Edward "The Wrench" Werenich also known as Eddie Werenich or Ed Werenich (born June 23, 1947) is a Canadian curler. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which players slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. ...

Werenich was born and raised in the town of Benito, Manitoba but moved to Toronto after finishing high school. He began curling at age ten. Benito is a village in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Swan River. ...

In 1972, Werenich joined Paul Savage's team as his second. The following year they would play in their first Brier. They would return again in 1974 and then in 1977 with Werenich as Savage's third. Without a championship, Werenich skipped his own team to the Brier in 1981, but still could not win. However, in 1983 Savage joined Werenich as his third and they would go on to win the Brier title that year over Ed Lukowich of Alberta. At the World Curling Championships of that year, Werenich defeated Keith Wendorf's team from Germany in the final. Werenich returned to the Brier in 1984 and again in 1988 before winning for the last time in 1990 this time without Savage- defeating Jim Sullivan's New Brunswick team. At the World Championships, Werenich defeated Scotland- skipped by David Smith. Werenich returned to the Brier in 1995 and then in 1997 before anouncing his first retirement from curling in 2000. He returned from his retirement however in 2004. The Tim Hortons Brier, also known as the Brier, is the annual Canadian mens curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). ... The Ford World Curling Championship is an annual curling event which showcases the worlds best curlers. ...

Trivia

During the 1987 Canadian Winter Olympic Trials, Werenich was "humiliated" by the Canadian Curling Association threatening to disqualify him if he didn't "shed a few pounds." [1] The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) is a Canadian organization responsible for encouraging and facilitating growth and development of the sport of curling. ...

Throughout his career, Werenich has been known to be a colourful and outspoken character.

While not curling, Werenich served as a firefighter.

Werenich (with his teams) is believed to be the first curler to have reached $1,000,000 career earnings.

Sources

• Curleast biography
• Historica biography
• "Rockin' With the Wrench", Jonathon Gatehouse, Macleans.ca, February 9, 2004. URL last accessed December 26, 2006.