The 2018 Ontario Tankard , known as the Dairy Farmers of Ontario Tankard for sponsorship reasons is the 2018 provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario , was held from January 31 to February 4 at the in Huntsville, Ontario . The winning John Epping team represented Ontario at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan .
The event had a triple knock out format, rather than the traditional round robin event as done in previous years. The number of qualified teams increased from 10 to 12.
Qualification Process [ ] 12 teams will qualify from two regional qualifiers (three each), a challenge round (three teams), the winner of the Colts competition, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 10, 2017).[1]
Teams [ ] The team lineups are as follows:
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Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Club(s)
Greg Balsdon Jonathan Beuk Scott Chadwick Cataraqui Golf & Country Club , Kingston
Mark Bice Aaron Squires Steve Bice , Sarnia
John Epping Mathew Camm Patrick Janssen Tim March Leaside Curling Club , East York, Toronto
Joe Frans Mike Anderson , Oakville
Glenn Howard Adam Spencer David Mathers Scott Howard St. George's Golf & Curling Club , Etobicoke, Toronto
Mark Kean Colin Dow , Woodstock
Richard Krell Evan Lilly Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Curling Club , Waterloo
Codey Maus Scott McDonald , London
Michael McLean
Jason Camm Kevin Lagerquist
Nathan Crawford
, Navan
Rob Retchless
Alex Champ
Terry Arnold
Scott Clinton
Royal Canadian Curling Club , Toronto
Sebastien Robillard Ryan McCrady
Bowie Abbis-Mills
Andrew Denny-Petch
Ottawa Curling Club , Ottawa
Wayne Tuck Jr. Chad Allen , Brantford
Knockout Draw Brackets [ ] The draw is listed as follows:
A Event [ ] [2]
B Event [ ] C Event [ ] Scores [ ] Draw 1 [ ] January 31, 2:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rob Retchless
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
6
Mark Bice 2
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
X
10
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mark Kean 0
2
0
0
2
0
4
0
X
X
8
Michael McLean
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
X
X
6
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard 0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Joe Frans 0
0
1
1
2
0
0
3
0
1
8
Draw 2 [ ] January 31, 7:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mark Bice 0
2
1
1
0
3
0
0
2
1
10
Codey Maus 2
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
7
Draw 3 [ ] February 1, 9:30am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
7
Greg Balsdon 2
0
3
0
1
1
0
2
0
X
9
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Michael McLean
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
3
Joe Frans 2
0
2
1
0
0
2
1
X
X
8
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rob Retchless
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
4
Richard Krell 0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
6
Draw 4 [ ] February 1, 2:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard 0
1
3
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
6
Wayne Tuck Jr. 1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Draw 5 [ ] February 1, 7:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mark Kean 0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
1
X
7
Codey Maus
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
X
4
Draw 6 [ ] February 2, 9:30am
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Michael McLean
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
2
Codey Maus 0
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
X
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Rob Retchless
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Greg Balsdon 2
2
0
1
2
0
X
X
X
X
7
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Mark Kean 1
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
7
Mark Bice
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
6
Draw 7 [ ] February 2, 2:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard 2
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
7
Joe Frans
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
X
6
Draw 8 [ ] February 2, 7:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard 0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
Mark Bice 0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Codey Maus 1
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
7
Mark Kean
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Playoffs [ ] A vs. B [ ] February 3, 1:00pm
C1 vs. C2 [ ] February 3, 6:30pm
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sebastien Robillard 1
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
6
Codey Maus 0
2
0
2
2
4
0
1
X
X
11
Semifinal [ ] February 4, 9:30am
Final [ ] February 4, 2:30pm
2018 Ontario Tankard
John Epping
Qualification [ ] The following teams have qualified for the east or west provincial qualifiers based on their ranking on the CTRS standings and will not have to play in the regional qualifiers:
