Ontario Tankard
- Not to be confused with the Silver Tankard, historically also known as the Ontario Tankard (and until 1937 a Brier qualifier)
| Ontario Tankard | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1927 |
| 2020 host city | Cornwall, Ontario |
| 2020 arena | Ed Lumley Arena |
| 2020 champion | John Epping |
| Current edition | |
The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier. The tournament is overseen by CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association).
Northern Ontario has its own provincial championship, known as the Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship.
Qualification
In 2020, nine teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), a challenge round (twp teams), plus the top three southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings.
Format
The 2020 event had a nine team round robin followed by a three-team playoff.
Former Names
- Ontario Silver Tankard: 1927[1]-1931
- 1932: Round robin playoff between the winners of the Ontario Tankard, Canada Life Trophy and the Toronto Bonspiel.[2]
- 1933: Winner was decided between a playoff between the winners of the Ontario Tankard and the Toronto Bonspiel.[3]
- Ontario Tankard: 1934-1937[4]
- British Consols: 1938[5]-1979
- Labatt Tankard: 1980-1985
- Blue Light Tankard: 1986-1995
- Nokia Cup: 1996-2003
- Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2004
- Kia Cup: 2005-2006
- TSC Stores Tankard: 2007-2009
- Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2010
- The Dominion Tankard: 2011-2013
- Travelers Tankard: 2014
- Recharge with Milk Tankard: 2015-2017
- Dairy Farmers of Ontario Tankard: 2018
- Ontario Curling Championships: 2019-present
Champions
Listed below are the list of Ontario's representatives at the Brier that year. Brier champions indicated in bold. From 1927 to 1931, the Toronto area also sent a team to the Brier.
References
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 4 1927, pg 2 "Sarnia Welcomes Tankard Winners"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 25, 1932, pg 14, "Toronto rinks dominate play"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 25, 1933, pg 15 "Thistles Win Ice Aggregate"
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, Jan 27, 1937, pg 13 "Famous Campbell rink Defeated by London C.C."
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 24 1938, pg 27 "Ontario Must Rely on Hall"
- ^ Montreal Gazette, Feb 3, 1927, pg 15, "Sarnia Won Tankard"
- ^ Saskatoon Daily Star, Feb 7, 1928, pg 10, "Artificial Ice"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 5, 1929, pg 1, "Ontario curlers begin competition"
- ^ Ottawa Citizen Feb 6, 1930, pg 11, "Stratford Wins Ontario Tankard"
- ^ Winnipeg Tribune, Feb 4, 1931, pg 12, "Semi-Finals are reached in Ontario Tankard"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 25, 1932, pg 14, "Toronto rinks dominate play"
- ^ The Province, Mar 2, 1933, pg 4, "Youthful Rink Wins Ontario Curling Event"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 5, 1934, pg 18, "Curling"
- ^ Montreal Gazette, Feb 23, 1935, pg 15, "Ontario Tankard to Hamilton Thistle rink"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 24, 1936, pg 20, "Chief Honors (sic) to Toronto"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 6, 1937, pg 18, "A.E. Dunker Rink of Kitchener Wins Ontario Tankard"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 24, 1938, pg 27, "Ontario must rely on Hall"
- ^ Ottawa Journal, Feb 10, 1939, pg 20, "Ottawa rink beaten"
- ^ Regina Leader-Post, Feb 15, 1940, pg 16, "Hall's Rink Best in Ontario"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 25, 1941, pg 19, "Kelly in Conols' Eights"
- ^ Montreal Gazette, Feb 26, 1942, pg 18, "Hamilton Thistle is Ontario Winner"
- ^ Montreal Gazette, Feb 24, 1943, pg 17, "Toronto Rink Wins"
- ^ Ottawa Journal, Feb 23, 1944, pg 17, "Kitchener rink wins curling Trophy"
- ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Feb 28, 1945, pg 13, "Kitchener rink wins Consols"
- ^ Calgary Herald, Feb 15, 1946, pg 16, "Rinks Qualify for Curling Test"
- ^ Ottawa Journal, Jan 23, 1947, pg 19, "British Consols Matches Carded for Ottawa"
- ^ Edmonton Journal, Jan 31, 1948, pg 7, "It's Bonspiel Time Down Ontario Way"
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, Jan 18, 1949, "Draw Issued for Curling Trophy Play"
- ^ Ottawa Journal, Jan 31, 1950, "Curling Competition Draw for Wednesday"
- ^ Ottawa Journal, Feb 22, 1951, "Name Eight Rinks for Curling Playdown"
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 8, 1952, pg 1, "Sarnia Curling Club Rink Captures Bonspiel at Chatham"
- ^ "Famous "Old Pete" Repeats". Ottawa Citizen. February 21, 1953. p. 23. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- ^ Windsor Star, Feb 6, 1953, pg 2, "Curlers Meet in Playdowns
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, Feb 15 1954, pg 19, "Curling Champs
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, Feb 10 1956, pg 24 "Toronto Granite Rink Still Undefeated
- ^ "Orillia Rink Ontario Champions". Ottawa Journal. February 22, 1957. p. 38. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ov0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648,4666415&dq=joe+gurowka&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oUIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5111,2444798&dq=eldon+coombe&hl=en
- ^ "Pressure shot wins for Gurowka". Ottawa Citizen. February 12, 1966. p. 11. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xbwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zuwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3259,1981876&dq=joe+gurowka&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hWdkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=43wNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5069,3083818&dq=eldon+coombe&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xb0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3713,97051&dq=eldon+coombe&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0tYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=674,791822&dq=eldon+coombe&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wDE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VPUIAAAAIBAJ&pg=4778,1698490&dq=eldon+coombe&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SAguW2jnL4UC&dat=19740207&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m0U_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IFIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4282,3791829&dq=paul+savage&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19760213&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
External links
Canadian men's provincial and territorial curling championships | |
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