The 2018 Ontario Tankard, known as the Dairy Farmers of Ontario Tankard for sponsorship reasons is the 2018 provincial men's

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championship for

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, was held from January 31 to February 4 at the Canada Summit Centre in

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. The winning

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team represented

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at the

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. The event had a triple knockout format, rather than the traditional round robin event as done in previous years. The number of qualified teams increased from 10 to 12.

Qualification process

12 teams will qualify from two regional qualifiers (three each), a challenge round (three teams), the winner of the Colts competition, plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the

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(as of December 10, 2017). The east and west 'provincial qualifiers' are preceded by four regional qualifiers in which three teams qualify for the provincial qualifiers, plus the teams ranked 3-10 on the CTRS standings.

Teams

The team lineups are as follows:

Knockout draw brackets

The draw is listed as follows:

A event

B event

C event

Scores

Draw 1

''January 31, 2:30pm''

Draw 2

''January 31, 7:30pm''

Draw 3

''February 1, 9:30am''

Draw 4

''February 1, 2:30pm''

Draw 5

''February 1, 7:30pm''

Draw 6

''February 2, 9:30am''

Draw 7

''February 2, 2:30pm''

Draw 8

''February 2, 7:30pm''

Playoffs

A vs. B

''February 3, 1:00pm''

C1 vs. C2

''February 3, 6:30pm''

Semifinal

''February 4, 9:30am''

Final

''February 4, 2:30pm''

Qualification

The following teams have qualified for the east or west provincial qualifiers based on their ranking on the

and will not have to play in the regional qualifiers: *

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(Cataraqui) * Codey Maus (Highland) * Mark Kean (Woodstock) *

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(Brant) * Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) * Dayna Deruelle (Brampton) *John Steski (RCMP) *Steve Allen (Ottawa)

(Regional) qualifiers

Qualifier #1

''December 15–17, at the Renfrew Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *Connor Duhaime (Cookstown) *Willie Jeffries (Ottawa) *Mike McLean (Navan) *Spencer Richmond (Huntley) *Joseph Smith (Quinte) Brackets:

Qualifier #2

''December 15-17, at the

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, Mississauga'' Teams entered: *Rob Ainsley (Royal Canadian) *Roy Arndt (Dixie) *Matt Glandfield (High Park) * Rob Lobel (Thornhill) *Dennis Moretto (Dixie) *Gregory Park (Oshawa) *Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill) *Brandon Tippin (Cookstown) Brackets:

Qualifier #3

''December 16–17'' Teams entered: * Mark Bice (Sarnia) *Ryan Brown (North Halton) * Ian Dickie (Mississaugua) *Andrew Fairfull (Listowel) * Pat Ferris (Grimsby) *

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(Oakville) *Brent Gray (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) *Nathan Martin (Oshawa) *Rob Retchless (Royal Canadian) * Brent Ross (Harriston) *

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(Listowel) *Damien Villard (Galt) Brackets:

Qualifier #4

Teams entered: *Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) *

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(St. Thomas) (No event necessary, both teams qualify for provincial qualifiers)

East qualifier

''January 12-14 at the RCMP Curling Club,

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'' Brackets:

West qualifier

''January 12-14, Brant Curling Club,

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'' Brackets:

Colts Championship

''December 6-10 at the Midland Curling Club, Midland'' Qualified teams: *Andrew Fairfull (Listowel) *Chris Van Huyse (Scarboro) *Chris Wai (High Park) * Ian Dickie (Mississaugua) *John Young Jr. (Chatham Granite) *Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill) *Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa) *Terry Corbin (Brantford) ;Standings *Tie-breaker: Robillard 7-2 Van Huyse

Regional qualifiers

Qualifiers in bold. Two teams qualify from each event for the provincial Colts Championship.

=Qualifier 1

= ''November 18, Gananoque Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *Bill Sobering (Cornwall) *Billy Woods (Dalhousie Lake) *Chris Wai (High Park) *Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa)

=Qualifier 2

= Teams entered: *Andrew Skelton (Guelph) *Chris Van Huyse (Oshawa) *Craig Schinde (Dixie) *Derek Dobson (Richmond Hill) *Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill) *Nathan Martin (Oshawa) *Ryan O'Neil (Annandale)

=Qualifier 3

= ''November 18-19, Penetanguishene Curling Club,

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'' Teams entered: *Andrew Fairfull (Listowel) *Darryl Hartman (North Halton) *David Ellis (Leaside) *Gregory Park (Oshawa) * Ian Dickie (Oakville) *Scott Jennings (Parry Sound)

=Qualifier 4

= ''November 18-19,

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, St. Marys'' Teams entered: *Bill Buchanan (Welland) *Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) *Derek Shackleton (St Marys) *John Young Jr. (Chatham Granite) *Jonathan Duguay (Oakville) *Terry Corbin (Brantford)

Challenge round

''January 19-21 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay Triple knockout results: New teams: *Gary Grant (Lindsay) *Mac Calwell (Navy) Brackets:

References

External links

Official site
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