Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship Explained

Northern Ontario Men's
Provincial Curling Championship
Established:1927
Current Host City:Little Current, Ontario
Current Arena:NEMI Recreation Complex
Current Champion:Trevor Bonot
Current:2024 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship

The Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA) Men's Provincial Championship, also known as the Northern Ontario Tankard is the Northern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Northern Ontario annually at the Montana's Brier. Northern Ontario has been represented at the Brier since 1927 despite not actually being a province.

Since 2024, the winning team receives the Al Hackner Trophy.[1]

Winners

YearTeamWinning club
Fort William Curling Club
Northern Credit Union Community Centre
Community First Curling Centre
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario[2]
Community First Curling Centre
Community First Curling Centre
Community First Curling Centre
Community First Curling Centre
Community First Curling Centre
Soo Curlers Association
Fort William Curling Club
2013Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden Soo Curlers Association
Soo Curlers Association
Brad Jacobs, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Scott Seabrook Soo Curlers Association
Soo Curlers Association
Copper Cliff Curling Club
2008 Soo Curlers Association
2007 Soo Curlers Association
2006 Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club
2005 Mike Jakubo, Jon Solberg, Luc Ouimet, Lee TonerCopper Cliff Curling Club
2004 Rob Gordon, Brian Fawcett, Steve Burnett, Jeremy Landry Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club
2003 Fort William Curling Club
2002 Sudbury Curling Club
2001 Fort William Curling Club
2000 Idylwylde Golf and Country Club
1999 North Bay Curling Club
1998 Port Arthur Curling Club
1997 Soo Curlers Association
1996 McIntyre Curling Club
1995 Fort William Curling Club
1994 Granite Curling Club (North Bay)
1993 Fort William Curling Club
1992 Thunder Bay Curling Club
1991 Rick Lang, Scott Henderson, Ross Tetley, Art Lappalainen Fort William Curling Club
1990 Soo Curlers Association
1989 Fort William Curling Club
1988 Fort William Curling Club
1987 Fort William Curling Club
1986 Soo Curlers Association
1985 Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud Fort William Curling Club
1984 Horne Granite Curling Club
1983 Tarentorus Curling Club
1982 Al Hackner, Rick Lang, Bob Nicol, Bruce Kennedy Fort William Curling Club
1981 Fort William Curling Club
1980 Fort William Curling Club
1979 Thunder Bay Winter Club
1978 Kapuskasing Curling Club
1977 Idylwylde Golf and Country Club
1976 Fort William Curling Club
1975 Bill Tetley, Rick Lang, Bill Hodgson, Jr., Peter Hnatiw Fort William Curling Club
1974 Idylwylde Golf and Country Club
1973 Don Harry, Morley Harry, Peter Wong, Art Mousseau Sudbury Curling Club
1972 Tarentorus Curling Club
1971 Thunder Bay Curling Club
1970 Tom Tod, Jim Carson, J. Carl Whitfield, Bill Hallinan Fort William Curling Club
1969 Kenora Curling Club
1968 Geraldton Curling Club
1967 Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club
1966 Bill Grozelle, Bob Grozelle, Ted Butt, George McIllwaine Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club
1965 Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1964 Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1963 Doug Gathercole, Lawrence Sauve, Bernard LeClair, Arthur Dubery Copper Cliff Curling Club
1962 Ron Redding, John Kostick, Al Hansen, Gord Peterson Kenora Curling Club
1961 John Polyblank, Frank Mcdonald, Earl MacInnes, Murv Smith Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1960 Granite Curling Club (Sudbury)
1959 Fort William Curling Club
1958 Kenora Curling Club
1957 Don McEwen, Jim Simpson, Don Smeaton, Bill Tetley Port Arthur Curling Club
1956 Copper Cliff Curling Club
1955 Granite Curling Club (North Bay)
1954 Granite Curling Club (Sudbury)
1953 Grant Watson, Don McEwen, Frank Sargent, Archie Grant Port Arthur Curling Club
1952 James Guy, Jack Pike, J. Leo Fregeau, Ray Parnell[3] Kenora Curling Club
1951 Copper Cliff Curling Club
1950 Tom Ramsay, Len Williamson, Bill Weston, Bill Kenney Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1949 Schumacher and McIntyre Curling Club
1948 Kenora Curling Club
1947 Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1946 Tom Ramsay, Wally Spencer, M. Gray Coughlin, Hugh Colquhoun Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1943-1945 cancelled due to World War II
1942 Sudbury Curling Club
1941 Don Best, J. C. Tuck, Tom Rushworth, George Sayles Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1940 Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1939 Dan Millar, Dunc Sutherland, Bill Beecroft, Lorne Umprhrey Haileybury Curling Club
1938 John Walker, Sam Caldbick, Bob Donald, Jack Gauthier Timmins Curling Club
1937 Emmett Smith, Dan Millar, Bill Beecroft, Melvin Robb Haileybury Curling Club
1936 Emmett Smith, Dan Millar, Bill Beecroft, Melvin Robb Haileybury Curling Club
1935 Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club
1934 Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club
1933 Jerry Abrams, Mel Charron, Tom Ramsay, Bert Elliott Kirkland Lake Curling Club
1932 A. E. Stephenson, R. W. Thomson, Charles Binkley, Jack McKinlay
1931 John Nicholson, James Shaw, George Murr, Lloyd Mason Sault Ste. Marie Curling Club
1930 Sudbury Curling Club
1929 Chapleau Curling Club
1928 Sudbury Curling Club
1927 Emmett Smith, Dunc Sutherland, Dan Millar, Mel Hunt Haileybury Curling Club

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Northern Ontario curling champions crowned. My Espanola Now.
  2. News: Heroux. Devin. Why Calgary was chosen as curling hub despite being a COVID-19 hotspot. December 4, 2020 . December 4, 2020.
  3. Web site: MacDonald Brier: Teams.