| 2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship | |
| Size: | 200 |
| Host City: | Elmira, Ontario |
| Arena: | Woolwich Memorial Centre[1] |
| Dates: | January 27–February 3 |
| Winner: | Team McDonald |
| Curling Club: | Cataraqui Golf & Country Club |
| Lead: | Scott Chadwick |
| Coach: | Sean Turriff |
| Finalist: | John Epping |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The 2019 Ontario Men's Curling Championship, better known as the Tankard, the 2019 provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 27 to February 3 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Scott McDonald team would represent Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba. The event is being held in conjunction with the 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship.
Unlike the 2018 event, the 2019 Tankard returned to having a round-robin format.
The original qualification process called for 10 teams to qualify from three cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 9, 2018).[2] However, CurlON announced on December 5, 2018 that a third CTRS team (Team Scott McDonald) would be allowed to directly qualify for the Tankard, as the team was in the top 10 in the CTRS standings at the time, and had a scheduling conflict preventing them from participating in the first round of cash spiel qualifiers (they were playing in the 2018 National). McDonald's direct entry took a qualifying spot away from Cash Spiel #2.[3] This change in qualification was not without controversy.[4]
| Qualification Method | Berths | Qualifying Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTRS leaders | 3 | ||
| Cash Spiel #1 | 2 | Charley Thomas Rob Retchless | |
| Cash Spiel #2 | 1 | Colin Dow | |
| Cash Spiel #3 | 2 | Greg Balsdon Mark Bice | |
| Open Qualifier | 2 | Dayna Deruelle Pat Ferris |
The team lineups are as follows:[5]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Kidd | Andrew Denny-Petch | Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto | ||||
| Codey Maus | Sarnia Golf and Curling Club, Sarnia | |||||
| Shane Konings | Harriston Curling Club, Harriston | |||||
| Jordie Lyon-Hatcher | R. J. Johnson | RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa | ||||
| Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||
| Punit Sthankiya | Zander Elmes | Grimsby Curling Club, Grimsby | ||||
| Scott Howard | ||||||
| Cataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston | ||||||
| Rob Retchless | Alex Champ | Terry Arnold | Scott Clinton | Royal Canadian Curling Club, Toronto | ||
| Fraser Reid | Westmount Golf and Country Club, Kitchener |
| Skip (Club) | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends< | -- DO NOT EDIT THE STANDINGS UNLESS YOU ARE UPDATING ALL INFORMATION FOR EACH TEAM--> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott McDonald (Cataraqui) | 9 | 0 | 70 | 32 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 10 | |
| John Epping (Leaside) | 7 | 2 | 63 | 42 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 12 | |
| Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) | 7 | 2 | 63 | 39 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 9 | |
| Charley Thomas (Westmount) | 6 | 3 | 56 | 48 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 12 | |
| Greg Balsdon (Royals) | 4 | 5 | 54 | 58 | 34 | 38 | 3 | 8 | |
| Dayna Deruelle (Harriston) | 4 | 5 | 53 | 65 | 38 | 40 | 7 | 6 | |
| Pat Ferris (Grimsby) | 3 | 6 | 50 | 61 | 35 | 41 | 8 | 10 | |
| Rob Retchless (Royals) | 2 | 7 | 48 | 62 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 10 | |
| Colin Dow (RCMP) | 2 | 7 | 48 | 65 | 32 | 39 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mark Bice (Sarnia) | 1 | 8 | 35 | 64 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 7 |
January 27, 7:00pm
January 28, 9:00am
January 28, 4:00pm
January 29, 2:30pm
January 29, 7:30pm
January 30, 9:30am
January 30, 2:30pm
January 30, 7:30pm
January 31, 9:30am
January 31, 2:30pm
January 31, 7:30pm
February 1, 9:30am
February 1, 2:30pm
February 1, 7:30pm
February 2, 2:00pm
February 2, 2:00pm
February 3, 9:30am
February 3, 2:30pm
December 14–16, Acton Curling Club, Acton[6]
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to Tiebreakers | ||
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December 14–16, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa[7]
| width=200 | Team ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Dow (RCMP) | 4 | 0 | |||
| Greg Balsdon (Royals) | 2 | 2 | |||
| Steve Allen (Ottawa) | 2 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe) | 1 | 3 | |||
| Frank O'Driscoll (Rideau) | 1 | 3 |
January 4–6, Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto[8]
January 11–13, Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene