The 2012 Dominion Tankard, Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 6 to 12, hosted by the Stratford Country Club at the

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Teams

Standings

Results

Draw 1

''February 6, 2:00 PM ET ''

Draw 2

''February 6, 7:30 PM ET ''

Draw 3

''February 7, 2:00 PM ET ''

Draw 4

''February 7, 7:00 PM ET ''

Draw 5

''February 8, 9:00 AM ET ''

Draw 6

''February 8, 2:00 PM ET ''

Draw 7

''February 8, 7:00 PM ET ''

Draw 8

''February 9, 2:00 PM ET ''

Draw 9

''February 9, 7:00 PM ET ''

Draw 10

''February 10, 2:00 PM ET ''

Draw 11

''February 10, 7:00 PM ET ''

Tiebreaker 1

''February 11, 9:00 AM ET ''

Tiebreaker 2

''February 11, 2:00 PM ET ''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''February 11, 7:00 PM ET''

3 vs. 4

''February 11, 7:00 PM ET''

Semifinal

''February 12, 9:30 AM ET''

Final

''February 12, 2:00 PM ET''

Qualification

Southern Ontario zones run from December 9-11, 2011, and December 16-19, 2011. Two teams from each zone qualify to four regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the four tournaments qualify to provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of the challenge round. The Northern Ontario provincial championship will occur December 8-11 at the

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. Four teams qualify out of the Northern Ontario championship. Regional Qualifiers In Bold

Southern Ontario Zone Qualification

Zone 1

''December 9-11 at the RCMP Curling Club,

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'' * Shane Latimer (Ottawa Curling) * Willie Jeffries (Ottawa Curling) * Ron Hrycak (Ottawa Curling) *

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(Ottawa Curling) * Gary Rowe (Ottawa Curling) * Team Dow (RCMP) *

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(Ottawa Curling)

Zone 2

''December 9-11 at the RCMP Curling Club,

'' * Jim Hunker (Rideau) *

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(Rideau) * Steve Lodge (Brockville) * Gregory Richardson (Rideau) *

Howard Rajala Howard John "Howie" Rajala (born February 12, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Kanata, Ontario. He curls out of the Rideau Curling Club. In 2023 his rink won the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, R ...

(Rideau) * Daryl Smith (Rideau) * Bill Blad (Rideau)

Zone 3

''December 9-11 at the Pakenham Curling Club, Pakenham'' * Josh Adams (Granite of W. Ottawa) *

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(Arnprior) * Calvin Christiansen (Arnprior) * Dennis Elgie (City View) * Dwayne Lowe (Huntley) * Matt Paul (Renfrew) * Damien Villard (Renfrew)

Zone 4

''December 17-18 at the Brighton & District Curling Club,

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'' *

Greg Balsdon Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Curling career Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champion ...

(Loonie) * Dennis Murray (Quinte) * Bryce Rowe (Land O'Lakes) * Jeff Clark (Loonie) * Rob Dickson (Napanee) * Gary Rusconi (Trenton)

Zone 5

''December 17-18 at the Beaverton Curling Club, Beaverton'' * Jon St.Denis (Peterborough C.C.) * Wayne Warren (Haliburton) * Jake Speedie (Beaverton) * Wayne Shea (Bobcaygeon) * Shannon Beddows (Cannington) * Nick Avlonitis (Lakefield) * Jim O'Marra (Peterborough C.C.) * Mike Mclean (Peterborough C.C.)

Zone 6

''December 10-11 at the Sutton Curling Club, Sutton West'' * Sean Aune (Annandale) *

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(Annandale) * Nathan Martin (Oshawa Curling) * Ryan Winch (Sutton) * Gary Grant (Uxbridge) * Rob Lobel (Whitby) * Jason March (Annandale) * John Bell (Unionville) * Tim Morrison (Unionville)

Zone 7

''December 10-11 at the East York Country Club,

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'' * Mike Anderson (Thornhill) * Michael Shepherd (East York) *

John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...

(Donalda) * Dennis Moretto (Richmond Hill) * Bob Turcotte (Scarboro) * Geoff Truscott (Scarboro) * Mark Inglis (Thornhill) * Morio Kumagawa (York)

Zone 8

''December 10-11 at the St. George's Golf & Country Club,

'' * Denis Belanger (Royals) *

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(Oakville) * Tom Worth (Dixie) * Jonathan Braden (High Park) *

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(Oakville) * Dave Pallen (Royals) * Guy Racette (Royals) * Bill Duck (St. George's) * Ian Fleming (Royals) * Josh Johnston (Royals)

Zone 9

''December 10-11 at the King Curling Club, Schomberg'' *

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(Brampton) * Dayna Deruelle (Brampton) * Rayad Husain (Chinguacousy) * George Gerrits (King) * Steve Broad (King) * Jeff Brown (Shelburne) * Alex Foster (North Halton)

Zone 10

''December 10-11 at the Barrie Curling Club,

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'' * Cory Heggestad (Orillia) * G.W. King (Midland) * Travis Dafoe (Bradford) * Andrew Thompson (Stroud) *

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(Bradford) * Steve Holmes (Parry Sound)

Zone 11

''December 18 at the Blue Water Curling Club,

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'' * Joey Rettinger (Tara) * Al Hutchinson (Blue Water) * Murray Dougherty (Meaford) * Tom Slumskie (Tara)

Zone 12

''December 10-11 at the Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira'' *

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(Guelph Curling) * Axel Larsen (Guelph Curling) * Dave Kaun (K-W Granite) * Peter Mellor (K-W Granite) * Ed Cyr (Westmount)

Zone 13

''December 10-11 at the St. Catharines Curling Club, St. Catharines'' * Daniel Frans (St. Catharines Golf) * Todd Brandwood (Glendale) * Wayne Gowan (Dundas Granite) * Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite) * Steve Goodger (Dundas Granite) * Simon Ouellet (Glendale) * Dan LeBlanc (Glendale) * Garth Mitchell (Grimsby)

Zone 14

''December 10 at the Mount Forest Curling Club, Mount Forest'' * Jake Higgs (Harriston) * Daryl Shane (Listowel) * Mike Aprile (Listowel)

Zone 15

''December 17-18 at the Woodstock Curling Club,

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'' * Bowie Abbis-Mills (Aylmer) *

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(Brant) * Bob Armstrong (Ingersoll) * Terry Corbin (Norwich) *

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(Paris) * Jim Lyle (St. Thomas) * Wayne Tuck Jr. (Woodstock)

Zone 16

''December 10-11 at the Chatham Granite Club,

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(Sarnia) * Phil Daniel (Chatham Granite) * Perry Smyth (Chatham Granite) * John Young (Chatham Granite) * Tim Lindsay (London) * Tom Pruliere (Sarnia)

Regions

''January 7-8, 2012''

Region 1 (Zones 1-4)

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Region 2 (Zones 5-8)

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Region 3 (Zones 9-12)

Meaford Curling Club, Meaford

Region 4 (Zones 13-16)

Brantford Golf & Country Club,

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References

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