The 2019 WFG Tankard (French: Tankard WFG 2019) the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 13 to 20 at the Arèna de Grand-Mère in Grand-Mère, Quebec. The winning Martin Crête team represented Quebec at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba.
The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Quebec's provincial women's curling championship.
The Martin Crête skipped rink (which had been skipped by 11-time provincial champion Jean-Michel Ménard in 2018 before he retired) won the event, defeating the 2018 champion Mike Fournier rink in the final.
Teams Teams were as follows Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Alek Bédard Louis Quevillon Julien Tremblay Charles Auclair Boucherville/Rimouski/Etchemin Martin Crête Philippe Lemay Eric Sylvain Philippe Ménard Etchemin/Grand-Mère/Mont-Bruno Martin Ferland Don Bowser Jason Camm Vincent Bourget Grand-Mère/des Collines/Trois-Rivières Mike Fournier Félix Asselin William Dion Jean-François Trépanier Émile Asselin Glenmore/Valleyfield/Drummondville François Gagné Jean-Michel Arsenault Erik Lachance Christian Bouchard TMR Scott Hill Scott McClintock Shawn Blair Shane McRae Ormstown Steve Holdaway Zackary Wise Stewart Yaxley Mike Chuipka Glenmore Mark Homan Mike McLean Colton Daly Gary Findley Des Collines Yannick Martel Jean-François Charest Carl Lévesque Stéphane Palin François Gionest Kénogami Stéphane Michaud David Jutras Sylvain Proulx Luc Bellefeuille Trois-Rivières Steven Munroe Maxime Elmaleh Jasmin Gibeau Philippe Brassard Etchemin/Thurso Jean-Sébastien Roy Robert Desjardins Pierre-Luc Morissette René Dubois Des Collines/Chicoutimi/Kenogami/Victoria Jeffrey Stewart Matt Kennerknecht Ben Vezeau Jonathan Spring Andrew Leigh Glenmore John Stewart Blake Stoughton François Hallé David-Lee Amos Valleyfield
Preliminary round Standings KeyTeams to Championship RoundTeams to Tiebreaker Pool AWL Fournier 6 0 Ferland 4 2 Munroe 3 3 Martel 3 3 Je. Stewart 2 4 Jo. Stewart 2 4 Hill 1 5Pool BWL Roy 6 0 Crête 5 1 Homan 33 Gagné 3 3 Bédard 3 3 Michaud 1 5 Holdaway 0 6
Scores The scores for the preliminary round were as follows:
January 13 Draw 1 Fournier 8-5 Munroe Ferland 10-7 Hill Martel 11-7 Jo. Stewart
Draw 2 Crête 11-5 Homan Roy 9-1 Michaud Gagné 9-3 Holdaway
January 14 Draw 3 Jo. Stewart 7-0 Munroe Ferland 8-4 Je. Stewart Martel 10-6 Hill
Draw 4 Homan 7-4 Holdaway Roy 7-5 Bédard Gagné 7-1 Michaud
Draw 5 Je. Stewart 12-5 Martel Fournier 8-5 Jo. Stewart Munroe 9-3 Hill
Draw 6 Gagné 6-2 Bédard Crête 10-2 Holdaway Homan 6-4 Michaud
January 15 Draw 7 Jo. Stewart 7-6 Hill Ferland 9-7 Munroe Fournier 10-3 Je. Stewart
Draw 8 Michaud 5-3 Holdaway Roy 12-7 Homan Crête 11-3 Bédard
Draw 9 Fournier 10-3 Martel Hill 5-4 Je. Stewart Ferland 9-4 Jo. Stewart 4
Draw 10 Crête 10-9 Gagné Bédard 9-5 Michaud Roy 8-6 Holdaway
January 16 Draw 11 Roy 9-6 Gagné Crête 10-0 Michaud Bédard 8-7 Homan
Draw 12 Martel 6-4 Ferland Fournier 11-3 Hill Munroe 8-7 Je. Stewart
Draw 13 Bédard 11-6 Holdaway Roy 6-5 Crête Homan 9-3 Gagné
Draw 14 Je. Stewart 7-6 Jo. Stewart Fournier 8-2 Ferland Munroe 9-7 Martel
Tiebreakers January 17, 09:00 Homan 7-2 Gagné Munroe 5-4 Martel
Championship round Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
Skip WL Roy 9 0 Fournier 8 1 Crête 7 2 Homan 5 4 Ferland 4 5 Munroe 3 6
Scores January 17 Draw 15 Crête 10-6 Ferland Roy 7-4 Munroe Fournier 9-7 Homan
Draw 16 Homan 8-3 Munroe Fournier 7-4 Crête Roy 11-4 Ferland
January 18 Draw 17 Roy 7-5 Fournier Homan 8-2 Ferland Crête 8-2 Munroe
Playoffs
1 vs 2 Friday, January 19, 09:00
3 vs 4 Friday, January 19, 09:00
Semifinal Saturday, January 19, 15:00
Final Sunday, January 20, 13:00
References
External links Official website