2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

The 2019 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 3^[1] at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's. The winning Andrew Symonds team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Brandon, Manitoba.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena	Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club
Dates	January 29 – February 3
Winner	Team Symonds
Curling club	Re/Max Centre
Skip	Andrew Symonds
Third	Chris Ford
Second	Adam Boland
Lead	Keith Jewer
Finalist	Rick Rowsell
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Teams

With 12 teams entering the event, it is the biggest Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard field in over 15 years.^[2]

Teams are as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
Bernard Bird	Ryan Wheaton	Owen Cousins	Stephen Goulding		Goose Bay Curling Club, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Rod Feltham	Kris MacLeod	Steve Humphries	Alex Silmarie		Gander Curling Club, Gander
Nick Lane	Jeff Rose	Andrew Taylor	Michael Mosher		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Justin Lockyer	Stephen Spratt	Jacob Gazeley	Jason Noel		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Ken Peddigrew	Mark Healy	Evan Kearley	David Noftall		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Rick Rowsell	Keith Ryan	Stephen Trickett	Zach Young	Alex Smith	Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Trent Skanes	Steve Bragg	Andrew Manuel	Michael Day		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Greg Smith	Nicholas Bissonnette	John Sheppard	Ian Withycombe	Randy Turpin	Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Matthew Smith	Scott Davidge	Stephen Tibbs	Glynn Williams		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Andrew Symonds	Chris Ford	Adam Boland	Keith Jewer		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Colin Thomas	Cory Schuh	Spencer Wicks	Jeff Thomas		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Dave Thomas	Cody Parsons	Patrick Von Wiegen	Floyd Francis		Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques

Knockout brackets

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A Event

	First knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					A Qualifier
	Peddigrew		7
	Feltham		4			Peddigrew		9
						Rowsell		5
											Peddigrew		6
	Lane		5								Skanes		9
	Bird		9			Bird		0
						Skanes		9
																Skanes		2
	M. Smith		9													Symonds		8
	D. Thomas		2			M. Smith		4
						Symonds		7
											Symonds		9
	G. Smith		12								C. Thomas		0
	Lockyer		3			G. Smith		5
						C. Thomas		7

B Event

	Second knockout					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					B Qualifier
	Feltham		7
	M. Smith		12			M. Smith		6
	Lane		2			G. Smith		8
	G. Smith		10								G. Smith		9
											Peddigrew		8
																G. Smith		3
																Symonds		8
																					Symonds		8
																					Skanes		5
																Rowsell		6
																Skanes		8
											Rowsell		8
	D. Thomas		6								C. Thomas		4
	Rowsell		7			Rowsell		7
	Lockyer		0			Bird		5
	Bird		11

C Event

	Third knockout (top half)					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To C Final
	Feltham		7
	Lane		6			Feltham		9
						Bird		8
											Feltham		8
											Peddigrew		9
																Peddigrew		2
																Rowsell		6
																					Rowsell		7
																					Symonds		4

	Third knockout (bot. half)					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To C Final
	D. Thomas		7
	Lockyer		6			D. Thomas		8
						M. Smith		11
											M. Smith		4
											C. Thomas		11
																C. Thomas		7
																G. Smith		5
																					C. Thomas		6
																					Skanes		7
																					C Final
																					Rowsell		9
																					Skanes		7

Playoffs

As the winner of two events, the Andrew Symonds rink needed to be beaten twice. Symonds defeated Rowsell in the first game, so a second game was not necessary.

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Andrew Symonds
	1	Andrew Symonds	5			1	Andrew Symonds
	2	Rick Rowsell	0

Semifinal

Sunday, February 3, 9:30am

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Andrew Symonds	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Rick Rowsell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Final

Sunday, February 3, 2:30pm

Since Symonds won the semifinal, a final was not necessary.

2019 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard
Andrew Symonds 1st Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Championship title