2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

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2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host city St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena St. John's Curling Club
DatesJanuary 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
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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.

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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]

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Adam Boland Stephen Trickett Zach Young John Sheppard St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Paul Harvey Steve Bragg Andrew Manuel Mike Day St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Justin Lockyer Stephen Spratt Matthew Walsh Jason Noel St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Frank O'Driscoll Rick Rowsell Craig Dowden Ken Peddigrew St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Trent Skanes Nick Lane Jeff Rose Mike Mosher St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Greg Smith Matthew Hunt Andrew Taylor Ian Withycombe St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Andrew Symonds Mark Healy David Noftall Keith Jewer St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Colin Thomas Cory Schuh Chris Ford Spencer Wicks St. John's Curling Club, St. John's
Dave Thomas David Power Cody Parsons Travis Cormier Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
SkipWL
Smith80
Boland62
Symonds62
O'Driscoll44
Harvey44
C. Thomas35
Skanes35
Lockyer26
D. Thomas08

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.

Semifinal Final Final 2
2 Adam Boland 4
3 Andrew Symonds 61 Greg Smith 4
3 Andrew Symonds 9
1 Greg Smith 9
3 Andrew Symonds 6

Semifinal

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Andrew Symonds 00010031016

Final

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Andrew Symonds 020230101X9

Final 2

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Andrew Symonds Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg002020101X6
2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
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Greg Smith
1st Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Championship title

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard: Teams".