The 2014 Travelers Tankard, southern Ontario's men's provincial curling championship, was held from January 27 to February 2 at the Smiths Falls Community Memorial Centre in Smiths Falls, Ontario. The winning Mark Bice team (skipped by Greg Balsdon) represented Ontario at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Teams Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Shannon Beddows John Bolton Terry Jenkins Dave Farr Cannington Curling Club, Cannington *Greg Balsdon (skip) *Mark Bice (team name) Tyler Morgan Jamie Farnell Steve Bice Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton Mathew Camm (fourth) Jason Camm Brad Kidd Bryan Cochrane (skip) City View Curling Club, Nepean, Ottawa John Epping Scott Bailey David Mathers Collin Mitchell Trevor Wall Donalda Curling Club, Don Mills, Toronto Brent Ross (fourth) Jake Higgs (skip) Codey Maus Bill Buchanan Glencoe & District Curling Club, Glencoe Mark Homan Jeff Guignard Paul Winford Ron Hrycak Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa Glenn Howard Wayne Middaugh Brent Laing Craig Savill Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene Rob Lobel Steven Lobel Patrick Greenman Ted Anderson Thornhill Golf & Country Club, Thornhill Robert Rumfeldt Adam Spencer Scott Howard Scott Hodgson Collingwood Curling Club, Collingwood Craig Van Ymeren Matt Mapletoft Scott Brandon Shane Konings St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Jake Walker Dayna Deruelle Andrew McGaugh Michael McGaugh Chinguacousy Curling Club, Brampton
*Mark Bice skipped the team through the Zone and Regional playdowns, and thus the team was named after him. Greg Balsdon returned to the lineup as Skip for the Provincial Championship after missing 2 months due to injury. The team plays as a 5-man squad regularly during the Tour season.
Round robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends Mark Bice (Glendale) 8 2 71 56 42 35 13 10 Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) 7 3 74 38 37 29 11 10 Jake Walker (Chinguacousy) 6 4 52 56 41 31 20 8 Bryan Cochrane (City View) 6 4 80 63 39 38 5 10 Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) 5 5 73 68 44 38 8 14 Mark Homan (Ottawa) 5 5 61 61 43 38 15 16 John Epping (Donalda) 5 5 59 71 37 43 16 5 Robert Rumfeldt (Collingwood) 5 5 67 60 37 36 8 7 Jake Higgs (Glencoe) 3 7 57 70 34 49 10 9 Rob Lobel (Thornhill) 3 7 56 78 40 44 7 9 Shannon Beddows (Cannington) 2 8 54 82 35 41 7 10
Results Draw 1 January 27, 14:00
Draw 2 January 27, 19:30
Draw 3 January 28, 14:00
Draw 4 January 28, 19:00
Draw 5 January 29, 09:00
Draw 6 January 29, 14:00
Draw 7 January 29, 19:00
Draw 8 January 30, 14:00
Draw 9 January 30, 19:00
Draw 10 January 31, 14:00
Draw 11 January 31, 19:00
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 February 1, 14:00
3 vs. 4 February 1, 19:00
Semifinal February 2, 09:00
Final February 2, 13:30
Qualification Southern Ontario zones ran from December 6–15, 2013 with regional tournaments scheduled for January 4–5. 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 method Berths Qualifying team Defending champions 1 Glenn Howard Region 1 Qualifiers 2 Mark Homan Bryan Cochrane Region 2 Qualifiers 2 Rob Lobel Shannon Beddows Region 3 Qualifiers 2 Jake Walker Robert Rumfeldt Region 4 Qualifiers 2 Mark Bice Craig Van Ymeren Challenge Round Qualifiers 2 Jake Higgs John Epping
Regional Qualifiers In Bold
Zone Qualification
Zone 1 December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Teams entered: Ian MacAulay (Ottawa) Chris Delage (Ottawa) Alexander Dyer (Ottawa) Willie Jeffries (Ottawa) Matt Paul (Ottawa) Brian Lewis (Ottawa) Bowie Abbis-Mills (Ottawa) Paul Adams (RCMP) Mark Homan (Ottawa) Gary Rowe (Ottawa)
