2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 4^[1] at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre in Regina.

2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena	St. John's Curling Club
Dates	January 29 – February 4
Winner	Greg Smith
Curling club	St. John's Curling Club
Skip	Greg Smith
Third	Matthew Hunt
Second	Andrew Taylor
Lead	Ian Withycombe
Finalist	Andrew Symonds
« 2017 2019 »

It was the first time since 2006 that the event was not won by Brad Gushue, as his team represented Team Canada at the 2018 Brier as defending champions.

Teams

Teams are as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club
Adam Boland	Stephen Trickett	Zach Young	John Sheppard	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Paul Harvey	Steve Bragg	Andrew Manuel	Mike Day	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Justin Lockyer	Stephen Spratt	Matthew Walsh	Jason Noel	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Frank O'Driscoll	Rick Rowsell	Craig Dowden	Ken Peddigrew	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Trent Skanes	Nick Lane	Jeff Rose	Mike Mosher	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Greg Smith	Matthew Hunt	Andrew Taylor	Ian Withycombe	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Andrew Symonds	Mark Healy	David Noftall	Keith Jewer	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Colin Thomas	Cory Schuh	Chris Ford	Spencer Wicks	St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Dave Thomas	David Power	Cody Parsons	Travis Cormier	Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip	W	L
Smith	8	0
Boland	6	2
Symonds	6	2
O'Driscoll	4	4
Harvey	4	4
C. Thomas	3	5
Skanes	3	5
Lockyer	2	6
D. Thomas	0	8

Round-robin results

January 29

Draw 1

• Symonds 8-6 C. Thomas
• Harvey 4-10 O'Driscoll
• Smith 11-3 D. Thomas
• Lockyer 1-8 Boland

January 30

Draw 2

• Harvey 10-3 Lockyer
• Skanes 4-6 Smith
• Boland 7-4 C. Thomas
• O'Driscoll 10-4 D. Thomas

Draw 3

• Boland 8-4 O'Driscoll
• Lockyer 2-7 Symonds
• Harvey 4-5 Skanes
• Smith 9-7 C. Thomas

January 31

Draw 4

• Skanes 3-7 C. Thomas
• Boland 10-2 D. Thomas
• Lockyer 8-5 O'Driscoll
• Harvey 9-10 Symonds

Draw 5

• Harvey 11-4 D. Thomas
• O'Driscoll 8-7 C. Thomas
• Smith 8-6 Symonds
• Lockyer 6-13 Skanes

February 1

Draw 6

• O'Driscoll 3-9 Smith
• Skanes 4-7 Symonds
• Boland 7-8 Harvey
• C. Thomas 9-3 D. Thomas

Draw 7

• Boland 7-5 Symonds
• Lockyer 12-8 D. Thomas
• O'Driscoll 10-7 Skanes
• Harvey 10-11 Smith

February 2

Draw 8

• Skanes 7-6 D. Thomas
• Boland 8-9 Smith
• Lockyer 3-12 C. Thomas
• O'Driscoll 3-5 Symonds

Draw 9

• Lockyer 2-10 Smith
• Harvey 6-4 C. Thomas
• Symonds 7-5 D. Thomas
• Boland 6-4 Skanes

Playoffs

Due to finishing the round robin undefeated, Smith must be defeated twice.

	Semifinal					Final					Final 2
	2	Adam Boland	4
	3	Andrew Symonds	6			1	Greg Smith	4
						3	Andrew Symonds	9
											1	Greg Smith	9
											3	Andrew Symonds	6

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Adam Boland	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Andrew Symonds	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	6

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Smith	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Andrew Symonds	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	X	9

Final 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Smith	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	9
Andrew Symonds	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	6

2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Greg Smith 1st Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Championship title