2026 Ontario Tankard

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2026 Ontario Tankard
2026 Ontario Curling Championships logo.png
Host city Elmira, Ontario
Arena Woolwich Memorial Centre
DatesJanuary 5–11
Winner Team King
Curling club Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg
Skip Jayden King
Third Dylan Niepage
Second Owen Henry
Lead Victor Pietrangelo
Alternate Cory Heggestad
Finalist Sam Mooibroek
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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, was held from January 5 to 11 at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Jayden King 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 was still held in conjunction with the 2026 Ontario Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's championship.

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Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified 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
Mike Fournier
Alex Champ
Daniel Hocevar
Jonathan Beuk
Open Qualifier4Weston Oryniak
Landan Rooney
Tyler MacTavish
Jordan McNamara

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [3]

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachClub
Jonathan Beuk Pat Janssen David Staples Sean Harrison Kibo MulimaMaurice Wilson Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston
Alex ChampBen BevanStuart Leslie Travis Ackroyd Royal Canadian CC, Toronto
Mike Fournier Charlie Richard Punit Sthankiya Graeme Robson Whitby CC, Whitby
Daniel Hocevar Zander Elmes Joel Matthews Daniel Del ConteAlex Hocevar 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 Cory Heggestad Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg
Tyler MacTavishOwen NichollsNathan KimNate ThomasNathan Scott KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Jordan McNamaraColton DalyJacob ClarkeBrenden LaframboiseSamuel Steep Rideau CC, Ottawa
Sam Mooibroek Ryan Wiebe Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Wyatt Small Jake Higgs Whitby CC, Whitby
Weston Oryniak Jacob Jones Noah GarnerMatthew Abrams High Park Club, Toronto
Landan Rooney Connor Lawes Robert Currie Evan Lilly Dave Rooney CC of Collingwood, Collingwood

Map of teams

Black pog.svg Ontario Tankard Teams

Knockout Brackets

Source: [4]

A Event

First Knockout   Qualifier 1
Jayden King 6
Jonathan Beuk 7 Jordan McNamara 4
Jordan McNamara 8 Jayden King 6
Scott Howard 5
Scott Howard 9
Mike Fournier 9 Mike Fournier 6
Weston Oryniak 8 Jayden King 7
Daniel Hocevar 4
Mark Kean 4
Daniel Hocevar 8 Daniel Hocevar 9
Tyler MacTavish 5 Daniel Hocevar 6
Sam Mooibroek 5
Sam Mooibroek 6
Alex Champ 6 Alex Champ 4
Landan Rooney 4

B Event

Second Knockout   Qualifier 2
Jonathan Beuk 8
Mike Fournier 9 Mike Fournier 2
Sam Mooibroek 8
Sam Mooibroek 6
Landan Rooney 2 Scott Howard 5
Mark Kean 9 Mark Kean 7
Scott Howard 8
Sam Mooibroek 9
Tyler MacTavish 6 Daniel Hocevar 4
Alex Champ 5 Tyler MacTavish 3
Weston Oryniak 7 Jordan McNamara 6
Jordan McNamara 9 Jordan McNamara 3
Daniel Hocevar 9

C Event

Third Knockout  Qualifier 3
Jordan McNamara 4
Jonathan Beuk 6 Landan Rooney 8
Landan Rooney 7 Landan Rooney 6
Scott Howard 7
Tyler MacTavish 7
Scott Howard 14
Third Knockout Qualifier 4
Alex Champ5
Daniel Hocevar5
Mike Fournier 7
Mike Fournier 6 Mark Kean 11
Mark Kean 7
Weston Oryniak5
Mark Kean 7

Knockout Results

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

Draw 2

Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jonathan Beuk Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01030102007
Jordan McNamara10202010118
Sheet B12345678910Final
Alex Champ00200021016
Landan Rooney Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020000104
Sheet C12345678910Final
Daniel Hocevar Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102110210X8
Tyler MacTavish020001002X5
Sheet D12345678910Final
Mike Fournier 21020030019
Weston Oryniak Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00402101008

