2023 Ontario Tankard


The 2023 Ontario Tankard,, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 24 to 29 at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario. The winning Mike McEwen rink represented Ontario at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier on home soil in London, Ontario where they finished fourth place losing in the 3 vs. 4 Page Playoff game to Wild Card #1 6–3.
It was the second straight year that the event was held in Port Elgin. The 2022 event had been subject to COVID-19 restrictions, capping attendance at 500 people per draw, so the organizers requested that CurlON hold the event in Port Elgin again. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship, which were held in Thornhill in 2022.

Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the 2023 Ontario Tankard. Two teams qualified via their results in the "Grand Slam" series events. Two teams qualified via their results in the Trillium Tour '1000' series events. Three teams qualified via their results in the Trillium Tour '500' series events. One team qualified via their results in the aforementioned Trillium Tour events, plus the CurlON 250 Event #1. The remaining four teams qualified via an open qualifier.
Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team
Top Grand Slam series teams2John Epping
Glenn Howard
Trillium Tour '1,000' Series2Pat Ferris
Jason Camm
Trillium Tour '500' Series3Alex Champ
John Willsey
Mike Fournier
Trillium Tour '250' Series 1Sam Mooibroek
Open Qualifier4Landan Rooney
Dayna Deruelle
Mike McEwen
Travis Fanset

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateClub
Jason CammIan DickieZack ShurtleffPunit SthankiyaDonald BowserNavan CC, Navan, Ottawa
Alex ChampCharlie RichardTerry ArnoldScott ClintonJess BechardWestmount G&CC, Kitchener
Dayna DeruelleBrent RossRyan WerenichShawn KaufmanAndrew ClaytonHarriston CC, Harriston
John EppingMathew CammPatrick JanssenScott ChadwickLeaside CC, East York, Toronto
Pat FerrisConnor LawesConnor DuhaimeRobert CurrieEvan LillyGrimsby CC, Grimsby
Mike FournierKevin FlewwellingSean HarrisonZander ElmesLeaside CC, East York, Toronto
Glenn HowardScott HowardDavid MathersTim MarchAdam SpencerPenetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene
Mike McEwenRyan FryBrent LaingJoey HartRoyal Canadian CC, Toronto
Sam MooibroekScott MitchellNathan SteeleColin SchnurrWyatt SmallWhitby CC, Whitby
Landan RooneyConnor DeaneJacob JonesAustin SnyderWhitby CC, Whitby
Aaron SquiresTravis FansetCraig Van YmerenScott BrandonChad AllenSt. Thomas CC, St. Thomas
John WillseyBrady LumleyMatthew GarnerSpencer DunlopOakville CC, Oakville

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern Time.

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 24, 9:30 am''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 24, 2:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, January 24, 7:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 25, 9:30 am''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, January 26, 9:30 am''

Draw 9

''Thursday, January 26, 2:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, January 26, 7:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Friday, January 27, 9:30 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, January 27, 2:30 pm''

Championship round

''Records from Round Robin carry over to the Championship Round''

Championship round results

Draw 13

''Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Saturday, January 28, 2:30 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinal

''Saturday, January 28, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 29, 3:00 pm''

Qualification

Open Qualifier

''January 6–8, Welland Curling Club, Welland''