(Regional) Qualifiers [ ] Qualifier #1 [ ] December 15–17, at the , Renfrew
Teams entered:[3]
Connor Duhaime (Cookstown)
Willie Jeffries (Ottawa)
Mike McLean (Navan)
Spencer Richmond (Huntley)
Joseph Smith (Quinte) Brackets: [4]
A event
Semifinal
Final
Jeffries
4
Richmond
5
Duhaime
10
Smith
6
Duhaime
6
Smith
5
Smith
10
McLean
8
B event
Semifinal
Final
Jeffries
4
Richmond
8
McLean
6
Richmond
7
Richmond
8
Smith
3
C event
Final
Jeffries
2
McLean
8
Smith
3
McLean
10
Qualifier #2 [ ] December 15-17, at the , Mississauga
Teams entered:[5]
Rob Ainsley (Royal Canadian)
Roy Arndt (Dixie)
Matt Glandfield (High Park)
Rob Lobel (Thornhill)Dennis Moretto (Dixie)
Gregory Park (Oshawa)
Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)
Brandon Tippin (Cookstown) Brackets:[6]
A1 event
Final
Lobel
9
Glandfield
3
Lobel
11
Ainsley
3
Shepherd
6
Shepherd
8
A2 event
Final
Park
4
Tippin
7
Tippin
7
Moretto
3
Arndt
3
Arndt
7
B1 event
Final
Ainsley
11
Glandfield
1
Ainsley
7
Arndt
6
B2 event
Final
Park
3
Moretto
7
Moretto
5
Shepherd
7
C event
Final
Park
2
Arndt
8
Arndt
2
Glandfield
3
Moretto
7
Moretto
10
Qualifier #3 [ ] December 16–17
Teams entered:[7]
Mark Bice (Sarnia)Ryan Brown (North Halton)
Ian Dickie (Mississaugua)Andrew Fairfull (Listowel)
Pat Ferris (Grimsby)Joe Frans (Oakville)Brent Gray (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
Nathan Martin (Oshawa)
Rob Retchless (Royal Canadian)
Brent Ross (Harriston)Daryl Shane (Listowel)Damien Villard (Galt) Brackets: [8]
A1 event
Semifinal
Final
Bice
7
Shane
2
Villard
5
Villard
8
Bice
7
Fairfull
13
Dickie
5
Brown
1
Dickie
6
Fairfull
5
A2 event
Semifinal
Final
Retchless
8
Martin
3
Ferris
4
Retchless
8
Retchless
6
Gray
5
Ross
5
Ross
6
Frans
6
Ross
10
B1 event
Semifinal
Final
Fairfull
7
Shane
6
Fairfull
4
Gray
6
Ferris
6
Ferris
9
Ferris
Dickie
B2 event
Semifinal
Final
Martin
1
Frans
6
Frans
8
Villard
7
Villard
4
Brown
6
Ross
6
Frans
8
C1 event
Semifinal
Final
Fairfull
6
Shane
6
Shane
7
Martin
5
Shane
7
Ross
5
C2 event
Semifinal
Final
Gray
9
Gray
11
Villard
3
Brown
7
Gray
2
Ferris
9
Qualifier #4 [ ] Teams entered:[9]
(No event necessary, both teams qualify for provincial qualifiers)
East Qualifier [ ] January 12-14 at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Brackets:[10]
C Event
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Qualifier 3
Connor Duhaime
6
John Steski
5
Spencer Richmond
8
Connor Duhaime
6
Spencer Richmond
5
Michael McLean
8
Brandon Tippin
4
Michael McLean
8
Michael McLean
9
Rob Ainsley
5
Michael Shepherd
3
Rob Lobel 6
Rob Lobel
7
Dennis Moretto
3
Michael Shepherd
8
Michael Shepherd
7
Michael Shepherd
9
Dayna Deruelle
4
West Qualifier [ ] January 12-14, , Brantford
Brackets:[11]
Colts Championship [ ] December 6-10 at the , Midland
Qualified teams:[12]
Andrew Fairfull (Listowel)
Chris Van Huyse (Scarboro)
Chris Wai (High Park)
Ian Dickie (Mississaugua)John Young Jr. (Chatham Granite)
Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)
Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa)
Terry Corbin (Brantford) Standings
Team
W
L
Robillard
6
1
Van Huyse
6
1
Shepherd
5
2
Dickie
4
3
Fairfull
4
3
Corbin
1
6
Wai
1
6
Young
1
6
Tie-breaker: Robillard 7-2 Van Huyse Regional qualifiers [ ] Qualifiers in bold . Two teams qualify from each event for the provincial Colts Championship.
Qualifier 1 [ ] November 18, , Gananoque [13]
Teams entered:
Bill Sobering (Cornwall)
Billy Woods (Dalhousie Lake)
Chris Wai (High Park)Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa)Qualifier 2 [ ] Teams entered:[14]
Andrew Skelton (Guelph)
Chris Van Huyse (Oshawa)Craig Schinde (Dixie)
Derek Dobson (Richmond Hill)
Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)Nathan Martin (Oshawa)
Ryan O'Neil (Annandale) Qualifier 3 [ ] November 18-19, , Penetanguishene
Teams entered:[15]
Andrew Fairfull (Listowel)Darryl Hartman (North Halton)
David Ellis (Leaside)
Gregory Park (Oshawa)
Ian Dickie Scott Jennings (Parry Sound) Qualifier 4 [ ] November 18-19, , St. Marys
Teams entered: [16]
Bill Buchanan (Welland)
Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite)
Derek Shackleton (St Marys)
John Young Jr. (Chatham Granite)Jonathan Duguay (Oakville)
Terry Corbin (Brantford)Challenge Round [ ] January 19-21 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay
Triple Knockout Results:[17]
New teams:
Gary Grant (Lindsay)
Mac Calwell (Navy) Brackets:[18]
B Side (Bottom half)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
B Semi-final
Daryl Shane
6
Brandon Tippin
8
Brandon Tippin
8
Mac Calwell
1
Spencer Richmond
9
Spencer Richmond
8
Spencer Richmond
8
Gary Grant
4
Spencer Richmond
1
Joe Frans 7
B Final
Joe Frans 7
Cory Heggestad
6
C Side (Top half)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
To C Quarterfinal
John Steski
12
Mac Calwell
10
Pat Ferris
7
Pat Ferris 6
Mac Calwell
9
Daryl Shane
3
Gary Grant
8
John Steski
4
References [ ] External links [ ] 
