1959 Macdonald Brier

rdf:langString 1959 Macdonald Brier

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rdf:langString The 1959 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 6, 1959 at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec. This was the second time that Quebec City had hosted the Brier, with the previous time being in 1942. A total of 16,000 fans attended the event. The attendance was affected by a raging blizzard on the final day in which there were fewer than a 1,000 fans that attended that day. Both Team Alberta and Team Saskatchewan finished round robin play tied for first with 9-1 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the Brier championship between the two teams. Saskatchewan, who was skipped by Ernie Richardson captured the Brier Tankard after defeating Alberta 12–6 in the tiebreaker. This was the second time in which Saskatchewan had captured the Brier championship and the first of four Brier championships in which Ernie Richardson would skip. Beginning with the 1959 Brier, the Brier champion would represent Canada in the Scotch Cup. Richardson's rink would go on to defeat Scotland 5 games to none in the first ever Scotch Cup in Scotland.