2026 Ontario Tankard

2026 Ontario Tankard
Host city	Elmira, Ontario
Arena	Woolwich Memorial Centre
Dates	January 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.

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 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	Weston Oryniak Landan Rooney Tyler MacTavish Jordan McNamara

Teams

The teams are listed as follows (as of December 14, 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	Ben 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
Tyler MacTavish	Owen Nicholls	Nathan Kim	Nate Thomas		Nathan Scott	KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Jordan McNamara	Colton Daly	Jacob Clarke	Brenden Laframboise	Samuel Steep		Rideau CC, Ottawa
Sam Mooibroek	Ryan Wiebe	Scott Mitchell	Nathan Steele	Wyatt Small	Jake Higgs	Whitby CC, Whitby
Weston Oryniak	Jacob Jones	Noah Garner	Matthew Abrams			High Park Club, Toronto
Landan Rooney	Connor Lawes	Robert Currie	Evan Lilly		Dave Rooney	CC of Collingwood, Collingwood

Map of teams

Beuk

Champ

Fournier
Mooibroek

Hocevar

Howard

Kean

King

MacTacish

McNamara

Oryniak

Rooney

Ontario Tankard Teams

Knockout Brackets

Source: ^[4]

A Event

First Knockout

Qualifier 1

Jayden King

Jonathan Beuk

Jordan McNamara

Scott Howard

Michael Fournier

Weston Oryniak

Mark Kean

Daniel Hocevar

Tyler MacTavish

Sam Mooibroek

Alex Champ

Landan Rooney

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

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jonathan Beuk											0
Jordan McNamara											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Landan Rooney											0
Alex Champ											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tyler MacTavish											0
Daniel Hocevar											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Weston Oryniak											0
Michael Fournier											0

Draw 4

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

Draw 6

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

Draw 7

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

Draw 8

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

Draw 9

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

Draw 10

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

Draw 11

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

Draw 12

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

Draw 13

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

Draw 14

Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 15

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

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

B

C1

C2

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

A vs. B

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Semifinal

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Final

Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

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 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.