2019 Ontario Tankard

The 2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship, better known as the Tankard, the 2019 provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 3 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Scott McDonald team would represent Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba. The event is being held in conjunction with the 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.

2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Elmira, Ontario
Arena	Woolwich Memorial Centre[1]
Dates	January 27–February 3
Winner	Team McDonald
Curling club	Cataraqui Golf & Country Club
Skip	Scott McDonald
Third	Jonathan Beuk
Second	Wesley Forget
Lead	Scott Chadwick
Coach	Sean Turriff
Finalist	John Epping
« 2018 2020 »

Unlike the 2018 event, the 2019 Tankard returned to having a round-robin format.

Qualification Process

The original qualification process called for 10 teams to qualify from three cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 9, 2018).^[2] However, CurlON announced on December 5, 2018 that a third CTRS team (Team Scott McDonald) would be allowed to directly qualify for the Tankard, as the team was in the top 10 in the CTRS standings at the time, and had a scheduling conflict preventing them from participating in the first round of cash spiel qualifiers (they were playing in the 2018 National). McDonald's direct entry took a qualifying spot away from Cash Spiel #2.^[3] This change in qualification was not without controversy.^[4]

Qualification Method	Berths	Qualifying Team
CTRS leaders	3	John Epping Glenn Howard Scott McDonald
Cash Spiel #1	2	Charley Thomas Rob Retchless
Cash Spiel #2	1	Colin Dow
Cash Spiel #3	2	Greg Balsdon Mark Bice
Open Qualifier	2	Dayna Deruelle Pat Ferris

Teams

The team lineups are as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club(s)
Greg Balsdon	Chris Gardner	Brad Kidd	Andrew Denny-Petch		Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto
Mark Bice	Aaron Squires	Tyler Morgan	Codey Maus		Sarnia Golf and Curling Club, Sarnia
Dayna Deruelle	Brent Ross	Ryan Werenich	Shawn Kaufman	Shane Konings	Harriston Curling Club, Harriston
Colin Dow	Jordie Lyon-Hatcher	Brett Lyon-Hatcher	John Steski	R. J. Johnson	RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
John Epping	Mathew Camm	Brent Laing	Craig Savill		Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario
Pat Ferris	Connor Duhaime	Punit Sthankiya	Zander Elmes		Grimsby Curling Club, Grimsby
Glenn Howard	Scott Howard	David Mathers	Tim March		Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Scott McDonald	Jonathan Beuk	Wesley Forget	Scott Chadwick		Cataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston
Rob Retchless	Alex Champ	Terry Arnold	Scott Clinton		Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto
Charley Thomas	Adam Casey	Patrick Janssen	Fraser Reid		Westmount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener

Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Skip (Club)	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends
Scott McDonald (Cataraqui)	9	0	70	32	38	24	7	10
John Epping (Leaside)	7	2	63	42	38	28	8	12
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene)	7	2	63	39	33	27	12	9
Charley Thomas (Westmount)	6	3	56	48	34	29	9	12
Greg Balsdon (Royals)	4	5	54	58	34	38	3	8
Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)	4	5	53	65	38	40	7	6
Pat Ferris (Grimsby)	3	6	50	61	35	41	8	10
Rob Retchless (Royals)	2	7	48	62	34	38	8	10
Colin Dow (RCMP)	2	7	48	65	32	39	2	6
Mark Bice (Sarnia)	1	8	35	64	24	36	4	7

Round-robin results

Draw 1

January 27, 7:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Rob Retchless	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Scott McDonald	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dayna Deruelle	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Glenn Howard	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Balsdon	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5
Pat Ferris	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Bice	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	2	4	2	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 2

January 28, 9:00am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	X	X	X	9
Charley Thomas	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	0	1	X	9
Dayna Deruelle	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Greg Balsdon	2	0	2	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	0	1	0	3	1	0	4	1	X	X	10
Mark Bice	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Glenn Howard	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	9
Pat Ferris	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	8

Draw 3

January 28, 4:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	1
Glenn Howard	3	1	3	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Balsdon	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	X	X	7
Mark Bice	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	X	7
Pat Ferris	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dayna Deruelle	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Charley Thomas	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	X	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Scott McDonald	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	X	8

