2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena	RE/MAX Centre
Dates	January 20–25
Winner	Team Young
Curling club	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Skip	Nathan Young
Third	Colin Thomas
Second	Nathan Locke
Lead	Ben Stringer
Coach	Jeff Thomas
Finalist	Simon Perry
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The 2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard , the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 20 to 25 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Nathan Young rink will represent Newfoundland and Labrador as the host team at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. ^[1]

Having finished fourth on the CTRS standings for the 2024–25 season, Team Brad Gushue earned an automatic berth at the national championship. This means Newfoundland and Labrador will qualify two teams for the Brier. ^[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Club
Adam Boland	Stephen Trickett	Zach Young	Alex Smith		Rob Thomas	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Barry Coady	Mitchell Ryall	James Efford	Jeremy Babstock			RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Ty Dilello	Ryan McNeil Lamswood	Daniel Bruce	Aaron Feltham			RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Brandon Gillespie	Owen Cousins	Craig Hurley	Jamie Hynes			Goose Bay CC, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Simon Perry	Nicholas Codner	Brayden Snow	Carter Holden		Glenn Goss	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Evan Kearley (Fourth)	Scott Eaton	Shawn Hawco	Kenny Saunders (Skip)	Dylan Hancock	Shawn Kearley	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Cory Schuh	Scott McDonald	Spencer Wicks	Mike Mosher			RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Greg Smith	Carter Small	Scott Saccary	Sean O'Leary		Leslie Anne Walsh	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Andrew Symonds	Trent Skanes	Chris Ford	Keith Jewer			RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Parker Tipple	Spencer Tipple	Jack Kinsella	Jacob Hatcher			RE/MAX Centre, St. John's
Nathan Young	Colin Thomas	Nathan Locke	Ben Stringer		Jeff Thomas	RE/MAX Centre, St. John's

Knockout brackets

Source: ^[4]

A Event

	First Knockout												A Qualifier
					Simon Perry	7
					Andrew Symonds	4
									Simon Perry	7
									Parker Tipple	3
					Ty Dilello	3
	Parker Tipple	8			Parker Tipple	4
	Barry Coady	4											Simon Perry	4
													Nathan Young	6
					Greg Smith	3
	Nathan Young	13			Nathan Young	7
	Brandon Gillespie	2							Nathan Young	7
									Cory Schuh	5
					Adam Boland	2
	Cory Schuh	8			Cory Schuh	11
	Kenny Saunders	3

B Event

	Second Knockout																B Qualifier
													Simon Perry	4
	Brandon Gillespie	3
									Cory Schuh	7			Cory Schuh	10
	Andrew Symonds	8
					Andrew Symonds	5			Andrew Symonds	5
					Ty Dilello	4											Cory Schuh	7
	Kenny Saunders	3
																	Nathan Young	6
	Ty Dilello	11
													Nathan Young	9
									Parker Tipple	5			Adam Boland	6
					Adam Boland	9			Adam Boland	6
					Greg Smith	5
	Barry Coady	4
	Greg Smith	9

C Event

	Third Knockout																									C Qualifier
																					Nathan Young		4
																Simon Perry		7			Simon Perry		7
											Parker Tipple		2			Ty Dilello		3								Simon Perry		8
						Barry Coady		1			Ty Dilello		11													Greg Smith		6
						Ty Dilello		10													Cory Schuh		3
																Adam Boland		3			Greg Smith		10
											Andrew Symonds		3			Greg Smith		11
						Greg Smith		5			Greg Smith		9
	Brandon Gillespie		3			Kenny Saunders		4
	Kenny Saunders		4

Knockout results

All draws are listed in Newfoundland Time (UTC−03:30). ^[5]

Draw 1

Tuesday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Schuh	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	X	8
Kenny Saunders	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Parker Tipple	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	8
Barry Coady	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nathan Young	3	2	0	1	0	4	3	X	X	X	13
Brandon Gillespie	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 21, 1:30 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ty Dilello	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3
Parker Tipple	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Nathan Young	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	7
Andrew Symonds	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Adam Boland	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Cory Schuh	2	0	2	0	2	5	X	X	X	X	11

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Gillespie	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	3
Andrew Symonds	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	X	X	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kenny Saunders	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3
Ty Dilello	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	X	X	11

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Barry Coady	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Greg Smith	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	X	9

Draw 4

Thursday, January 22, 1:30 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Adam Boland	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	9
Greg Smith	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nathan Young	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7
Cory Schuh	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Andrew Symonds	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Ty Dilello	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	7
Parker Tipple	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Gillespie	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
Kenny Saunders	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4

Draw 5

Thursday, January 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Schuh	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	7
Andrew Symonds	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Parker Tipple	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	5
Adam Boland	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Nathan Young	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Smith	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Kenny Saunders	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet 6	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Barry Coady	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	1
Ty Dilello	1	2	5	0	2	X	X	X	X	X	10

Draw 6

Friday, January 23, 1:30 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Parker Tipple	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Ty Dilello	0	2	0	2	1	2	4	X	X	X	11

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	4
Cory Schuh	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Andrew Symonds	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Greg Smith	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	9

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nathan Young	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	9
Adam Boland	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	6

Draw 7

Friday, January 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Adam Boland	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Greg Smith	0	3	1	0	3	0	1	3	X	X	11

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Schuh	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	7
Nathan Young	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	X	7
Ty Dilello	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

Draw 8

Saturday, January 24, 1:30 pm

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nathan Young	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4
Simon Perry	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Schuh	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
Greg Smith	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	X	10

Draw 9

Saturday, January 24, 7:00 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Simon Perry	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	8
Greg Smith	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6

Playoffs

Source: ^[6]

	Semifinal					Final
						A	Nathan Young	5
	B	Cory Schuh	6			C	Simon Perry	4
	C	Simon Perry	8

Semifinal

Sunday, January 25, 9:00 am

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Cory Schuh	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Simon Perry	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	8

Final

Sunday, January 25, 2:15 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Nathan Young	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5
Simon Perry	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

2026 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard
Nathan Young 3rd Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Championship title

References

1. "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
2. "Pre-Qualified teams set for 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. July 18, 2025. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
3. "Teams". Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
4. "Triple Knockout (Seeded)". Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
5. "Schedule". Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
6. "Championship Round". Newfoundland & Labrador Curling Association. Retrieved January 5, 2026.