The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 4 at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre in Regina.
It was the first time since 2006 that the event was not won by Brad Gushue, as his team represented Team Canada at the 2018 Brier as defending champions.
Teams Teams are as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Club Adam Boland Stephen Trickett Zach Young John Sheppard St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Paul Harvey Steve Bragg Andrew Manuel Mike Day St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Justin Lockyer Stephen Spratt Matthew Walsh Jason Noel St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Frank O'Driscoll Rick Rowsell Craig Dowden Ken Peddigrew St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Trent Skanes Nick Lane Jeff Rose Mike Mosher St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Greg Smith Matthew Hunt Andrew Taylor Ian Withycombe St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Andrew Symonds Mark Healy David Noftall Keith Jewer St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Colin Thomas Cory Schuh Chris Ford Spencer Wicks St. John's Curling Club, St. John's Dave Thomas David Power Cody Parsons Travis Cormier Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Skip WL Smith 8 0 Boland 6 2 Symonds 6 2 O'Driscoll 4 4 Harvey 4 4 C. Thomas 3 5 Skanes 3 5 Lockyer 2 6 D. Thomas 0 8
Round-robin results January 29 Draw 1 Symonds 8-6 C. Thomas Harvey 4-10 O'Driscoll Smith 11-3 D. Thomas Lockyer 1-8 Boland
January 30 Draw 2 Harvey 10-3 Lockyer Skanes 4-6 Smith Boland 7-4 C. Thomas O'Driscoll 10-4 D. Thomas
Draw 3 Boland 8-4 O'Driscoll Lockyer 2-7 Symonds Harvey 4-5 Skanes Smith 9-7 C. Thomas
January 31 Draw 4 Skanes 3-7 C. Thomas Boland 10-2 D. Thomas Lockyer 8-5 O'Driscoll Harvey 9-10 Symonds
Draw 5 Harvey 11-4 D. Thomas O'Driscoll 8-7 C. Thomas Smith 8-6 Symonds Lockyer 6-13 Skanes
February 1 Draw 6 O'Driscoll 3-9 Smith Skanes 4-7 Symonds Boland 7-8 Harvey C. Thomas 9-3 D. Thomas
Draw 7 Boland 7-5 Symonds Lockyer 12-8 D. Thomas O'Driscoll 10-7 Skanes Harvey 10-11 Smith
February 2 Draw 8 Skanes 7-6 D. Thomas Boland 8-9 Smith Lockyer 3-12 C. Thomas O'Driscoll 3-5 Symonds
Draw 9 Lockyer 2-10 Smith Harvey 6-4 C. Thomas Symonds 7-5 D. Thomas Boland 6-4 Skanes
Playoffs Due to finishing the round robin undefeated, Smith must be defeated twice.
Semifinal
Final
Final 2
References
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