Draw 6

January 29, 2:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Epping	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	7
Greg Balsdon	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	7
Glenn Howard	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Charley Thomas	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	X	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	8
Pat Ferris	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Dayna Deruelle	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8
Mark Bice	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 7

January 29, 7:30pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	2	2	0	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	8
Mark Bice	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	9
Colin Dow	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	2	0	3	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Greg Balsdon	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 8

January 30, 9:30am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Rob Retchless	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Dayna Deruelle	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Charley Thomas	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 9

January 30, 2:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Pat Ferris	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Mark Bice	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5

Draw 10

January 30, 7:30pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	5
Greg Balsdon	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	X	X	7
Dayna Deruelle	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	2	2	0	3	3	X	X	X	X	10
Charley Thomas	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 11

January 31, 9:30am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	X	8
Greg Balsdon	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	3	0	1	1	2	X	X	X	X	X	7
Mark Bice	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 12

January 31, 2:30pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dayna Deruelle	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	9
Pat Ferris	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8
Charley Thomas	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	9
Colin Dow	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	8

Draw 13

January 31, 7:30pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	X	7
Glenn Howard	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Mark Bice	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	X	X	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	X	X	X	8
Pat Ferris	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 14

February 1, 9:30am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Colin Dow	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	7
Dayna Deruelle	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Balsdon	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
Charley Thomas	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	X	10

Draw 15

February 1, 2:30pm

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Dayna Deruelle	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
Greg Balsdon	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	10

Draw 16

February 1, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Glenn Howard	0	0	2	3	0	4	X	X	X	X	9
Mark Bice	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Colin Dow	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	X	7
Pat Ferris	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rob Retchless	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	5
Charley Thomas	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	4
Scott McDonald	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	8

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Scott McDonald	7								1	Scott McDonald	8
	2	John Epping	4								2	John Epping	2
						2	John Epping	8
						3	Glenn Howard	6
	3	Glenn Howard	7
	4	Charley Thomas	6

1 vs. 2

February 2, 2:00pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	7
John Epping	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

3 vs. 4

February 2, 2:00pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Glenn Howard	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
Charley Thomas	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6

Semifinal

February 3, 9:30am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Epping	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	X	8
Glenn Howard	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	X	6

Final

February 3, 2:30pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott McDonald	2	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	X	8
John Epping	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

2019 Ontario Tankard
Scott McDonald 1st Ontario Provincial Championship title

Qualification

Cash Spiel #1

December 14–16, Acton Curling Club, Acton^[6]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pools A & B W L Paul Moffatt (K-W Granite) 3 1 Joe Frans (St. Thomas) 3 1 Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 2 2 Charlie Richard (Highland) 2 2 John Willsey (K-W Granite) 2 2 Joey Hart (Whitby) 2 2 Dayna Deruelle (Harriston) 1 3 Brent Palmer (Burlington) 1 3

Pools C&D W L Ian Dickie (Mississaugua) 5 0 Rob Retchless (Royals) 5 0 Charley Thomas (Westmount) 2 2 Rob Lobel (Thornhill) 2 2 Richard Krell (K-W Granite) 2 2 Rob Ainsley (Royals) 2 2 Dale Kelly (Beachgrove) 1 4 Gregory Park (Oshawa) 0 3 Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford) 0 4

Tiebreakers

• Lobel 6, Krell 3
• Richard 6, Willsey 4

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Frans		6
	Lobel		10
						Lobel		2
						Thomas		8
	Thomas		9
	Richard		3
											Thomas		6
											Retchless		1
	Dickie		3
	Ferris		4
						Ferris		3
						Retchless		5
	Moffatt		3
	Retchless		4

Cash Spiel #2

December 14–16, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa^[7]

Team	W	L
Colin Dow (RCMP)	4	0
Greg Balsdon (Royals)	2	2
Steve Allen (Ottawa)	2	2
Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe)	1	3
Frank O'Driscoll (Rideau)	1	3

	Playoff					Semifinal					Final
						Dow		5
	O'Driscoll		4			O'Driscoll		4
	Elgie		3								Dow		3
											Allen		2
						Allen		6
						Balsdon		2

Cash Spiel #3

January 4–6, Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto^[8]

