The 2009 TSC Stores Tankard was the 2009 edition of the Ontario provincial men's curling tournament. It was held on February 2-8 at the

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. The winning team represented Ontario at the

2009 Tim Hortons Brier The 2009 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 7–15 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary. The Brier was billed as one of the best in history, as it included six former champion skips, as well as ...

in Calgary,

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(who ended the tournament second in the standings).

Teams

* Throws third stones

Standings

Results

Draw 1

February 2, 14:00

Draw 2

February 2, 19:45

Draw 3

February 3, 14:00

Draw 4

February 3, 19:00

Draw 5

February 4, 14:00

Draw 6

February 4, 19:00

Draw 7

February 5, 14:00

Draw 8

February 5, 19:00

Draw 9

February 6, 14:00

Playoffs

3 vs. 4

''February 6, 1900''

1 vs. 2

''February 7, 1400''

Semifinal

''February 7, 1900''

Final

Qualification

The tournament will consist of ten teams. Two from each of Southern Ontario's four regions and two from a provincial "last chance" qualification tournament. Teams from

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will play in that region's provincial championship. Each of the four regions consist of four zones where two teams from which qualify for the regional tournaments.

Zones

Teams in bold advanced to regionals. Teams in ''italics'' elected to play in the challenge round (see below).

Zone 1

December 5-7, Navan Curling Club (

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) Teams: *Jeff Comer (Cornwall) *Dave Murphy (Glengarry) *Ken Sullivan (Metcalfe) *''Gilles Allaire'' ( Ottawa) *''Willie Jeffries'' (Ottawa) *Justin Chubaty (RCMP) *Charles Wert (Cornwall) *Brian Fleischhaker (Ottawa) *Matthew Paul (Ottawa)

Zone 2

December 20-23,

Rideau Curling Club The Rideau Curling Club is a curling facility and organization located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1888, the Rideau Curling Club maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa Curling Club. History The original club began operation in November, ...

( Ottawa) Teams: *Bill Blad (Rideau) *Brian Benning (Rideau) *''Gary Rowe'' (Rideau) *''

Howard Rajala Howard John "Howie" Rajala (born February 12, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Kanata, Ontario. He curls out of the Rideau Curling Club. In 2023 his rink won the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, R ...

'' (Rideau) *Dan Baird (Rideau) *Blair Dawes (Rideau) *J. P. Lachance (Rideau) *Daryl Smith (Rideau) * Bryan Cochrane (Rideau)

Zone 3

December 20-22, Carleton Place Curling Club (

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) Teams: *''Doug Johnston'' (Arnprior) *Steve Lodge (Carleton Place) *Jeff McCrady (Carleton Place) *Art Miskew (City View) *Joshua Adams (Granite) *Damien Villard (Renfrew) *

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(Arnprior)

Zone 4

December 19-21, Marmora & Area Curling Club ( Marmora) Teams: *''Rob Dickson'' (Land O'Lakes) *''Bryce Rowe'' (Land O'Lakes) *Dave Collyer (Quinte) *Alex Tosh (Royal Kingston) *Scott Kerr (Trenton) *''

Greg Balsdon Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Curling career Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champio ...

'' (Loonie) *Jim Marshall (Land O'Lakes) *Ryan Ward (Quinte) *Paul Aitken (Trenton)

Zone 5

December 6-8, Bobcaygeon Curling Club (

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) Teams: *Jake Speedie (Beaverton) *Dave Nigh (Lindsay) *''

Mark Bice Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He used to skip a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2 ...

'' (Peterborough) *John Collins (Peterborough) *Wayne Shea (Bobcaygeon) *Lee Cooper (Lakefield)

Zone 6

December 5-7, Annandale Country Club (

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) Teams: *Blair Metrakos (Annandale) *Wes Johnson (Anandale) *Jeff Clark (Dalewood) *Brian Suddard (Oshawa) *Jim Thedorf (Oshawa) * Jon St. Denis (Oshawa) *''

Joe Frans Joseph Mark Frans (born July 1, 1975 in Grimsby, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Guelph, Ontario. Frans is most notable for being a two-time provincial champion and for being suspended from competitive curling for cocaine usage. Career Fran ...

'' (Oshawa) *Rob Steele (Port Perry) *Troy Winch (Sutton) *Bruce Jefferson (Uxbridge) *Greg Timbers (Uxbridge) *Gary Grant (Uxbridge) * Rob Lobel (Whitby) *Tim Morrison (Whitby) *John Bell (Unionville) *Scott McPherson (Unionville)

Zone 7

December 19-21,

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( Richmond Hill) Teams: *

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(Donalda) *Dennis Elgie (East York) *Richard Van Dine (

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) *Norm McGlaughlin (Leaside) *Gregg Truscott (Scarboro) *Mike Maddin (Richmond Hill) *Ian Robertson (Thornhill) *Eric Doner (York) *Adrian Ritchie (East York) *''

Darryl Prebble Darryl Prebble (born March 9, 1978) is a Canadian curler. Prebble has curled off and on the World Curling Tour since 1999. He has played with skips such as Pat Ferris, Greg Balsdon, Peter Steski, Peter Corner and John Epping. He also skipped ...

