The 2020 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 28 to February 2 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning John Epping rink represented Ontario at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship.
John Epping won his second Ontario Tankard by defeating Glenn Howard 8–3 in the final.
Qualification process Nine teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking. This is a reduction from the ten teams which played in the 2019 Tankard, making the number of entries equal to the provincial Scotties.
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team CTRS leaders 3 John Epping Scott McDonald Glenn Howard Cash Spiel #1 2 John Willsey Pat Ferris Cash Spiel #2 2 Jason Camm Steve Allen Open Qualifier 2 Mark Kean Matthew Hall
Teams
The team lineups were as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Steve Allen Ritchie Gillan Rick Allen Kevin Rathwell Cameron Goodkey Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa Jason Camm Jordie Lyon-Hatcher Kurt Armstrong Brett Lyon-Hatcher Navan Curling Club, Navan, Ottawa John Epping Ryan Fry Mathew Camm Brent Laing Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto Pat Ferris Ian Dickie Connor Duhaime Zachary Shurtleff Grimsby Curling Club, Grimsby Matthew Hall Alex Champ Terry Arnold Scott Clinton Westmount Golf & Curling Club, Kitchener Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Adam Spencer Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene Mark Kean Charlie Richard Tyler Twining David Ronaldson Chris Jay Woodstock Curling Club, Woodstock Scott McDonald Jonathan Beuk Wesley Forget Scott Chadwick Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston John Willsey Connor Lawes Robert Currie Evan Lilly KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends John Epping (Leaside) 8 0 65 38 37 30 3 8 Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) 6 2 58 50 34 29 10 7 Scott McDonald (Cataraqui) 5 3 65 52 37 31 6 7 Matthew Hall (Westmount) 5 3 61 55 36 33 2 8 John Willsey (KW Granite) 4 4 45 56 34 35 3 5 Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 3 5 48 58 29 35 6 5 Steve Allen (Ottawa) 2 6 47 50 35 31 4 11 Jason Camm (Navan) 2 6 50 53 30 34 8 6 Mark Kean (Woodstock) 1 7 35 62 22 36 7 4
Round-robin results All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).
Draw 1 Monday, January 27, 8:00 pm
Draw 2 Tuesday, January 28, 12:15 pm
Draw 3 Tuesday, January 28, 8:00 pm
Draw 4 Wednesday, January 29, 8:30 am
Draw 5 Wednesday, January 29, 4:00 pm
Draw 6 Thursday, January 30, 12:15 pm
Draw 7 Thursday, January 30, 7:45 pm
Draw 8 Friday, January 31, 12:15 pm
Draw 9 Friday, January 31, 7:45 pm
Tiebreaker Saturday, February 1, 8:00 am
Playoffs
Semifinal Saturday, February 1, 4:30 pm
Final Sunday, February 2, 1:00 pm
Qualification
Cash Spiel #1 December 20–22, Guelph Curling Club, Guelph
Cash Spiel #2 January 10–12, 2020, Quinte Curling Club, Belleville
Open qualifier January 17–19, 2020, KW Granite Club, Waterloo
References
External links Official site