WFG Tankard

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WFG Tankard
Established1927
2019 host city Grand-Mère, Quebec
2019 arenaArèna de Grand-Mère
2019 champion Martin Crête
Current edition
Curling current event.svg 2019 WFG Tankard

The WFG Tankard (French: Tankard WFG) , formerly the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling association. The winner represents Team Quebec at the Tim Hortons Brier. The provincial champion receives the McIntyre Trophy. The event is often called the Quebec Tankard.

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Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Curling Team sport played on ice

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.

A separate team represented Montreal until 1931.

Qualifying

Ten teams play in the Quebec provincial. The provincial tour champion is invited, the three highest "Quebec points" qualifiers and six teams come from zone and regional playdowns (three from Eastern Quebec, three from Western).

Winners

YearSkipWinning Club(s)
2019 Martin Crête Etchemin, Grand-Mère & Mt. Bruno
2018 Mike Fournier Glenmore & Valleyfield
2017 Jean-Michel Ménard Etchemin
2016 Jean-Michel Ménard Etchemin & Mt. Bruno
2015 Jean-Michel Ménard Etchemin
2014 Jean-Michel Ménard Etchemin
2013 Jean-Michel Ménard Etchemin
2012 Robert Desjardins Chicoutimi
2011 François Gagné Chicoutimi & TMR
2010 Serge Reid Kénogami
2009 Jean-Michel Ménard Victoria & Etchemin
2008 Jean-Michel Ménard Victoria & Etchemin
2007 Pierre Charette Cap-de-la-Madeleine
2006 Jean-Michel Ménard Victoria & Etchemin
2005 Jean-Michel Ménard Victoria & Etchemin
2004 Daniel Lafleur Rosemère
2003 Guy Hemmings St. Lambert
2002 François Roberge Victoria
2001 Guy Hemmings St. Lambert
2000 François Roberge Victoria
1999 Guy Hemmings St. Lambert & Tracy
1998 Guy Hemmings St. Lambert & Tracy
1997 Don Westphal Buckingham
1996 Don Westphal Buckingham
1995 Steve Gagnon Kénogami
1994 Ghislain Doyon Amos
1993 Pierre Charette Buckingham
1992 Ted Butler Buckingham
1991 Kevin Adams Glenmore
1990 Kevin Adams Glenmore
1989 Pierre Charette Buckingham
1988 Lawren Stevenson Lachine
1987 Kevin Adams Thistle
1986 Gordon Hess Glenmore
1985 Don Aitken Lachine
1984 Rolland Pacquin Lachine
1983 Denis Marchand Laviolette
1982 Don Aitken CFB St. Jean
1981 Brian Ness Howick
1980 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1979 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1978 Steve Ducat Caledonia
1977 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1976 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1975 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1974 Jim Ursel St. Laurent
1973 Dave Moon Caledonia
1972 Bill Kent Heather
1971 Bill Ott Outremont
1970 Bill Kent Heather
1969 Earl Carson CFB Bagotville
1968 Bill Tracy CFB Bagotville
1967 Bruce Beveridge Glenmore
1966 Bill Tracy RCAF Bagotville
1965 Bill Tracy RCAF Bagotville
1964 Elmer Black Howick
1963 Bill Kent Heather
1962 Bill Armstrong Lachine
1961 Tom Welch Whitlock
1960 Ted Hunt Lachine
1959 Jack Bergman Outremont
1958 Bob Lahaie Cap-de-la-Madeleine
1957 Ken Weldon Caledonia
1956 Walter Smith Thetford Mines
1955 Olivier Samson Jacques-Cartier
1954 Bill Tracy Arvida
1953 Ken Weldon St. George
1952 Ken Weldon St. George
1951 Merle Thomas Sigma
1950 Herbert Simons Victoria
1949 Roderique Cote Matane
1948 Gus Amyot Jacques-Carter
1947 Robert Cream Victoria
1946 Ted Thompson St. George
1945 Robert Cream
1944 Billy McGerrigle
1943 Billy McGerrigle
1942 John Ross, Jr. Huntingdon
1941 Charles Handley Quebec
1940 Archie Bell Victoria
1939 Robert Cream Quebec
1938 Robert Cream Quebec
1937 Ormiston Roy Caledonia
1936 C. B. Bignell Victoria
1935 Billy McGerrigle Ormstown
1934 A. H. M. May Victoria
1933 Ren Fortier Thistle
1932 Peter Lyall Caledonia
1931 Peter Lyall Caledonia
1930 John Darby Huntingdon
1929 Archie Bell Victoria
1928 S. G. Newton Victoria
1927Mjr. Robert Whyte Quebec

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