| 2024 Ontario Tankard | |
| Size: | 200 |
| Host City: | Dorchester, Ontario |
| Arena: | FlightExec Centre |
| Dates: | January 24–28 |
| Winner: | Team Howard |
| Curling Club: | Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene |
| Skip: | Scott Howard |
| Second: | David Mathers |
| Lead: | Tim March |
| Alternate: | Glenn Howard |
| Finalist: | Jayden King |
| Prev: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2025 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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 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.[3]
| 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 |
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Keon | Curtis Samoy | Trevor Talbott | Mike Anderson | Richmond Hill CC, Richmond Hill | ||
| Alex Champ | Charlie Richard | Scott Clinton | Jess Bechard | Highland Community CC, London | ||
| Aaron Squires | Leaside CC, East York, Toronto | |||||
| Brandon Tippin | Mike Walsh | Edwin Knox Cleaves | Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg | |||
| Evan Lilly | Grimsby CC, Grimsby | |||||
| Zander Elmes | Leaside CC, East York, Toronto | |||||
| – | Glenn Howard | Penetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene | ||||
| 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 | Colin Schnurr | Wyatt Small | Whitby CC, Whitby | |||
| Kibo Mulima | Owen Henry | Kyle Stratton | Benjamin Pearce | Guelph CC, Guelph |
Source:[5]
All draws are listed in Eastern Time .[6]
Wednesday, January 24, 7:30 pm
Thursday, January 25, 9:30 am
Thursday, January 25, 2:30 pm
Thursday, January 25, 7:30 pm
Friday, January 26, 8:00 am
Friday, January 26, 12:15 pm
Friday, January 26, 4:30 pm
Saturday, January 27, 9:30 am
Saturday, January 27, 3:00 pm
Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm
Sunday, January 28, 10:30 am
Sunday, January 28, 3:00 pm
January 5–7, Oakville Curling Club, Oakville[7]