2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Explained

2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
Host City:	Oakville, Ontario
Arena:	Oakville Curling Club
Dates:	September 4–7
Men's Winner:	Mike McEwen
Curling Club:	Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg
Skip:	Mike McEwen
Third:	B. J. Neufeld
Second:	Matt Wozniak
Lead:	Denni Neufeld
Finalist:	John Epping
Women's Winner:	Silvana Tirinzoni
Curling Club2:	CC Aarau, Aarau
Skip2:	Silvana Tirinzoni
Third2:	Manuela Siegrist
Second2:	Esther Neuenschwander
Lead2:	Marlene Albrecht

The 2014 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard was held from September 4 to 7 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. It was held on the second week of the Tour, and was the first event (along with the Good Times Bonspiel) of the Women's Curling Tour. It was also the first event of the Ontario Curling Tour season, and acted as the Ontario Curling Tour championship of the previous season. Both the men's and women's event was held in a round robin format, and the purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$30,000 and CAD$24,000, respectively.

Mike McEwen and his rink from Winnipeg became the first team from outside of Ontario to win the men's event, defeating Toronto's John Epping rink in the final. On the women's side, it was an all-Swiss final, with Silvana Tirinzoni's rink defeating her compatriot, Alina Pätz in the final. It was the second time a team from outside Ontario won the event, and the first time that no Ontario rink made it to the final.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[1]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
				Hamilton, Ontario
				Ottawa, Ontario
Matt Dupuis (fourth)			Doug Brewer (skip)	Cornwall, Ontario
				Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
				Toronto, Ontario
				Chicoutimi, Quebec
				Karlstad, Sweden
				Fort Wayne, Indiana
				Toronto, Ontario
				Guelph, Ontario
				Ottawa, Ontario
				Haliburton, Ontario
				Sudbury, Ontario
				Toronto, Ontario
				Toronto, Ontario
				Kitchener, Ontario
				Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Oakville, Ontario
				Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Saint-Romuald, Quebec
				Stirling, Scotland
				Toronto, Ontario
				Harriston, Ontario
				Guelph, Ontario
				Duluth, Minnesota
				Waterloo, Ontario
				Brantford, Ontario
				Calgary, Alberta
				Brampton, Ontario

Round Robin Standings

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Playoffs

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
				Toronto, Ontario
				Toronto, Ontario
				Madison, Wisconsin
				Thornhill, Ontario
				Richmond Hill, Ontario
				Toronto, Ontario
				Listowel, Ontario
				Mississauga, Ontario
				Brantford, Ontario
				Gävle, Sweden
				Thornhill, Ontario
				Sudbury, Ontario
	Shannon Harrington			Ottawa, Ontario
				Bern, Switzerland
				Woodstock, Ontario
				Rio, Wisconsin
				Uxbridge, Ontario
Breanne Meakin (skip) Hollie Nicol (fourth)				Ottawa, Ontario
				Coldwater, Ontario
				Ottawa, Ontario
				Ottawa, Ontario
				Baden, Switzerland
Roxane Perron				Trois-Rivières, Quebec
				Aarau, Switzerland
				Ottawa, Ontario

Round Robin Standings

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Playoffs

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 StuSells Oakville Tankard – Men's event – Teams. CurlingZone. 11 August 2014.
2. Web site: 2014 StuSells Oakville Tankard – Women's event – Teams. CurlingZone. 11 August 2014.