2026 Ontario Tankard

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2026 Ontario Tankard
Host city Elmira, Ontario
Arena Woolwich Memorial Centre
DatesJanuary 5–11
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The 2026 Food & Farm Care Men's Ontario Curling Championship, better known as the Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, will be held from January 5 to 11 at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning rink will represent Ontario at the 2026 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] Despite the event being held in an Olympic year, it will still be held in conjunction with the 2026 Ontario Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's championship.

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Qualification process

Twelve teams will qualify for the 2026 Ontario Tankard. The top eight southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System as of December 1, 2025 qualified, as well as four teams from an open qualifier. [2]

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team(s)
CTRS standings8 Jayden King
Mark Kean
Sam Mooibroek
Scott Howard
Michael Fournier
Alex Champ
Daniel Hocevar
Jonathan Beuk
Open Qualifier4TBD

Teams

The teams are listed as follows (as of December 8, 2025): [3]

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Jonathan Beuk Pat Janssen David Staples Sean Harrison Maurice Wilson Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston
Alex Champ Bern Bevan Stuart Leslie Travis Ackroyd Royal Canadian CC, Toronto
Michael Fournier Charlie Richard Punit Sthankiya Graeme Robson Whitby CC, Whitby
Daniel Hocevar Zander Elmes Joel Matthews Daniel Del Conte Dundas Valley G&CC, Dundas
Scott Howard Mat Camm Jason Camm Scott Chadwick Adam Spencer Navan CC, Navan, Ottawa
Mark Kean Brady LumleyMatthew GarnerSpencer DunlopMatthew Wilkinson Woodstock CC, Woodstock
Jayden KingDylan NiepageOwen HenryVictor Pietrangelo London CC, London
Sam Mooibroek Ryan Wiebe Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Wyatt Small Jake Higgs Whitby CC, Whitby

Map of teams

Black pog.svg Ontario Tankard Teams

Knockout Brackets

Source: [4]

A Event

First Knockout   Qualifier 1
Jayden King
Jonathan Beuk  
  
 
Scott Howard
Michael Fournier  
  
 
Mark Kean
Daniel Hocevar  
  
 
Sam Mooibroek
Alex Champ  
 

B Event

Second Knockout   Qualifier 2
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
 

C Event

Third Knockout  Qualifier 3
 
  
  
 
 
 
Third Knockout Qualifier 4

Knockout Results

All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00). [5]

Draw 2

Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm

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Alex Champ0
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Daniel Hocevar0
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Michael Fournier 0

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 6, 9:00 am

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Scott Howard 0
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Sam Mooibroek 0
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Mark Kean 0
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Draw 6

Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm

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Draw 7

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am

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Draw 8

Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm

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Draw 9

Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm

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Draw 10

Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am

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Draw 11

Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm

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Draw 12

Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm

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Draw 13

Friday, January 9, 9:00 am

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Draw 14

Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm

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Draw 15

Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm

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Playoffs

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C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

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A vs. B

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

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Semifinal

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

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Final

Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm

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Qualification

Open Qualifier

December 12–13, Simcoe Curling Club, Simcoe [6]

A Side  To Tankard
Jordan McNamara (Ottawa)
Matthew Coady  
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill)  
Jacob Lamb (Dundas)  
Christopher Inglis (Peterborough)  
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa)  
Weston Oryniak (Toronto)  
Riley Fung-Ernst (Waterloo)
Pat Ferris (Grimsby)
Ryan Mayville (Milton)  
Brent Ross (Harrison)  
Bailey  
Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite)  
Evan MacDougall (Kitchener)  
Landan Rooney (Toronto)  
Les Brownson
B Side   To Tankard
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 

References

  1. ↑ "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Competition Regulations". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships". Curling Ontario. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Men". 2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships. CurlON. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Schedule". CurlON. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2026 Men's Open Qualifier". Curling Ontario. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
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