Travelers Tankard

The Travelers Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier. Listed below are the list of Ontario's representatives at the Brier that year. Brier champions indicated in bold. From 1927 to 1931, the Toronto area also sent a team to the Brier. The tournament is overseen by the Ontario Curling Association. The event is sponsored by Travelers.

Northern Ontario has its own provincial championship, known as the Dominion of Canada Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship.

Qualification

The Tankard consists of 11 teams. The defending provincial champions get the first berth. Then, eight of the teams qualify through regional playdowns (2 from each region) and the remaining 2 come from a challenge round. Each regional playdown themselves consist of eight teams, two from each zone of which each region has four of. Zone playdowns can have an unlimited number of teams.

During the Tankard, each team plays each other team once. The top four teams make the playoffs, in which the page playoff system is used.

Former Names

• British Consols: 1927?-1979
• Labatt Tankard: 1980-1985
• Blue Light Tankard: 1986-1996
• Nokia Cup: 1997-2003
• Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2004
• Kia Cup: 2005-2006
• TSC Stores Tankard: 2007-2009
• Ontario Men's Curling Championship: 2010
• The Dominion Tankard: 2011-2013
• Travelers Tankard: 2014

Champions

2015 Ontario Men's Curling Championship

February 2-8 at the Flightexec Centre in Dorchester^[1]

2014 Travelers Tankard

January 27-February 2 at the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre in Smiths Falls

2013 The Dominion Tankard

February 4-10 at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie

2012 The Dominion Tankard

February 6-12 at the RBC Arena in Stratford

2011 The Dominion Tankard

February 7-13 at the Peach King Centre in Grimsby

2010 Ontario Men's Curling Championship

The 2010 Tankard was held February 1-7 at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee.

2009 TSC Stores Tankard

The 2009 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 2-8 at the Woodstock District Community Complex in Woodstock. See main article for details.

2008 TSC Stores Tankard

The 2008 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 4-10 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo.

2007 TSC Stores Tankard

The 2007 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 12-18 at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia.

2006 Kia Cup

The 2006 Kia Cup was held February 6-12, Guelph Sports Centre, Guelph, Ontario

2005 Kia Cup

The 2005 Kia Cup was held February 6-13 at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby.

2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship

The 2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship was held February 2-8 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound.

2003 Nokia Cup

The 2003 Nokia Cup was held January 25-February 2 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. ^[2]

2002 Nokia Cup

The 2002 Nokia Cup was held January 28-February 3 in Belleville.

• 1 vs. 2: Morris def. Daniel
• 3 vs. 4: Kochan def. Balsdon
• Semi-final: Daniel def. Kochan
• Final: Morris def. Daniel

2001 Nokia Cup

The 2001 Nokia Cup was held February 5-11 in Woodstock.

Tie breakers

• Turcotte def. Cochrane
• Moffatt def. Turcotte

Playoffs

• 1 vs. 2: Middaugh def. Howard
• 3 vs. 4: Morris def. Moffatt
• Semi-final: Morris def. Howard
• Final: Middaugh def. Morris

2000 Nokia Cup

The 2000 Nokia Cup was held February 7-13 at the Nepean Sportsplex in Nepean, Ontario.

Playoffs

• Semi final: Corner 6-4 Ziola
• Final: Corner 6-4 Middaugh

1999 Nokia Cup

The 1999 Nokia Cup was held February 8-14 in Brantford, Ontario.

Playoffs

• Tie breaker: Daniel 10-3 Base
• Semi final: Daniel 12-7 Middaugh
• Final: Moffatt 8-3 Daniel

References

1. ↑ http://www.ingersolltimes.com/2014/01/22/curling-championship-expected-to-benefit-entire-community?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_email&utm_campaign=Tankard+expected+to+benefit+entire+community+|+Ingersoll+Times#.UuGgZGSM__Y.email
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030506145521/http://www.ontcurl.com/index.html?loc=4&lsubnav=41&main=info&url=cup&upper=subnav&navid=0401&sched=finals

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