2010 The National (January)

The Swiss Chalet National 2010
Host city	Guelph, Ontario
Arena	Sleeman Centre
Dates	January 6-10
Attendance	28,431
Winner	Team Gushue
Curling club	Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, Newfoundland
Skip	Brad Gushue
Third	Mark Nichols
Second	Ryan Fry
Lead	Jamie Korab
Finalist	Team Ferbey

The 2010 The National was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2009-10 curling season. It was held January 6-10 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ontario.

The event featured just two international teams, gearing up for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. John Shuster's Team USA failed to make the playoffs while Great Britain's David Murdoch lost in the quarter final. Also, Canada's Olympic representative, Kevin Martin failed to make the playoffs at a Slam for the first time since 2003.

The final game featured Brad Gushue's rink from St. John's, Newfoundland against Randy Ferbey's Edmonton rink. Gushue, who lost last year's event beat Ferbey, and with it won his first Grand Slam title.

Gushue's team won $24,000 out of a total purse of $100,000.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Ted Appelman	Tom Appelman	Brandon Klassen	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton
Kerry Burtnyk	Don Walchuk	Richard Daneault	Garth Smith	Winnipeg
David Nedohin	Randy Ferbey*	Scott Pfeifer	Marcel Rocque	Edmonton
Sean Geall	Brent Pierce	Kevin Recksiedler	Mark Olson	New Westminster
Jason Gunnlaugson	Justin Richter	Braden Zawada	Tyler Forrest	Beausejour
Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Korab	St. John's
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater
Brad Jacobs	E. J. Harnden	Ryan Harnden	Caleb Flaxey	Sault Ste. Marie
Kevin Koe	Blake MacDonald	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton
Dale Matchett	Ryan Werenich	Jeff Gorda	Shawn Kaufman	Bradford
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg
Wayne Middaugh	Jon Mead	John Epping	Scott Bailey	Islington
David Murdoch	Ewan MacDonald	Peter Smith	Euan Byers	Lockerbie
John Shuster	Jason Smith	Jeff Isaacson	John Benton	Duluth
Pat Simmons	Gerry Adam	Jeff Sharp	Steve Laycock	Davidson
Jeff Stoughton	Kevin Park	Rob Fowler	Steve Gould	Winnipeg
Jim Cotter	Bob Ursel*	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna

*Skip

Standings

Pool A

Skip	W	L
Stoughton	5	0
Middaugh	4	1
Howard	3	2
Shuster	2	3
Appelman	1	4
Matchett	0	5

Scores:

• Howard 5-2 Matchett
• Stoughton 6-3 Middaugh
• Shuster 8-3 Appelman
• Middaugh 6-5 Matchett
• Stoughton 7-4 Howard
• Stoughton 4-3 Appelman
• Shuster 5-4 Matchett
• Middaugh 6-4 Howard
• Stoughton 6-5 Shuster
• Appelman 8-3 Matchett
• Howard 7-1 Shuster
• Middaugh 8-3 Appelman
• Stoughton 8-4 Matchett
• Middaugh 4-3 Shuster
• Howard 9-4 Appelman

Pool B

Skip	W	L
Koe	5	0
McEwen	4	1
Ursel	3	2
Simmons	2	3
Martin	1	4
Jacobs	0	5

• McEwen 8-3 Jacobs
• Koe 8-6 Ursel
• Simmons 6-4 Martin
• Ursel 10-5 Jacobs
• Koe 6-4 McEwen
• Martin 5-2 Jacobs
• McEwen 7-2 Simmons
• Ursel 7-3 Martin
• Ursel 10-6 Simmons
• Koe 10-5 Jacobs
• McEwen 8-5 Martin
• Koe 7-3 Simmons
• McEwen 8-4 Ursel
• Koe 7-4 Martin
• Simmons 7-5 Jacobs

Pool C

Skip	W	L
Ferbey	4	1
Burtnyk	3	2
Gushue	3	2
Murdoch	3	2
Geall	1	4
Gunnlaugson	1	4

• Burtnyk 6-5 Murdoch
• Gushue 7-4 Gunnlaugson
• Ferbey 8-3 Geall
• Burtnyk 7-2 Gunnlaugson
• Murdoch 4-3 Gushue
• Gunnlaugson 7-5 Geall
• Burtnyk 9-3 Ferbey
• Ferbey 7-2 Murdoch
• Gushue 7-1 Geall
• Murdoch 5-4 Geall
• Ferbey 6-1 Gunnlaugson
• Gushue 7-3 Burtnyk
• Geall 5-3 Burtnyk
• Murdoch 6-2 Gunnlaugson
• Ferbey 6-5 Gushue

Tie breakers

• Murdoch 7-5 Burtnyk
• Howard 9-5 Ursel

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
		Koe	5
		Murdoch	3
							Koe	5
							Ferbey	9
		Ferbey	7
		Middaugh	5
												Ferbey	4
												Gushue	6
		McEwen	3
		Gushue	6
							Gushue	6
							Howard	5
		Stoughton	4
		Howard	6