Zone 2 December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Teams entered: Greg Richardson (Rideau) Howard Rajala (Rideau) Dave Van Dine (Rideau)
Zone 3 December 7 at the Carleton Heights Curling Club, Ottawa
Teams entered:
Bryan Cochrane (City View) Stephen Watson (Renfrew)
Both teams qualify as the only teams who entered
Zone 4 December 7 at the Trenton Curling Club, Trenton
Teams entered:
Jeff Clark (Loonie) Bryce Rowe (Napanee) Dennis Murray (Quinte) Dave Collyer (Quinte) Don Bowser (Cataraqui)
Zone 5 December 7 at the Lindsay Curling Club, Lindsay
Teams entered:
Shannon Beddows (Cannington) Douglas Brewer (Peterborough)
Both teams qualify as the only teams who entered
Zone 6 December 14 at the Port Perry Community Curling Club in Port Perry
Teams entered:
Nathan Martin (Oshawa) Dave Fisher (Oshawa Golf) Mark Kean (Annandale)
Zone 7 December 14–15, at the Richmond Hill Curling Club, Richmond Hill
Teams entered:
Tom Worth (Bayview) John Epping (Donalda) Dennis Moretto (Richmond Hill) Dave Coutanche (Richmond Hill) Mike Anderson (Scarboro) Rob Lobel (Thornhill) Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill)
Zone 8 December 14–15, at the Weston Golf & Country Club, Toronto
Teams entered:
Roy Arndt (High Park) Jonathan Duguay (Oakville) Guy Racette (Royals) Rob Retchless (Royals) Kevin Flewwelling (Royals) Darryl Prebble (Royals) Josh Johnston (Royals) Peter Corner (St. George's) Paul Madgett (Oakville) Aaron Clark (Weston)
Zone 9 December 7–8, at the Milton Curling Club in Milton
Teams entered:
Ryan Myler (Brampton) Jake Walker (Chinguacousy) Rayad Husain (Chinguacousy) Denis Cordick (North Halton) Damien Villard (Milton)
Zone 10 December 7, at the Cookstown Curling Club, Cookstown
Teams entered:
Joe Frans (Bradford) Andrew Thompson (Stroud) Cory Heggestad (Orilia)
Zone 11 December 14–15, at the Curling Club of Collingwood, Collingwood
Teams entered:
Chris Ciasnocha (Collingwood) Peter Gilbert (Collingwood) Robert Rumfeldt (Collingwood) Kyle Long (Wiarton) Scott Ballantyne (Tara) Kyle Steele (Collingwood)
Zone 12 December 7–8, at the Fergus Curling Club, Fergus
Teams entered: Trevor Feil (Elora) Derrick Hodgson (Guelph) Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite) Andrew Flemming (Westmount) Peter Mellor (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
Zone 13 December 7–8, at the Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton
Teams entered:
Brent Palmer (Burlington) Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite) Terry Corbin (Dundas Valley) Simon Ouelet (Glendale) Mark Bice (Glendale) Scott Banner (Glendale) Kris Blonski (Dundas Valley)
Zone 14 December 7–8, at the Palmerston Curling Club, Palmerston
Teams entered:
Chris DeCloet (Harriston) Craig Kochan (Harriston) Mike Aprile (Listowel) A. J. Schumacher (Walkerton) Pat Ferris (Listowel) Daryl Shane (Wingham)
Zone 15 December 7–8, St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas
Teams entered:
Wayne Tuck, Jr. (Brant) Aaron Squires (St. Thomas) Peter Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) Rob Morin (St. Thomas) Jason Malcho (Stratford)
Zone 16 December 14–15, Ilderton Curling Club, Ilderton
Teams entered:
John Young, Jr. (Chatham Granite) Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) Bill Mitchell (Glencoe) Jake Higgs (Glencoe) Joel Moore (Highland) Scott McDonald (Ilderton) Chris Liscumb (Ilderton) Nick Rizzo (Ilderton)
Regional qualification Region 1 January 4–5, Quinte Curling Club, Belleville
Region 2 January 4–5, Lakefield Curling Club, Lakefield
Region 3 January 4–5, Alliston Curling Club, Alliston
Region 4 January 4–5, Dundas Granite Curling Club, Dundas
Challenge Round January 10–13, at the Brampton Curling Club in Brampton
References
External links Official site