The 2024 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 24 to 28 at FlightExec Centre in Dorchester, Ontario. The winning Scott Howard rink represented Ontario at the 2024 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Regina, Saskatchewan. The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship. Both events are held together in non-Winter Olympic years.
The Municipality of Thames Centre provided $10,000 of seed money to host the event, which is expected to attract 18,000 too 20,000 visitors.
When Jayden King and Kibo Mulima played against each other in the C event, it marked the first time that two Black skips faced off against each other at the provincial championship.
Qualification process Twelve teams qualified for the 2024 Ontario Tankard. The top four southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System as of December 18, 2023 qualified, as well as the next four teams based on points accumulated in Ontario only events (St. Catharines Golf & CC Cash Spiel, Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, KW Fall Classic, AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, Capital Curling Fall Open, Stu Sells Tankard, Capital Curling Classic, Players Open, Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel, Capital Curling Valley Open, Comco Cash Spiel, Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic, Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic). The remaining four teams qualify from an open qualifier.
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) CTRS Overall 4 Sam Mooibroek John Epping Glenn Howard Pat Ferris CTRS Ontario only 4 Mark Kean Mike Fournier Jayden King Alex Champ Open Qualifier 4 Kibo Mulima Travis Fanset Christopher Inglis Greg Balsdon
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club Greg Balsdon Jordan Keon Curtis Samoy Trevor Talbott Mike Anderson Richmond Hill CC, Richmond Hill Alex Champ Charlie Richard Austin Snyder Scott Clinton Jess Bechard Highland Community CC, London John Epping Mat Camm Pat Janssen Jason Camm Aaron Squires Leaside CC, East York, Toronto Travis Fanset Brandon Tippin Chad Allen Mike Walsh Edwin Knox Cleaves Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg Pat Ferris Landan Rooney Connor Duhaime Robert Currie Evan Lilly Grimsby CC, Grimsby Mike Fournier Kevin Flewwelling Sean Harrison Zander Elmes Leaside CC, East York, Toronto Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March – Glenn Howard Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene Mark Kean Brady Lumley Matthew Garner Spencer Dunlop John Gabel Oakville CC, Oakville Jayden King Dylan Niepage Gavin Lydiate Daniel Del Conte London CC, London Jacob Jones (Fourth) Christopher Inglis (Skip) Nathan Lohnes Liam Little Dundas Valley G&CC, Dundas, Hamilton Sam Mooibroek Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Colin Schnurr Wyatt Small Whitby CC, Whitby Kibo Mulima Owen Henry Kyle Stratton Matt Duizer Benjamin Pearce Guelph CC, Guelph
Map of teams
Knockout brackets Source:
A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout results All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).
Draw 7 Wednesday, January 24, 7:30 pm
Draw 8 Thursday, January 25, 9:30 am
Draw 9 Thursday, January 25, 2:30 pm
Draw 10 Thursday, January 25, 7:30 pm
Draw 11 Friday, January 26, 8:00 am
Draw 12 Friday, January 26, 12:15 pm
Draw 13 Friday, January 26, 4:30 pm
Draw 15 Saturday, January 27, 9:30 am
Draw 16 Saturday, January 27, 3:00 pm
Playoffs
A vs. B Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm
C1 vs. C2 Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm
Semifinal Sunday, January 28, 10:30 am
Final Sunday, January 28, 3:00 pm
Qualification
Open Qualifier January 5–7, Oakville Curling Club, Oakville
Notes
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