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Ocean Contractors Men's Curling Championship | |
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Established | 1927 |
2025 host city | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
2025 arena | Halifax Curling Club |
2025 champion | Owen Purcell |
Current edition | |
The Ocean Contractors Men's Curling Championship is the Nova Scotia provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by the Nova Scotia Curling Association. The winner represents Team Nova Scotia at the Montana's Brier.
Previously, it was known as the Johnson Cup (1927-1939); British Consols (1940-1979), the Labatt Tankard, Keith's Tankard, Molson Scotia Cup, Molson Coors Tankard (2013-2014), Clearwater Men's Provincial Championship (2015), the East Coast Credit Union Tankard (2016), the Deloitte Tankard (2017–2020), the Nova Scotia Tankard (2023), and the Ocean Contractors Tankard (2024).
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