CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association) is the governing body of

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is governed by the

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(NOCA). The CurlON sends a team to represent Team Ontario at all major Canadian Championships. The NOCA sends a separate team to all of these events. CurlON was founded in 1875. It was renamed from the Ontario Curling Association in 2016.

Championships

Ontario Tankard

The Ontario Tankard is the provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the

Tim Hortons Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

. Previous names: * Ontario Silver Tankard: 1927-1931 *1932: Round robin playoff between the winners of the Ontario Tankard, Canada Life Trophy and the Toronto Bonspiel. *1933: Winner was decided between a playoff between the winners of the Ontario Tankard and the Toronto Bonspiel. *Ontario Tankard: 1934-1937 * British Consols: 1938-1979 *

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Tankard: 1980-1985 *Blue Light Tankard: 1986-1995 *

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Cup: 1996-2003 *Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2004 *

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Cup: 2005-2006 *

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Tankard: 2007-2009 *Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2010 * The Dominion Tankard: 2011-2013 *Travelers Tankard: 2014 *Recharge with Milk Tankard: 2015-2017 *Dairy Farmers of Ontario Tankard: 2018 *Ontario Curling Championships: 2019–present

Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the provincial championship for women's teams. Unlike the Dominion Tankard, the Hearts included teams from both southern and northern Ontario until 2015. The winner of the Ontario Hearts goes on to play in the

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. Because the national champion returns the previous years champion to the event, if that team is from Ontario, they cannot defend their provincial championship. The national championship has been running since 1962, but the provincial championship has existed since 1956.

U-21 (Juniors)

The U-21 provincial curling championships are held annually in early January. The tournament is for curlers 20 years old and younger. A men's tournament has been held since 1950 and the women's since 1972. The winning team represents Ontario at the

Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The even ...

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National champions in bold.

Seniors

The Ontario Senior Championship is for curlers over 50. The winner represents Ontario at the

Canadian Senior Curling Championships The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curling ...

U18 (formerly Bantams)

This event is for curlers 17 and under.

Best Western Intermediates

The Ontario Intermediate Championship was for curlers over 40 (men's) and 35 (women's). It was discontinued after 2018. Champion skips (1993–2018):

Masters

The Ontario Masters Championship is for curlers over 60. The winner represents Ontario at the

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. (winners since 1993)

Mixed Doubles Challenge

First instituted in 2013 to send a team to the inaugural National Mixed Doubles Championship.

Gore Mutual Schoolboy/girl

This event is the provincial school championship, and teams represent their secondary schools rather than clubs. The boys event has been held annually since 1948. *2019 schoolgirl champion:

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(Megan Ford) *2019 schoolboy champion: Fellowes High School (Cole Lyon) Notable past champions *

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, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (2004) *

Tim March Timothy March (born April 28, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Scarborough, Ontario. He currently plays lead on Team Glenn Howard. Career Youth March skipped his high school team from Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute to a provincial Schoolb ...

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(2005) *

Patrick Janssen Patrick "Pat" Janssen (born May 12, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario. He currently plays second on Team John Epping. Career Youth Janssen skipped the University of Toronto men's curling team at the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Cha ...

(2005) * Mark Bice,

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(2002) * Steve Bice, Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School (2000) * Jason Young,

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(1998) *

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 champion ...

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(1995) *

Dale Matchett Dale Matchett (born September 1, 1975 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Alliston, Ontario. Matchett is a former provincial junior curling champion and a regular on the World Curling Tour. Career Junior career In his junior career ...

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(1994) * Pat Ferris,

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(1993) *

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 ...

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(1991) *

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, Fellowes High School (1987) *

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(1978) * Paul Savage, Don Mills Collegiate Institute (1965)

Wheelchair Championship

This is a mixed event, featuring

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. Champions: *2020: Cancelled *2019: Jim Armstrong, City View C.C. *2018: Chris Rees, Toronto Cricket *2017: Mike Munro, Ilderton C.C. *2016: Chris Rees, Toronto Cricket *2015: Chris Rees, Peterborough C.C. *2014: Mike Munro, Ilderton C.C. *2013: Ken Gregory, Bradford & District C.C. *2012: Mark Ideson, Ilderton C.C.*2011: Chris Rees, Toronto Cricket *2010: Bruce Cameron, RA Centre *2009: Ken Gregory, Bradford & District C.C. *2008: Chris Rees, Leaside C.C. *2007: Chris Rees, Leaside C.C. *2006: Chris Rees, Leaside C.C. *2005: Ken Gregory, Toronto Cricket

Men's Fairfield Marriott/Women's Challenge

This event allowed more amateur curlers to win a provincial championship. Only two members of a team were allowed to have won a zone crest in any other event except for youth events. In addition, only two members of the team could have won the provincial event before. All zone winners went straight to a 32 team provincial championship. This event was cancelled after 2018. Notable winners: * 2005 women's:

Cathy Auld Catherine "Cathy" Auld (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. She currently skips her own team out of Thornhill, Ontario. Career Auld was a longtime member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until ...

