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About fifty curlers in overcoats and hats, holding brooms, gathered in the snow outside the Granite Curling Club in 1921 Curlers outside the Granite Curling Club, Mostyn Place, Winnipeg, 20 January 1921. Archives of Manitoba, Foote Collection 2425.
Rows of curling sheets under strings of lights inside the Granite Curling Club, with stones resting on the ice Interior of the Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg, 3 January 1922. Archives of Manitoba, Foote Collection 1084.

Winnipeg's bonspiel, every winter since 1888

Draws, brackets and results for the Manitoba Open, the bonspiel formerly known as the MCA Bonspiel.

Choose a bonspiel

Pick the bonspiel you want to follow. Each one has its own draws, event brackets and team pages.

Earlier years

Rows of curling sheets under strings of lights inside the Granite Curling Club, with stones resting on the ice
Interior of the Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg, 3 January 1922. Archives of Manitoba, Foote Collection 1084.

From the MCA Bonspiel to the Manitoba Open

Unseeded from the first draw, so a club team can meet the province's best.

  • 1888First Manitoba Curling Association bonspiel in Winnipeg. It has run nearly every winter since.
  • 1,280Teams in 1988, a record for the event.
  • 2013Renamed the Manitoba Open and opened to every curler in the province, including women and juniors.
  • ~15Clubs around Winnipeg host draws, with games across the city at the same time.
Sources: Wikipedia, "MCA Bonspiel"; Westman Journal, "MCA Bonspiel becomes 'Manitoba Open'" (2013). Sources differ on the first year (1887 to 1889); 1888 matches the event logo.