2013 SaskTel Tankard
| 2013 SaskTel Tankard | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Melfort, Saskatchewan |
| Arena | Northern Lights Palace |
| Dates | January 30 – February 3 |
| Winner | Brock Virtue |
| Curling club | Callie CC, Regina |
| Skip | Brock Virtue |
| Third | Braeden Moskowy |
| Second | Chris Schille |
| Lead | D. J. Kidby |
| Finalist | Bruce Korte |
The 2013 SaskTel Tankard will be held from January 30 to February 3 at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort, Saskatchewan. The winning team will represent Saskatchewan at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.
Qualification
| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
|---|---|---|
| SaskTour Players Championship | 1 | Darrell McKee [1] |
| CTRS ranking as of Dec. 17 | 2 | Steve Laycock Randy Bryden |
| Saskatchewan Curling Tour ranking | 2 | Bruce Korte Jamie Schneider |
| Northern Playdown (Jan. 17–20) | 5 | Kevin Marsh Josh Heidt Brad Heidt Michael Carss Randy Woytowich |
| Southern Playdown (Jan. 17–20) | 5 | William Coutts Brock Virtue Jeff Hartung Chris Busby Brent Gedak [2] |
| Wildcard Team | 1 | Max Kirkpatrick |
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Bruce Korte | Dean Kleiter | Roger Korte | Rob Markowsky | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Brennen Jones | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Jamie Schneider | Rick Schneider | Curt England | Shannon England | Tartan Curling Club, Regina |
| Darrell McKee | Warren Jackson | Tony Korol | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Kevin Marsh | Matthew Ryback | Dan Marsh | Aaron Shutra | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brad Heidt | Drew Heidt | Mitch Heidt | Glen Heitt | Unity Curling Club, Unity |
| Brock Virtue | Braeden Moskowy | Chris Schille | D. J. Kidby | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Josh Heidt | Brock Montgomery | Matt Lang | Dustin Kidby | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Jeff Hartung | Kody Hartung | Tyler Hartung | Claire DeCock | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Justin Mihalicz | Chris Busby | Kyle George | John Lang | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Brent Gedak | John Aston | Derek Owens | Malcolm Vanstone | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Maxwell Kirkpatrick | Shaun Meachem | Jeff Chambers | Shawn Hebert | Swift Current Curling Club, Swift Current |
| William Coutts | Stuart Coutts | Dean Clark | Todd Bakken | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Randy Woytowich | Cory Spanier | Lionel Holm | Dustin Kalthoff | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Michael Carss | Rob Spinney | Lyndon Holm | Tyler Matheson | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
Knockout Draw Brackets
A Event
| First Knockout | Qualifier 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Laycock | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Carss | 5 | Steve Laycock | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Josh Heidt | 6 | Josh Heidt | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Brock Virtue | 5 | Josh Heidt | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Brent Gedak | 9 | Brent Gedak | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Darrell McKee | 8 | Brent Gedak | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Max Kirkpatrick | 8 | Jamie Schneider | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Schneider | 11 | Josh Heidt | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Randy Bryden | 5 | Bruce Korte | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| William Coutts | 4 | Randy Bryden | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Justin Mihalicz | 2 | Kevin Marsh | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Marsh | 7 | Randy Bryden | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff Hartung | 9 | Bruce Korte | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Brad Heidt | 8 | Jeff Hartung | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Randy Woytowich | 7 | Bruce Korte | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Korte | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
B Event
| Second Knockout | To Qualifier 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Schneider | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brock Virtue | 7 | Brock Virtue | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Carss | 3 | Brock Virtue | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Randy Bryden | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brock Virtue | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Justin Mihalicz | 7 | Brent Gedak | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| William Coutts | 4 | Justin Mihalicz | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff Hartung | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Hartung | 7 | Qualifier 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brent Gedak | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brock Virtue | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Josh Heidt | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Second Knockout | To Qualifier 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Josh Heidt | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Max Kirkpatrick | 6 | Brad Heidt | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Darrell McKee | 2 | Max Kirkpatrick | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Laycock | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Laycock | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brad Heidt | 9 | Brad Heidt | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Randy Woytowich | 3 | Kevin Marsh | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Brad Heidt | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
C Event
| Third Knockout | Qualifier 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darrell McKee | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Carss | 2 | Darrell McKee | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff Hartung | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darrell McKee | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brad Heidt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brad Heidt | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Schneider | 7 | Steve Laycock | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Justin Mihalicz | 10 | Justin Mihalicz | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Laycock | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Laycock | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brent Gedak | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Third Knockout | Qualifier 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Randy Bryden | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Randy Woytowich | 7 | Randy Woytowich | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| William Coutts | 6 | Randy Bryden | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kevin Marsh | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Max Kirkpatrick | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Marsh | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Marsh | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Josh Heidt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Playoffs
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| A | Bruce Korte | 6 | |||||||||||
| B | Brock Virtue | 4 | A | Bruce Korte | 4 | ||||||||
| B | Brock Virtue | 8 | B | Brock Virtue | 6 | ||||||||
| C2 | Kevin Marsh | 6 | |||||||||||
| C1 | Steve Laycock | 5 | |||||||||||
| C2 | Kevin Marsh | 8 | |||||||||||
A vs. B
Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Bruce Korte  |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6
|
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4
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C1 vs. C2
Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5
|
| Kevin Marsh |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8
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Semifinal
Sunday, February 3, 9:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8
|
| Kevin Marsh |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6
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Final
Sunday, February 3, 2:00 pm
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Bruce Korte |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4
|
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6
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