2013 SaskTel Tankard

2013 SaskTel Tankard
Host city	Melfort, Saskatchewan
Arena	Northern Lights Palace
Dates	January 30 – February 3
Winner	Brock Virtue
Curling club	Callie CC, Regina
Skip	Brock Virtue
Third	Braeden Moskowy
Second	Chris Schille
Lead	D. J. Kidby
Finalist	Bruce Korte

The 2013 SaskTel Tankard will be held from January 30 to February 3 at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort, Saskatchewan. The winning team will represent Saskatchewan at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.

Qualification

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team
SaskTour Players Championship	1	Darrell McKee
CTRS ranking as of Dec. 17	2	Steve Laycock Randy Bryden
Saskatchewan Curling Tour ranking	2	Bruce Korte Jamie Schneider
Northern Playdown (Jan. 17–20)	5	Kevin Marsh Josh Heidt Brad Heidt Michael Carss Randy Woytowich
Southern Playdown (Jan. 17–20)	5	William Coutts Brock Virtue Jeff Hartung Chris Busby Brent Gedak
Wildcard Team	1	Max Kirkpatrick

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Steve Laycock	Kirk Muyres	Colton Flasch	Dallan Muyres	Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon
Bruce Korte	Dean Kleiter	Roger Korte	Rob Markowsky	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Randy Bryden	Troy Robinson	Brennen Jones	Trent Knapp	Callie Curling Club, Regina
Jamie Schneider	Rick Schneider	Curt England	Shannon England	Tartan Curling Club, Regina
Darrell McKee	Warren Jackson	Tony Korol	Rory Golanowski	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Kevin Marsh	Matthew Ryback	Dan Marsh	Aaron Shutra	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Brad Heidt	Drew Heidt	Mitch Heidt	Glen Heitt	Unity Curling Club, Unity
Brock Virtue	Braeden Moskowy	Chris Schille	D. J. Kidby	Callie Curling Club, Regina
Josh Heidt	Brock Montgomery	Matt Lang	Dustin Kidby	Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert
Jeff Hartung	Kody Hartung	Tyler Hartung	Claire DeCock	Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg
Justin Mihalicz	Chris Busby	Kyle George	John Lang	Highland Curling Club, Regina
Brent Gedak	John Aston	Derek Owens	Malcolm Vanstone	Estevan Curling Club, Estevan
Maxwell Kirkpatrick	Shaun Meachem	Jeff Chambers	Shawn Hebert	Swift Current Curling Club, Swift Current
William Coutts	Stuart Coutts	Dean Clark	Todd Bakken	Highland Curling Club, Regina
Randy Woytowich	Cory Spanier	Lionel Holm	Dustin Kalthoff	Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Michael Carss	Rob Spinney	Lyndon Holm	Tyler Matheson	Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon

Knockout Draw Brackets

A Event

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Steve Laycock		6
	Michael Carss		5			Steve Laycock		5
	Josh Heidt		6			Josh Heidt		8
	Brock Virtue		5								Josh Heidt		7
	Brent Gedak		9								Brent Gedak		4
	Darrell McKee		8			Brent Gedak		8
	Max Kirkpatrick		8			Jamie Schneider		7
	Jamie Schneider		11													Josh Heidt		8
	Randy Bryden		5													Bruce Korte		11
	William Coutts		4			Randy Bryden		8
	Justin Mihalicz		2			Kevin Marsh		4
	Kevin Marsh		7								Randy Bryden		5
	Jeff Hartung		9								Bruce Korte		6
	Brad Heidt		8			Jeff Hartung		6
	Randy Woytowich		7			Bruce Korte		7
	Bruce Korte		8

B Event

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 2
						Jamie Schneider		7
	Brock Virtue		7			Brock Virtue		8
	Michael Carss		3								Brock Virtue		4
											Randy Bryden		2
																Brock Virtue		8
	Justin Mihalicz		7													Brent Gedak		3
	William Coutts		4			Justin Mihalicz		5
						Jeff Hartung		8
											Jeff Hartung		7			Qualifier 2
											Brent Gedak		11
																Brock Virtue		5
																Josh Heidt		3

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 2
																Josh Heidt		5
	Max Kirkpatrick		6													Brad Heidt		4
	Darrell McKee		2			Max Kirkpatrick		5
						Steve Laycock		7
											Steve Laycock		3
	Brad Heidt		9								Brad Heidt		10
	Randy Woytowich		3			Kevin Marsh		3
						Brad Heidt		5

C Event

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
	Darrell McKee		10
	Michael Carss		2			Darrell McKee		8
						Jeff Hartung		4
											Darrell McKee		4
											Brad Heidt		7
																Brad Heidt		6
	Jamie Schneider		7													Steve Laycock		7
	Justin Mihalicz		10			Justin Mihalicz		7
						Steve Laycock		9
											Steve Laycock		9
											Brent Gedak		1

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
						Randy Bryden		8
	Randy Woytowich		7			Randy Woytowich		4
	William Coutts		6								Randy Bryden		3
											Kevin Marsh		6
						Max Kirkpatrick		5
						Kevin Marsh		10
																Kevin Marsh		8
																Josh Heidt		7

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

Bruce Korte

6

A

Bruce Korte

4

B

Brock Virtue

4

B

Brock Virtue

6

B

Brock Virtue

8

C2

Kevin Marsh

6

C1

Steve Laycock

5

C2

Kevin Marsh

8

A vs. B

Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Bruce Korte	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
Brock Virtue	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	4

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Laycock	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Kevin Marsh	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	8

Semifinal

Sunday, February 3, 9:30 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brock Virtue	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	8
Kevin Marsh	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	6

Final

Sunday, February 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Bruce Korte	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	4
Brock Virtue	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	X	6

References

• SaskTel Tankard Information
• Official site