AMATEUR WINEMAKERS OF CANADA
CIDER CHAMPIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS


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Canadian Champion Brewer and runners-up since 1972

Canadian Champion Winemaker and runners-up since 1971

Note: only those awarded medals are listed. "Not Awarded" indicates that there were insufficient medals awarded to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Before 2001 medals were not awarded, but 1st, 2nd and 3rd were.

Canadian Champion Cidermaker and runners-up
Year Cider Maker Province Points Earned
2010 1) Ed Saunders
2) Jack Kouwenhoven
3) Bill Thornton		 Manitoba
British Columbia
Ontario 		  58
  58
  58
2009 1) Martin Nygard
2) Bill Thornton
3) 3-way tie		 Ontario
Ontario
3-way tie 		100
100
  34
2008 1) Tommy Kucera
2) Bruce MacLaurin
3) 3-way tie		 Manitoba
Ontario
3-way tie 		100
100
100
2007 1) Don Panagapka
2) Martin Nygard
3) not awarded		 Ontario
Ontario
not awarded 		  58
  34
    0
2006 1) Martin Nygard
2) Gerry Den Hartogh
3) not awarded		 Ontario
Ontario
not awarded 		100
  58
    0
2005 1) John Tummon
2) Gary Collins
2) Tommy Kucera		 Ontario
Ontario
Manitoba		 100
  58
  58
2004 1) John Tummon
2) not awarded
3) not awarded		 Ontario
not awarded
not awarded		   58
    0
    0
2003 1) Bill Thornton
1) John Tummon
3) not awarded		 Ontario
Ontario
not awarded		   58
  58
    0
2002 1) John Tummon
2) Sean Douglas
3) not awarded		 Ontario
Ontario
not awarded		   58
  34
    0
2001 1) Martin Nygard
2) not awarded
2) not awarded		 Ontario
not awarded
not awarded		   58
    0
    0
2000 1) Terry Rayner
2) Don Panagapka
3) Ron Svrcek		 Ontario
Ontario
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1999 1) Jim Justice
2) Tom Robinson
3) Jack Kouwenhoven		 Ontario
British Columbia
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1998 1) Tom Robinson
2) Don Panagapka
3) Martin Nygard		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1997 1) Don Panagapka
2) Leo Poirier
3) Ray Bodnar		 Ontario
British Columbia
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1996 1) Terry Rayner
2) Jack Kouwenhoven
3) Bill Thornton
3) Paul Nemy		 Ontario
British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario 		100
  58
  34
  34
1995 1) Terry Rayner
2) Paul Nemy
3) Bill Thornton		 Ontario
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1994 1) Jack Kouwenhoven
2) Helmut Berner
3) Nick Stowell		 British Columbia
British Columbia
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1993 1) Jack Kouwenhoven
2) Stuart Bates
3) Nick Stowell		 British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1992 1) Michael Furness
2) Paul Nemy
3) Jack Kouwenhoven		 Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1991 1) Nick Stowell
2) Terry Rayner
3) Don Eastman		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1990 1) Terry Rayner
2) Don Eastman
3) Jack Kouwenhoven		 Ontario
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1989 1) Mark Wood
2) Myles Gilson
3) Jim Justice		 Saskatchewan
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1988 1) Roberto Quai
2) Terry Rayner
3) Helmut Berner		 Ontario
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1987 1) Helmut Berner
2) Don Eastman
3) Dick Lancaster		 British Columbia
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1986 1) Helmut Berner
2) Don Eastman
3) Ken Ferguson		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1985 1) Malcolm Faviell
2) Don Eastman
3) Terry Rayner		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1984 1) Lou Curnick
2) Robert Schulte
2) Sharon Waechter		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1983 1) Ivan McMahon
2) Fred Comer
3) Ken Penley		 Ontario
Ontario
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1982 1) Don Eastman
2) Tom Brown
3) David Ritchie		 Ontario
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1981 1) Paul Dunseath
2) Malcolm Faviell
3) Bob Leigh		 Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1980 1) Tom Robinson
2) Jenny Sutherland
3) Gary West		 British Columbia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1979 1) Ken Penley
2) Robert Schulte
3) Donna Selvert		 Alberta
Ontario
Nova Scotia		 100
  58
  34
1978 1) Jim Justice
2) Gordon Fowler
3) Fred Comer		 Ontario
British Columbia
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1977 1) Gene Burchill
2) Ray Cherer
3) Dorothy Moore		 Manitoba
Alberta
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1976 1) Tom Robinson
2) M & J Fairholm
3) Guy Teare		 British Columbia
British Columbia
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1975 1) Lou Curnick
2) Ray Lipp
3) Guy Teare		 British Columbia
British Columbia
Alberta		 100
  58
  34
1974 1) Fred Comer
2) Major Robinson
3) Gordon Kerr		 Ontario
Ontario
British Columbia		 100
  58
  34
1973 1) Jack Howell
2) Paul Dunseath
3) Ian Reilly		 Nova Scotia
Ontario
Ontario		 100
  58
  34
1972 1) Douglas Taylor
2) Jim Lord
3) Walter Reininger		 Ontario
British Columbia
Ontario		 100
  58
  34

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