| 2020 Ontario Tankard | |
| Size: | 200 |
| Host City: | Cornwall, Ontario |
| Arena: | Ed Lumley Arena[1] |
| Dates: | January 28 – February 2 |
| Winner: | Team Epping |
| Curling Club: | Leaside Curling Club, Toronto |
| Skip: | John Epping |
| Third: | Ryan Fry |
| Second: | Mathew Camm |
| Lead: | Brent Laing |
| Coach: | Jim Wilson |
| Finalist: | Glenn Howard |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2020 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 28 to February 2 at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ontario. The winning John Epping rink represented Ontario at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship.
John Epping won his second Ontario Tankard by defeating Glenn Howard 8–3 in the final.
Nine teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the CTRS standings (as of December 1, 2019).[2] Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking.[3] This is a reduction from the ten teams which played in the 2019 Tankard, making the number of entries equal to the provincial Scotties.
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTRS leaders | 3 | John Epping Scott McDonald[4] Glenn Howard | |
| Cash Spiel #1 | 2 | John Willsey Pat Ferris | |
| Cash Spiel #2 | 2 | Jason Camm Steve Allen | |
| Open Qualifier | 2 | Mark Kean Matthew Hall |
The team lineups were as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Allen | Rick Allen | Kevin Rathwell | Cameron Goodkey | Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa | ||
| Navan Curling Club, Navan, Ottawa | ||||||
| Leaside Curling Club, East York, Toronto | ||||||
| Zachary Shurtleff | ||||||
| Alex Champ | Terry Arnold | Scott Clinton | Westmount Golf & Curling Club, Kitchener | |||
| Charlie Richard | Tyler Twining | David Ronaldson | Chris Jay | Woodstock Curling Club, Woodstock | ||
| Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Kingston | ||||||
| KW Granite Club, Waterloo |
Final round-robin standings
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to Tiebreaker | ||
| 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--> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Epping (Leaside) | 8 | 0 | 65 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 8 | |
| Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) | 6 | 2 | 58 | 50 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 7 | |
| Scott McDonald (Cataraqui) | 5 | 3 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 7 | |
| Matthew Hall (Westmount) | 5 | 3 | 61 | 55 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 8 | |
| John Willsey (KW Granite) | 4 | 4 | 45 | 56 | 34 | 35 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pat Ferris (Grimsby) | 3 | 5 | 48 | 58 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 5 | |
| Steve Allen (Ottawa) | 2 | 6 | 47 | 50 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 11 | |
| Jason Camm (Navan) | 2 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 6 | |
| Mark Kean (Woodstock) | 1 | 7 | 35 | 62 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 4 |
All draws are listed in Eastern Time .
Monday, January 27, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, January 28, 12:15 pm
Tuesday, January 28, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, January 29, 8:30 am
Wednesday, January 29, 4:00 pm
Thursday, January 30, 12:15 pm
Thursday, January 30, 7:45 pm
Friday, January 31, 12:15 pm
Friday, January 31, 7:45 pm
Saturday, February 1, 8:00 am
Saturday, February 1, 4:30 pm
Sunday, February 2, 1:00 pm
December 20–22, Guelph Curling Club, Guelph[5]
January 10–12, 2020, Quinte Curling Club, Belleville
January 17–19, 2020, KW Granite Club, Waterloo