defending Champion |
| Curtis McCannell | Don Vines | Bill Harding | Jason Morrow | Pilot Mound CC | 28 | 29 | MCA Bonspiel Asham Event qualifier |
| Dave Johnson | Robin Nelson | Craig Scott | David Bay | Pembina CC | 29 | 27 | MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier |
| Bruce Jones | Dave Lemoine | Ash Toews | Hank Lemoine | St. Vital CC | 30 | 30 | MCA Bonspiel Safeway-Lucerne Event qualifier |
| Trevor Loreth | Brad Haight | Ryan Lowdon | Brett Cawson | West Kildonan CC | 31 | MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier | |
| Carl German | Brian Cox | Daniel Cox | Wayne Sobering | West St. Paul CC | 32 | 25 | MCA Bonspiel Winnipeg Free Press Event qualifier |
Knockout Brackets
32 team double knockout with playoff round''Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event''
A Event
B Event
Knockout Results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time.Draw 1
''Wednesday, February 8, 8:30 am''Draw 2
''Wednesday, February 8, 12:15 pm''Draw 3
''Wednesday, February 8, 4:00 pm''Draw 4
''Wednesday, February 8, 8:15 pm''Draw 5
''Thursday, February 9, 8:30 am''Draw 6
''Thursday, February 9, 12:15 pm''Draw 7
''Thursday, February 9, 4:00 pm''Draw 8
''Thursday, February 9, 7:45 pm''Draw 9
''Friday, February 10, 8:30 am''Draw 10
''Friday, February 10, 12:15 pm''Draw 11
''Friday, February 10, 4:00 pm''Playoff Brackets
8 team double knockout''Four teams qualify into Championship Round''