| 2026 Ontario Tankard | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Elmira, Ontario |
| Arena | Woolwich Memorial Centre |
| Dates | January 5–11 |
« 2025 2027 » | |
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.
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 method | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| CTRS standings | 8 | Jayden King Mark Kean Sam Mooibroek Scott Howard Michael Fournier Alex Champ Daniel Hocevar Jonathan Beuk |
| Open Qualifier | 4 | TBD |
The teams are listed as follows (as of December 8, 2025): [3]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Lumley | Matthew Garner | Spencer Dunlop | Matthew Wilkinson | Woodstock CC, Woodstock | |
| Jayden King | Dylan Niepage | Owen Henry | Victor Pietrangelo | London CC, London | ||
| Sam Mooibroek | Ryan Wiebe | Scott Mitchell | Nathan Steele | Wyatt Small | Jake Higgs | Whitby CC, Whitby |
Source: [4]
| First Knockout | Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jayden King | |||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Beuk | |||||||||||||||
| Scott Howard | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Fournier | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Kean | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Hocevar | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Mooibroek | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Champ | |||||||||||||||
| Second Knockout | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third Knockout | Qualifier 3 | ||||||||||
| Third Knockout | Qualifier 4 | ||||||||||||
All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00). [5]
Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Beuk | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Alex Champ | 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Hocevar | 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Fournier | 0 |
Tuesday, January 6, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott Howard | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden King | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Sam Mooibroek | 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Kean | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 |
Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Friday, January 9, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| A | |||||||||||||
| B | |||||||||||||
| C1 | |||||||||||||
| C2 | |||||||||||||
Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |||||||||||
| 0 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||