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 would 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 (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 9, 2018). However, CurlON announced on December 5, 2018, that a third CTRS team (Team Scott McDonald) 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 (they were playing in the 2018 National). McDonald's direct entry took a qualifying spot away from Cash Spiel #2. This change in qualification was not without controversy.
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team CTRS leaders 3 John Epping Glenn Howard Scott McDonald Cash Spiel #1 2 Charley Thomas Rob Retchless Cash Spiel #2 1 Colin Dow Cash Spiel #3 2 Greg Balsdon Mark Bice Open Qualifier 2 Dayna Deruelle Pat Ferris
Teams The team lineups are as follows:2019 Provincial Schedule curlonchamps.ca Retrieved 9 March 2023 Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Greg Balsdon Chris Gardner Brad Kidd Andrew Denny-Petch Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto Mark Bice Aaron Squires Tyler Morgan Codey Maus Sarnia Golf and Curling Club, Sarnia Dayna Deruelle Brent Ross Ryan Werenich Shawn Kaufman Shane Konings Harriston Curling Club, Harriston Colin Dow Jordie Lyon-Hatcher Brett Lyon-Hatcher John Steski R. J. Johnson RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa John Epping Mathew Camm Brent Laing Craig Savill Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario Pat Ferris Connor Duhaime Punit Sthankiya Zander Elmes Grimsby Curling Club, Grimsby Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene Scott McDonald Jonathan Beuk Wesley Forget Scott Chadwick Cataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston Rob Retchless Alex Champ Terry Arnold Scott Clinton Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto Charley Thomas Adam Casey Patrick Janssen Fraser Reid Westmount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener
Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsScott McDonald (Cataraqui) 9 0 70 32 38 24 7 10John Epping (Leaside) 7 2 63 42 38 28 8 12Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) 7 2 63 39 33 27 12 9Charley Thomas (Westmount) 6 3 56 48 34 29 9 12Greg Balsdon (Royals) 4 5 54 58 34 38 3 8Dayna Deruelle (Harriston) 4 5 53 65 38 40 7 6Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 3 6 50 61 35 41 8 10 Rob Retchless (Royals) 2 7 48 62 34 38 8 10Colin Dow (RCMP) 2 7 48 65 32 39 2 6Mark Bice (Sarnia) 1 8 35 64 24 36 4 7
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 KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreakers
Pools A & B W L Paul Moffatt (K-W Granite) 3 1 Joe Frans (St. Thomas) 3 1 Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 2 2 Charlie Richard (Highland) 2 2 John Willsey (K-W Granite) 2 2 Joey Hart (Whitby) 2 2 Dayna Deruelle (Harriston) 1 3 Brent Palmer (Burlington) 1 3 Pools C&D W L Ian Dickie (Mississaugua) 5 0 Rob Retchless (Royals) 5 0 Charley Thomas (Westmount) 2 2 Rob Lobel (Thornhill) 2 2 Richard Krell (K-W Granite) 2 2 Rob Ainsley (Royals) 2 2 Dale Kelly (Beachgrove) 1 4 Gregory Park (Oshawa) 0 3 Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford) 0 4
Tiebreakers Lobel 6, Krell 3 Richard 6, Willsey 4
Cash Spiel #2 December 14–16, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Team W L Colin Dow (RCMP) 4 0 Greg Balsdon (Royals) 2 2 Steve Allen (Ottawa) 2 2 Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe) 1 3 Frank O'Driscoll (Rideau) 1 3
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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