	A1 Event					Semifinals					To playoffs
	Mark Bice (Sarnia)		8
	Sam Steep (St. Catharines)		1
						Mark Bice		4
						Richard Krell		3
	Richard Krell (K-W Granite)		5
	Paul Moffatt (K-W Granite)		4
											Mark Bice		3
											Steve Allen		5
	Steve Allen (Ottawa)		6
	Douglas Kee (Ottawa)		5
						Steve Allen		7
						Wayne Tuck Jr.		2
	Frank O'Driscoll (Rideau)		1
	Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford)		8

	A2 Event					Semifinals					To playoffs
	Ian Dickie (Mississaugua)		3
	David Ellis (Leaside)		6
						David Ellis		9
						Pat Ferris		7
	Pat Ferris (Grimsby)		7
	Rob Ainsley (Royals)		5
											David Ellis		8
											Charlie Richard		5
	Greg Balsdon (Royals)		7
	Charlie Richard (Highland)		8
						Charlie Richard		8
						Michael Shepherd		6
	Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)		8
	John Willsey (K-W Granite)		2

	B1 event					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To playoffs
						Michael Shepherd		4
	Sam Steep		4			Paul Moffatt		6
	Paul Moffatt		6								Paul Moffatt		2
											Pat Ferris		7
						Pat Ferris		7
	Douglas Kee		8			Douglas Kee		3
	Frank O'Driscoll		3													Pat Ferris		3
																Mark Bice		5

	B2 event					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To playoffs
						Wayne Tuck Jr.		6
	Ian Dickie		7			Ian Dickie		2
	Rob Ainsley		4								Wayne Tuck Jr.		2
											Greg Balsdon		4
						Richard Krell		2
	Greg Balsdon		7			Greg Balsdon		5
	John Willsey		4													Greg Balsdon		6
																Charlie Richard		5

	C1 event					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To playoffs
											Wayne Tuck Jr.		5
	Sam Steep		1								Richard Krell		7
	Richard Krell		8			Richard Krell		7
	Frank O'Driscoll		8			Ian Dickie		1
	Ian Dickie		9													Pat Ferris		6
																Richard Krell		0

	C2 event					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To playoffs
											Paul Moffatt		5
	Rob Ainsley		8								John Willsey		9
	Douglas Kee		1			Rob Ainsley		2
	John Willsey		6			John Willsey		9
	Michael Shepherd		5													Charlie Richard		6
																John Willsey		5

	Playoff 1					To Provincials
	Greg Balsdon		7
	Pat Ferris		4			Steve Allen		3
						Greg Balsdon		5

	Playoff 2					To Provincials
	Mark Bice		5
	Charlie Richard		4			David Ellis		3
						Mark Bice		8

Open Qualifier

January 11–13, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene

	A event					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						John Willsey (K-W Granite)		10
	Cory Heggestad (Stroud)		8			Cory Heggestad		6
	Damien Villard (Galt)		3								John Willsey		8
	Ian Dickie (Mississaugua)		9								Wayne Tuck Jr.		6
	Douglas Kee (Ottawa)		1			Ian Dickie		6
						Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford)		8
																John Willsey		4
	Pat Ferris (Grimsby)		15													Dayna Deruelle		5
	Jordan Thin (Welland)		6			Joe Frans		5
	Joe Frans (St. Thomas)		7			Pat Ferris		6
	Dale Kelly (Beachgrove)		1								Pat Ferris		5
	Dayna Deruelle (Harriston)		10								Dayna Deruelle		6
	Rob Ainsley (Royals)		4			Dayna Deruelle		8
						Steve Allen (Ottawa)		0

	B event (top half)					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To B semifinal
						Cory Heggestad		8
	Jordan Thin		4			Dale Kelly		6
	Dale Kelly		6								Cory Heggestad		7
											Rob Ainsley		8
						Ian Dickie		5
						Rob Ainsley		6
																Pat Ferris		8
																Rob Ainsley		3

	B event (bottom half)					Semifinals					To B semifinal
											Wayne Tuck Jr.		5
	Damien Villard		6								Steve Allen		6
	Joe Frans		5			Damien Villard		5
	Douglas Kee		5			Steve Allen		10
	Steve Allen		11

	B Semifinal					B Final
							John Willsey	6
		Pat Ferris	9				Pat Ferris	7
		Steve Allen	5