1992 Ontario Tankard


The 1992 Ontario Tankard, the southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 4–9 at the Nepean Sportsplex in Nepean, Ontario. The winning rink of Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh and Peter Corner from the Penetanguishene Curling Club would go on to represent Ontario at the 1992 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Regina, Saskatchewan.
In the final, 1987 World Champion Russ Howard beat Tankard rookie Mike Harris from Scarborough's Tam Heather club, 6–4. Howard scored a deuce in the first, thanks to a mistake on Harris' last rock. Harris couldn't muster a deuce or a steal of his own for the rest of the game, thanks to the strong takeout play by the Howard team. Howard considered a "tremendous draw" in the third to be the turning point in the game, and another deuce in the fifth pretty much put the game away for Howard. Howard won the game when he ran Team Harris out of rocks with a takeout on his final shot. He would end up curling 86 per cent in what was his sixth provincial championship. Howard went into the finals having amassed more than $100,000 on tour that season, and had a record of 51–4 following the tournament.
Harris, who was the youngest skip in the tournament at the age of 24, advanced to the final after beating Mike Altenhof of Chatham 9–6 in the semifinal. The Harris team had a poor record earlier in the season, and nearly did not want to even play in the provincial playdowns.

Teams

The teams were as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadClub
Mike AltenhofBrian ReRooyPeter DeKoningChris LumbardChatham Granite Club, Chatham
John BaseLarry SnowDean DartRon ScarrowOakville Curling Club, Oakville
Bob EdmondsonGraham MacEachernDoug PolePat OsborneHumber Highlands Curling Club, Toronto
Frank GowmanRob MooreTim ApelSteve MorrisonGalt Curling Club, Cambridge
Mike HarrisRichard HartCollin MitchellGeorge KarrysTam Heather Curling Club, West Hill, Scarborough
Russ HowardGlenn HowardWayne MiddaughPeter CornerPenetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene
Bradley MitchellRob HoustonDave DownerBrian RoseBoulevard Club, Toronto
Paul SavageGraeme McCarrelIan TetleyTodd TsukamotoAvonlea Curling Club, Toronto
Wayne TallonBruce DelaneyBrian EdgeKevin LemenchickGranite Curling Club, Ottawa
Bill WalshDave Van DineDave CollyerGord PringleRideau Curling Club, Ottawa

Standings

''Final standings''

Scores

Draw 1

''February 4, 1:30pm''

Draw 2

''February 4, 7:00pm''

Draw 3

''February 5, 1:30pm''

Draw 4

''February 5, 7:00pm''

Draw 5

''February 6, 1:30pm''

Draw 6

''February 6, 7:30pm''

Draw 7

''February 7, 2:00pm''

Draw 8

''February 7, 7:00pm''

Draw 9

''February 8, 9:00am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''February 8, 7:00pm''

Final

''February 9, 2:00pm''

Zone winners

Zone winners qualified for the regional playdowns, with the regional winners advancing to provincials.
ZoneSkipClub
A1Bill WalshRideau
1BTony LargeOttawa
2AMert ThompsettCity View
2BWayne TallonGranite
3AJohn McCoppenKingston
3BAlex ToshKingston
4ASteve NewhouseLindsay
4BBill HarrisonBobcaygeon
5ABarry ActonUxbridge
5BRon AllisonWhitby
6APaul SavageAvonlea
6BEd WerenichAvonlea
7ABrad MitchellBoulevard
7BJeff McCradyRoyals
8ABob EdmondsonHumber Highland
8BJim SharplesLambton
9ARon SpenceBrampton
9BPeter EllerShelburne
10ARuss HowardPenetanguishene
10BTim BelcourtMidland
11AAl HutchinsonBluewater
11BJerry BurrowsSouthampton
12AAxel LarsonGuelph
12BFrank GowmanGalt
13AMike RootSt. Catharines
13BJohn BaseOakville
14ABruce ParkBrant
14BBob McKinnonNorwich
15AKirk ZiolaHighland
15BBruce MunroKilworth
16ABob IngramRidgetown
16BMike AltenhofChatham