# 2003 National

The 2003 National, the second annual edition of The National Grand Slam curling event was held January 30 to February 2, 2003 at the Humboldt Uniplex in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. The total purse of the event was $100,000. It was the third of four (men's) Pharmassist Grand Slam events of the 2002-03 curling season.
The final featured Quebec's Pierre Charette rink against Team Glenn Howard from Ontario. The main turning point in the game came in the second end, when Howard jammed his last rock, giving up a steal of one to go down 3–0. After Howard was forced to a single in the fourth, Charette's fourth stone thrower Martin Ferland drew for three in the fourth to take a massive 6–1 lead. Team Howard didn't give up though, and chipped away at Charette's lead, and trailed 8–6 after nine ends. In the last end, Charette won the game after Ferland drew to the four foot, to cut Howard down to a single point. Team Charette took home $25,000 with the win, while Howard's rink took home $15,000. The final was aired on television on Rogers Sportsnet. As of 2023, it is the only time a team from Quebec has won a men's Grand Slam event.

## Teams

The teams were as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Dave Boehmer | Pat Spring | Kerry Kunka | Richard Daneault | Petersfield, Manitoba |
| Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Fowler | Keith Fenton | Winnipeg |
| Martin Ferland (fourth) | Pierre Charette (skip) | Michel Ferland | Marco Berthelot | Buckingham, Quebec |
| Glen Despins | Rod Montgomery | Phillip Germain | Dwayne Mihalicz | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Dale Duguid | | | | Winnipeg |
| Bert Gretzinger | Rob Koffski | Mark Whittle | Dave Mellof | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Collin Mitchell | Jason Mitchell | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Bruce Korte | Art Paulsen | Roger Korte | Rory Golanowski | Saskatoon |
| Allan Lyburn | Mark Taylor | Mike Horn | Ross Granger | Brandon, Manitoba |
| William Lyburn | Brent Braemer | Dean Klippenstine | Mark Kennedy | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | Edmonton |
| Greg McAulay | Grant Dezura | Mike Bradley | Jody Sveistrup | Richmond, British Columbia |
| Wayne Middaugh | Graeme McCarrel | Ian Tetley | Scott Bailey | Midland, Ontario |
| Kevin Park | Shane Park | Scott Park | Kerry Park | Edmonton |
| Vic Peters | Mark Olson | Chris Neufeld | Steve Gould | Winnipeg |
| Brent Pierce | Bryan Miki | Dean Koyanagi | Ross Graham | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Peter Steski | Chad McMullan | Jeff Steski | Andy Ormsby | Toronto |
| Bryan Derbowka | Gerald Shymko (skip) | Gord Hardy | Steve Sobkow | Calder, Saskatchewan |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Garry Vandenberghe | Jim Spencer | Winnipeg |

## Draw

The event was held as a triple knockout tournament.

## Playoffs

The playoff scores were as follows:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Vic Peters | Vic Peters | 8 | | | | | | |
| Glen Despins | Glen Despins | 3 | | | | | | |
| Glen Despins | Glen Despins | 3 | Vic Peters | Vic Peters | 4 | | | |
| | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 7 | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 5 | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 7 | | | |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 4 | | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 7 |
| | | | | | | Pierre Charette | Pierre Charette | 8 |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 7 | | | | | | | Pierre Charette | Pierre Charette | 8 |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 5 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 5 | | | |
| | | | Pierre Charette | Pierre Charette | 7 | | | |
| Pierre Charette | Pierre Charette | 7 | Pierre Charette | Pierre Charette | 7 | | | |
| Bert Gretzinger | Bert Gretzinger | 5 | | | | | | |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Pierre Charette | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |