2019 Ontario Tankard


The 2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship, better known as the Tankard, the 2019 provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 3 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Scott McDonald team will represent Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba. The event is being held in conjunction with the 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.
Unlike the 2018 event, the 2019 Tankard returned to having a round-robin format.

Qualification Process

The original qualification process called for 10 teams to qualify from three cash spiels, an open qualifier, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings. However, CurlON announced on December 5, 2018 that a third CTRS team would be allowed to directly qualify for the Tankard, as the team was in the top 10 in the CTRS standings at the time, and had a scheduling conflict preventing them from participating in the first round of cash spiel qualifiers. McDonald's direct entry took a qualifying spot away from Cash Spiel #2. This change in qualification was not without controversy.
Qualification MethodBerthsQualifying Team
CTRS leaders3John Epping
Glenn Howard
Scott McDonald
Cash Spiel #12Charley Thomas
Rob Retchless
Cash Spiel #21Colin Dow
Cash Spiel #32Greg Balsdon
Mark Bice
Open Qualifier2Dayna Deruelle
Pat Ferris

Teams

The team lineups are as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Greg BalsdonChris GardnerBrad KiddAndrew Denny-PetchRoyal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto
Mark BiceAaron SquiresTyler MorganCodey MausSarnia Golf and Curling Club, Sarnia
Dayna DeruelleBrent RossRyan WerenichShawn KaufmanShane KoningsHarriston Curling Club, Harriston
Colin DowJordie Lyon-HatcherBrett Lyon-HatcherJohn SteskiR. J. JohnsonRCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
John EppingMathew CammBrent LaingCraig SavillLeaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario
Pat FerrisConnor DuhaimePunit SthankiyaZander ElmesGrimsby Curling Club, Grimsby
Glenn HowardScott HowardDavid MathersTim MarchPenetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Scott McDonaldJonathan BeukWesley ForgetScott ChadwickCataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston
Rob RetchlessAlex ChampTerry ArnoldScott ClintonRoyal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto
Charley ThomasAdam CaseyPatrick JanssenFraser ReidWestmount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener

Standings

Skip WLPFPAEnds
Won		Ends
Lost		Blank
Ends		Stolen
Ends
Scott McDonald 9070323824710
John Epping 7263423828812
Glenn Howard 7263393327129
Charley Thomas 6356483429912
Greg Balsdon 455458343838
Dayna Deruelle 455365384076
Pat Ferris 3650613541810
Rob Retchless 2748623438810
Colin Dow 274865323926
Mark Bice 183564243647

Round robin results

Draw 1

January 27, 7:00pm

Draw 2

January 28, 9:00am

Draw 3

January 28, 4:00pm

Draw 6

January 29, 2:30pm

Draw 7

January 29, 7:30pm

Draw 8

January 30, 9:30am

Draw 9

January 30, 2:30pm

Draw 10

January 30, 7:30pm

Draw 11

January 31, 9:30am

Draw 12

January 31, 2:30pm

Draw 13

January 31, 7:30pm

Draw 14

February 1, 9:30am

Draw 15

February 1, 2:30pm

Draw 16

February 1, 7:30pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

February 2, 2:00pm

3 vs. 4

February 2, 2:00pm

Semifinal

February 3, 9:30am

Final

February 3, 2:30pm

Qualification

Cash Spiel #1

December 14-16, Acton Curling Club, Acton

;Tiebreakers
  • Lobel 6, Krell 3
  • Richard 6, Willsey 4

    Cash Spiel #2

December 14-16, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
TeamWL
Colin Dow 40
Greg Balsdon 22
Steve Allen 22
Dennis Elgie 13
Frank O'Driscoll 13

Cash Spiel #3

January 4-6, Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto

Open Qualifier

''January 11-13, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
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