2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard explained

2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host City:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena:St. John's Curling Club
Dates:January 29 – February 4
Winner:Greg Smith
Curling Club:St. John's Curling Club
Skip:Greg Smith
Third:Matthew Hunt
Second:Andrew Taylor
Lead:Ian Withycombe
Finalist:Andrew Symonds
Prev:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 4[1] at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre in Regina.

It was the first time since 2006 that the event was not won by Brad Gushue, as his team represented Team Canada at the 2018 Brier as defending champions.

Teams

Teams are as follows:[2]

Skip Third Second Lead Club
St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
St. John's Curling Club, St. John's

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

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Smith 8 0
Boland 6 2
Symonds 6 2
O'Driscoll 4 4
Harvey 4 4
C. Thomas 3 5
Skanes 3 5
Lockyer 2 6
D. Thomas 0 8

Round-robin results

January 29

Draw 1

January 30

Draw 2
Draw 3

January 31

Draw 4
Draw 5

February 1

Draw 6
Draw 7

February 2

Draw 8
Draw 9

Playoffs

Due to finishing the round robin undefeated, Smith must be defeated twice.

Final 2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204414/http://curlingnl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-18-Championship-Schedule.pdf . 2018-01-30 . dead .
  2. Web site: Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard: Teams.