2025 Ontario Tankard

2025 Ontario Tankard
Host city	Cobourg, Ontario
Arena	Cobourg Community Centre
Dates	January 19–26
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The 2025 Men's Ontario Curling Championship, better known as the Ontario Tankard, will be held from January 19 to 26 at Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario. It serves as the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario. The winning team will represent Ontario at the 2025 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Kelowna, British Columbia. The event will be held in conjunction with the 2025 Ontario Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's curling championship. Both events are held together in non-Winter Olympic years.

Cobourg was chosen as the host community in June 2024. It last hosted the Tankard in 2017.[1]

Qualification process

Twelve teams will qualify for the 2025 Ontario Tankard. The top eight southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System as of December 16, 2024 qualified, as well as four teams from an open qualifier.[2]

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
CTRS standings	8	Sam Mooibroek Scott Howard Mark Kean Jayden King Alex Champ Jonathan Beuk Landan Rooney Kibo Mulima
Open Qualifier	4	Brent Ross Pat Ferris

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
Jonathan Beuk	Patrick Janssen	David Staples	Scott Chadwick		Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston
Alex Champ	Kevin Flewwelling	Sean Harrison	Zander Elmes		Royal Canadian CC, Toronto
Pat Ferris	Connor Duhaime	Kurt Armstrong	Matt Pretty		Grimsby CC, Grimsby
Scott Howard	Mathew Camm	Jason Camm	Tim March	Brad Wood	Navan CC, Navan, Ottawa
Mark Kean	Brady Lumley	Matthew Garner	Spencer Dunlop		Woodstock CC, Woodstock
Jayden King	Dylan Niepage	Owen Henry	Daniel Del Conte		London CC, London
Sam Mooibroek	Ryan Wiebe	Scott Mitchell	Nathan Steele		Whitby CC, Whitby
Kibo Mulima	Wesley Forget	Wyatt Small	Austin Snyder		KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Landan Rooney	Connor Lawes	Robert Currie	Evan Lilly	David Lawes	The CC of Collingwood, Collingwood
Brent Ross	Dayna Deruelle	Ryan Werenich	Shawn Kaufman		Harriston Curling Club, Harriston

Qualification

Open Qualifier

January 3–5, Oakville Curling Club, Oakville[4]

	A1 Side															To Tankard
						Brent Ross (Harriston)		6
						Jacob Lamb (Dundas)		5
											Brent Ross		7
	Noah Garner (Mississauga)		8								Michael Fournier		5
	Christopher Inglis (Dundas)		2			Michael Fournier (Toronto)		9
						Noah Garner		0
																Brent Ross		8
	Brett Lyon-Hatcher (Ottawa)		7													Brett Lyon-Hatcher		2
	Scott Ray (Tweed)		4			Brett Lyon-Hatcher		10
						Rob Ainsley (Toronto)		3
											Brett Lyon-Hatcher		7
											Warren Smith		6
						Daniel Hocevar (Toronto)		3
	Matt Dupuis (Cornwall)		7			Warren Smith		4
	Warren Smith (Port Elgin)		8

	A2 Side															To Tankard
						Travis Fanset (Tilsonburg)		7
						Carter Bryant (Brantford)		1
											Travis Fanset		6
	Evan MacDougall (Guelph)		9								Evan MacDougall		3
	Rob Lobel (Whitby)		4			Evan MacDougall		5
						Sam Steep (Waterloo)		2
																Travis Fanset		4
																Pat Ferris		6
						Mike McLean		6
	Mike McLean (Ottawa)		10			Pat Ferris (Grimsby)		7
	Owen Nicholls (Kitchener)		2								Pat Ferris		6
											Greg Balsdon		5
						Scott Brandon (Palmerston)		6
						Greg Balsdon (Richmond Hill)		8

	B1 Side																				To Tankard
																					Brett Lyon-Hatcher
																					Jacob Lamb
											Greg Balsdon		0
	Scott Ray		3								Jacob Lamb		6
	Jacob Lamb		5			Jacob Lamb		6
	Noah Garner		1			Matt Dupuis		4
	Matt Dupuis		5													Jacob Lamb		6
																Rob Ainsley		5
											Evan MacDougall		5
											Rob Ainsley		6
						Rob Ainsley		4
	Christopher Inglis		6			Christopher Inglis		3
	Daniel Hocevar		3

	B2 Side																				To Tankard
																					Travis Fanset
																					Michael Fournier
											Warren Smith		11
	Owen Nicholls		4								Sam Steep		6
	Carter Bryant		6			Carter Bryant		4
						Sam Steep		7
																Warren Smith		4
																Michael Fournier		5
											Michael Fournier		6
											Mike McLean		4
						Mike McLean		7
	Scott Brandon		3			Rob Lobel		4
	Rob Lobel		6

Notes

References

1. "Cobourg selected to host major Curling event in 2025". Brighton Today. June 13, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
2. "Competition Regulations". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
3. "2025 Men's & Women's Provincial Championships". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
4. "2025 Men's Open Qualifier". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.