'' (Scarboro) *

Collin Mitchell Collin Mitchell (born September 23, 1969 in Freeport, Bahamas) is a Canadian curler and coach from Brooklin, Ontario. He is an Olympic silver medallist. He received a silver medal with the Mike Harris curling team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in ...

(Scarboro) *Guy Racette (Scarboro) *Michael Keon (Richmond Hill) *Jim Dyas (Richmond Hill) *Dennis Moretto (Richmond Hill) *Jeff Flanagan ( Toronto Cricket)

Zone 8

December 20-23, Dixie Curling Club ( Mississauga) Teams: *Kevin Flewwelling (Royal Canadian) *Scott McFadyen (High Park) *Bill Duck ( St. George's) *

Wayne Middaugh Robert Wayne Middaugh (born September 20, 1967) is a Canadian curler. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Middaugh resides in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (known as the Brier) at t ...

(St. George's) *''Jim Wilson'' (Oakville) *Paul Gareau (Oakville)

Zone 9

December 5-7, Markdale Golf & Curling Club ( Markdale) Teams: *Len McNichol (Chinguacousy) *Trevor Coburn (Markdale) *Alex Foster (North Halton) *Denis Cordick (North Halton) *

Peter Corner Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario. Career Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin Wayne Middaugh and the brothers ...

(Brampton) *Steve Oldford (Milton)

Zone 10

December 19-21,

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(

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) Teams: *Rick Dafoe (Bradford) *''

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'' (Churchill) *Kevin Flemming (Elmvale) *G.W. King (Midland) *Bill Harrison (Penetanguishene) *Andrew Thompson (Stroud) *Bill Irwin (Barrie) *

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(Coldwater)

Zone 11

December 5-7, Southampton Curling Club (

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) Teams: *Dave Twining (Blue Water) *Al Hutchinson (Blue Water) *Pat Duggan (Meaford) *Curtis Cassidy (Port Elgin) *Terry Corbin (Port Elgin) * Cory Heggestad (Collingwood) *Al Corbeil (Collingwood)

Zone 12

December 5-7, Westmount Golf & Country Club ( Kitchener) Teams: *''Trevor Feil'' (Elora) *Gary Darroch (Fergus) *Scott Hodgson (Guelph) *''Andrew Fairfull'' (Guelph) *Marc Joyce (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *'' Daryl Shane'' (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) * Mike Anderson (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) * Mark Kean (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *Peter Mellor (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *Greg Houston (Westmount) *Steve Szymanski (Guelph) *Ryan Sayer (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *Scott McLean (Westmount)

Zone 13

December 20-22, St. Catharines Curling Club ( St. Catharines) Teams: * Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite) *Todd Maslin (Dundas Granite) *Bill Mackay (Dundas Valley) *Matt Wilkinson (Glanford) *Drew Macklin (Glendale) *Joe Lococo (Niagara Falls) *Shane McCready (St. Catharines Golf) *Daniel Frans (St. Catharines Golf) *Mike Rowe (Burlington) *Todd Brandwood (Glendale) *

Pat Ferris Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975 in North York, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team. Career Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his Sutton District High Schoo ...

(Grimsby) *Simon Ouellet (Grimsby) *Kris Blonski (Dundas Valley) *Garth Mitchell (St. Catharines)

Zone 14

December 5-7, Teeswater Curling Club ( Teeswater) Teams: *Michael Schumacher (Teeswater) *Mike Niesen (Walkerton) * Jake Higgs (Harriston) *Steve Rathwell (Listowel)

Zone 15

December 19-21, Stratford Country Club ( Stratford) Teams: *'' Chad Allen'' (Brant) *Aaron Ward (Simcoe) *Ken Patterson (Tillsonburg) *''

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'' (Woodstock) *Gareth Parry (Brant) *Mark Futcher (St. Thomas)

Zone 16

December 5-7, Forest Curling & Social Club (

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) Teams: *Jerry Ferster (Chatham) *Phil Daniel (Chatham) *Shawn Hartle (Forest) *

Kirk Ziola Kirk D. J. Ziola2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. Ziola is originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, and in 1983 won the provincial championship. His rink from Estevan, Saskatchewan represented the p ...

(Highland) *Ean MacDonald (London) *Bob Ingram (Ridgetown) *Al Beaucage (Sarnia) *''Peter Steski'' (Sarnia) *''Robert Stafford'' (Chatham) *Jeff Young (Heritage Heights) *Mike McLean (Ilderton) *Perry Smyth (Sydenham)

Regions

All on January 3-4 weekend

Region 1 (Zones 1-4)

Carleton Heights Curling Club, Ottawa

Region 2 (Zones 5-8)

St. George's Golf & Country Club, Etobicoke, Toronto

Region 3 (Zones 9-12)

Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira

Region 4 (Zones 11-16)

Sarnia Golf & Curling Club,

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Challenge Round

Challenge rounds will be held January 16-19 at the

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in Trenton and the Grey Granite Club in

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to determine the last two spots. Both rounds are double knock-out

East Challenge Round

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