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Scott Howard 00302010039
Mike Fournier Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020101106
Sheet B12345678910Final
Jayden King Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00010310016
Jordan McNamara00101001104
Sheet C12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek 20201000016
Alex Champ Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02000011004
Sheet D12345678910Final
Mark Kean 000200200X4
Daniel Hocevar Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg112021011X9

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Weston Oryniak Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02012010107
Jordan McNamara10100303019
Sheet B12345678910Final
Tyler MacTavish00102002016
Alex Champ Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg21010100005
Sheet C12345678910Final
Landan Rooney 0100100XXX2
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2011023XXX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
Jonathan Beuk 01020202018
Mike Fournier Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20104010109

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Jonathan Beuk 21001101006
Landan Rooney Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00110020217
Sheet D12345678910Final
Tyler MacTavish Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00001011003
Jordan McNamara20000100216

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Daniel Hocevar Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg11020001016
Sam Mooibroek 00102010105
Sheet C12345678910Final
Jayden King01010200026
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10101010105

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Mike Fournier 00100100XX2
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02012021XX8
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Mark Kean 003000020207
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg040000102018

Draw 10

Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Weston Oryniak Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000102002X5
Mark Kean 121010110X7
Sheet D12345678910Final
Alex Champ000020102X5
Mike Fournier Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg210201010X7

Draw 11

Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Mike Fournier 002001020106
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010210002017
Sheet B12345678910Final
Jayden King Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100310002X7
Daniel Hocevar020002000X4

Draw 12

Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jordan McNamara Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1010100XXX3
Daniel Hocevar0304020XXX9
Sheet C12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek 00102010206
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01010101015

Draw 13

Friday, January 9, 9:00 am

Sheet A12345678910Final
Jordan McNamara020100010X4
Landan Rooney Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101011103X8
Sheet D12345678910Final
Tyler MacTavish Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg230200000X7
Scott Howard 002012324X14

Draw 14

Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek 010201005X9
Daniel Hocevar Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201000010X4

Draw 15

Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Landan Rooney 10202000106
Scott Howard Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01030101017
Sheet D12345678910Final
Daniel Hocevar020200010X5
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg203012003X11

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
AJayden King5B Sam Mooibroek 6
B Sam Mooibroek 7AJayden King9
AJayden King7
C2 Mark Kean 6
C1 Scott Howard 3
C2 Mark Kean 10

A vs. B

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Jayden King Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02200001005
Sam Mooibroek 20001300017

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

Sheet B12345678910Final
Scott Howard 01001010XX3
Mark Kean Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10310203XX10

Semifinal

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
Jayden King Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10020110027
Mark Kean 02101002006

Final

Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
Sam Mooibroek Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10200102006
Jayden King02002020219
2026 Ontario Tankard
Flag of Ontario.svg
Jayden King
1st Ontario Provincial Championship title

Qualification

Open Qualifier

December 12–14, Simcoe Curling Club, Simcoe [6]

A Side  To Tankard
Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 7
Matthew Coady (Wiarton) 4 Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 5
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 0 Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 8
Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 6 Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 3
Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 8 Weston Oryniak (High Park) 7
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt) 4 Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 5
Weston Oryniak (High Park) 9 Weston Oryniak (High Park) 6
Riley Fung-Ernst (Westmount) 3
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 6
Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 7 Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 4
Brent Ross (Harriston) 7 Brent Ross (Harriston) 6
Scott Bailey (High Park) 5 Brent Ross (Harriston) 5
Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 6 Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 8
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 5 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 4
Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 6 Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 8
Les Brownson (Quinte) 1
B Side   To Tankard
Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley)1
Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite)7
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 5
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 8 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 6
Matthew Coady (Wiarton) 7 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 11
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt)2
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt)4
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt)7 Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 3
Riley Fung-Ernst (Westmount) 4
Brent Ross (Harriston)6
Jordan McNamara (Rideau)8
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 5
Scott Bailey (High Park) 2 Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 4
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 6 Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 5
Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 6
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 3
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 6 Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 9
Les Brownson (Quinte) 4

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 January 5, 2026.
  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.