2013 The Dominion Tankard


The 2013 Dominion Tankard, southern Ontario's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 4 to 10 at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario. The winning team of Glenn Howard represented Ontario at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.
Howard won his 15th provincial championship, and continued his record 8th straight title by defeating Joe Frans in the final.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Results

Draw 1

''February 4, 14:00''

Draw 2

''February 4, 19:30''

Draw 3

''February 4, 19:30''

Draw 4

''February 4, 19:00''

Draw 5

''February 6, 09:00''

Draw 6

''February 6, 14:00''

Draw 7

''February 6, 19:00''

Draw 8

''February 7, 14:00''

Draw 9

''February 7, 19:00''

Draw 10

''February 8, 14:00''

Draw 11

''February 8, 19:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, February 9, 2:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, February 9, 7:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, February 10, 9:30 am''

Final

''Sunday, February 10, 2:30 pm''

Qualification

Southern Ontario zones run from November 30-December 2, and December 7–11, 2012. Two teams from each zone qualify to 4 regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the two tournaments qualify to provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of a second chance qualifier. As defending champions, the Glenn Howard rink from the Coldwater and District Curling Club get an automatic berth in the Tankard.
Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team
Defending champions1Glenn Howard
Region 1 Qualifiers2Bryan Cochrane
Howard Rajala
Region 2 Qualifiers2John Epping
Darryl Prebble
Region 3 Qualifiers2Robert Rumfeldt
Dayna Deruelle
Region 4 Qualifiers2Wayne Tuck, Jr.
Pat Ferris
Challenge Round Qualifiers2Jake Higgs
Joe Frans

Regional Qualifiers In '''Bold'''

Zone Qualification

Zone 1

December 7–9, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Teams entered:

Zone 2

December 7–9, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Teams entered:

Zone 3

December 7–9, at the Arnprior Curling Club, Arnprior
Teams entered:

Zone 4

December 7–9, at the Royal Kingston Curling Club, Kingston
Teams entered:
  • Andrew Minty
  • Bryce Rowe
  • Greg Balsdon
  • Jeff Clark
  • Michael Bryson
  • Rob Dickson
  • Dave Collyer
  • Dennis Murray

Zone 5

December 7–9, at the Fenelon Falls Curling Club, Fenelon Falls
Teams entered:
  • Shannon Beddows
  • Connor Duhaime
  • Malcolm Florence
  • Dave Clark
  • Douglas Brewer

Zone 6

December 8–11, at the Oshawa Curling Club, Oshawa
Teams entered:
  • Mark Kean
  • Sean Aune
  • Jason March
  • Tim Morrison
  • David Fischer
  • John Bell
  • Bruce Jefferson
  • Rob Lobel

Zone 7

December 7–9, at the Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill
Teams entered:

Zone 8

December 8–9, at the St. George's Golf & Country Club, Toronto
Teams entered:
  • Dennis Moretto
  • Josh Johnston
  • Josh Grant
  • Darryl Prebble
  • Peter Corner
  • Wes Johnson
  • Ian Robertson

Zone 9

December 7–9, at the Markdale Golf & Curling Club, Markdale
Teams entered:

Zone 10

December 7–9, at the Bradford & District Curling Club, Bradford
Teams entered:

Zone 11

December 7–9, at the Chesley Curling Club, Chesley
Teams entered:
  • Brent Keeling
  • Al Hutchinson
  • Jeff Thomson
  • Chris Heath
  • Tim Johns
  • Steve Gregg
  • Scott Ballantyne
  • Joey Rettinger

Zone 12

November 30-December 2, at the Elora Curling Club, Elora
Teams entered:
  • Axel Larsen
  • Robert Rumfeldt
  • Koko Gillis
  • Dave Kuan
  • Jeff Hamley
  • Peter Mellor
  • Geoff Chambers

Zone 13

December 7–9, at the Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton
Teams entered:
  • Mark Fletcher
  • Todd Maslin
  • Rob Brockbank
  • Kris Blonski
  • Jon St. Denis
  • David Serwatuk
  • Simon Ouelet
  • Pat Ferris
  • Terry Corbin
  • Daniel Frans
  • Brent Palmer
  • Rick Thurston
  • Jackson Westoby-Willis

Zone 14

December 7–9, at the Listowel Curling Club, Listowel
Teams entered:

Zone 15

December 7–9, at the Aylmer Curling Club, Aylmer
Teams entered:

Zone 16

December 7–9, at the Forest Curling & Social Club, Forest
Teams entered:
  • Dale Kelly
  • Brett DeKoning
  • Mac Webster
  • Scott McDonald
  • Mike Pruliere
  • Tom Pruliere
  • '''John Young, Jr.'''

Regional qualification

Region 1

''January 5–6, Carleton Place Curling Club, Carleton Place''

Region 2

''January 5–6, High Park Club, Toronto''

Region 3

''January 5–6, Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira''

Region 4

''January 5–6, Glencoe and District Curling Club, Glencoe''

Challenge Round

''January 11–14, at the Orangeville Curling Club in Orangeville''