( St. George's Golf and Country Club)

Colts/Trophy

This event has historically disqualified the top teams in the province. In its final year, 2018, the winners qualified for the Ontario Tankard (men's) and the

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(women's). Notable past winners: * Sebastien Robillard (2018) * Chrissy Cadorin (2018) * Alison Goring (2014) * Mark Kean (2010) * Kimberly Tuck (2005) *

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(2004) * Chad Allen (2002) * Brent Ross (1997) * Adam Spencer (1994) *

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(1988) * Paul Savage (1968)

Junior Mixed

This event existed until 2016 and was replaced by the U21 Mixed Doubles championship. Competitors must be 20 years or younger as of December 31 of the previous year. Past winners:

U21 Mixed Doubles

U18 Mixed

Previously known as Bantam Mixed *2019 champions: Jordan McNamara, Alyssa Blad, Maxime Daigle, Laura Smith Notable past winners: *2013: Jeff Wanless, Jestyn Murphy, Hale Murphy, Leah Will *2012: Sarah Nuhn, John Willsey, Hilary Nuhn, Jean-Michel Barrette *2011: Jason Camm *2010: Tyler Sagan,

Carly Howard Carly Howard (born October 7, 1993 in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Tiny, Ontario. She is the daughter of four-time World curling champion and four-time Brier champion Glenn Howard. Curling career After winning the 2010 Ontario Ban ...

, Jason Camm, Joan Moore *2009: Richard Krell *2008: Lynn Kreviazuk *2003: Rob Bushfield,

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, Alex Coon,

Alison Kreviazuk Alison Blair Kreviazuk (; born September 27, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Kreviazuk was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and grew up in the Nepean sector of Ottawa. She was the longtime second for the Rachel Homan rink, playing with her from 2002 ...

*2002:

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*1998: Bobby Reid, Megan Balsdon, Mark Stanfield, Kelly Cochrane

Senior Mixed

Mixed curling for male curlers over 50 and female curlers over 45. Notable past champions: *2017: Rob Lobel *2013, 2015 & 2022:

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Silver Tankard

Chub Collins - Winners of the Ontario Tankard - 1903

In this event, each club that enters has two teams, who compete against other clubs, and scores are totalled in aggregate form. Regional and zone playdowns are single-knock out rather than double. It is the oldest of the O.C.A. events, dating back to 1875. The women's event has been held since 1914. The event served as a provincial championship from 1927 to 1931 with a team selected from with winning club representing Ontario at

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. In 1932 and 1933, the winner entered a playoff to go to the Brier, and from 1934 to 1937, the winner of the Brier trophy event of the Tankard went to the Brier. In 2022, the event format changed, with the men's and women's events being merged into one. The event is still a double rink event, except one team must be a men's team, and the other a women's team. Champion clubs since 1992:

Curling Club Championship

Champions

Grand Masters

This event is for curlers over the age of 70. The event is an open event, that women and men may enter. It began in 2007. Winners: *2007: Peter Barker *2008: Al Boyle *2009: Garry Holmes *2010: Peter Barker *2011: Austin Palmer *2012: Rod Matheson *2013: Art Leganchuk *2014: Bob Edmondson *2015: Benny Brock *2016: Ron Perrier *2017: Gerard Gidding *2018: Bob Edmondson *2019: Don Moseley-Williams

Provincial Stick Bonspiel

In this event, curlers must use a "stick" to throw the rock. "Sticks" are usually used by disabled and elderly athletes unable to throw the rock by sliding along the ice. The event began in 2007. Winners: *2007: Del Hicke *2008: Harold Peltzer *2009: Harold Peltzer *2010: Ed Ferguson *2011: Bruce Jeffrey *2012: Bruce Jeffrey *2013: Carl Glatt *2014: Carl Glatt *2015: Bruce Jeffrey *2016: Hugh Chesser *2017: Bruce Folkard *2019: Bruce Gillespie *2020: cancelled *2022:

Timbits Elementary School Championship

This event is open to elementary school students of any gender. Teams represent their elementary schools. The event began in 1993. *2018 winner: JD Hodgson Elementary School, Haliburton Past winners: * Tanner Horgan, MacLeod Public School (2012)

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Winners: *2006: Bruce Cameron ( RA Centre) *2008:

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(Bradford) *2010: Ken Gregory (Bradford) *2012: Ken Gregory (Bradford)

Ontario Winter Games

Winners: ;Men's *2002: Mike Anderson (Bayview) *2004: Shane Latimer (Winchester) *2006: Neil Sinclair (Manotick) *2008: Richard Krell (St. Thomas) *2010: Ben Bevan (Annandale) *2012: Doug Kee (Sarnia) *2014: Matthew Hall (Stroud) *2016: ''Cancelled'' *2018: Josh Leung (Whitby) *2020: Dylan Niepage (Coldwater) ;Women's *2002: Laura Payne (Prescott) *2004: Hollie Nicol (Bayview) *2006:

(City View) *2008: Crystal Lillico (Winchester) *2010:

Lauren Horton Lauren Horton (born July 21, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Pakenham, Ontario. Youth career Horton's Huntley Curling Club rink won the 2011 provincial bantam championship. This qualified her team to represent Ontario at the 2011 Canada Wint ...

(Huntley) *2012: Krysta Burns (Idylwylde) *2014:

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(Sudbury) *2016: ''Cancelled'' *2018: Rachel Steele (Port Perry) *2020: Emily Deschenes (Manotick) ;Wheelchair *2012: Chris Rees (Toronto Cricket) *2014: Chris Rees (Peterborough) *2018: ? *2020: Carl Bax ;Mixed doubles *2018: ? *2020: Mychelle Zahab & Sam Mooibroek

References

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Sources

*Soudog's Curling History Site *Curlingzone.com *Ontario Curling Association *Canadian Curling Association Curling governing bodies in Canada Sports governing bodies in Ontario Curling in Ontario