The 2014

Travelers Tankard The Ontario Tankard is the Southern Ontario provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier. The tournament is overseen by CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association). Northern Ontario ...

, southern

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's men's provincial

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

championship, was held from January 27 to February 2 at the

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. The winning

Mark Bice Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He used to skip a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2 ...

team (skipped by

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 ...

) represented Ontario at the

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Teams

*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

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 Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...

rink from the Coldwater and District Curling Club get an automatic berth in the Tankard. Regional Qualifiers In Bold

Zone Qualification

Zone 1

December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club,

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Teams entered: *

Ian MacAulay Ian MacAulay (born March 25, 1964 in Souris, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler and ice technician from Ottawa, Ontario. He played second for team Ontario at the 2003 Nokia Brier. Earlier in his career, MacAulay won the 1993 Fairfield M ...

(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 Mark Brian Homan (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Ottawa. He is the brother of the 2013 and 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion skip Rachel Homan, and currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. He ...

(Ottawa) *Gary Rowe (Ottawa)

Zone 2

December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club,

Teams entered: *Greg 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) *Dave Van Dine (Rideau)

Zone 3

December 7 at the Carleton Heights Curling Club,

Teams entered: *

Bryan Cochrane Bryan Cochrane (born October 9, 1957 in Winchester, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Russell, Ontario. Cochrane is most notable for winning the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships for Canada, and skipping team Ontario at the 2003 Nokia B ...

(City View) *Stephen Watson (Renfrew) Both teams qualify as the only teams who entered

Zone 4

December 7 at the

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, 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

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Teams entered: *Nathan Martin (Oshawa) *Dave Fisher (Oshawa Golf) *

Mark Kean Mark Kean (born June 22, 1988 in Innerkip, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Woodstock, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Ottawa. Career Kean's junior career involved winning the provincial junior mixed title in 2009. Kean made ...

(Annandale)

Zone 7

December 14–15, at the

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, Richmond Hill Teams entered: *Tom Worth (Bayview) *

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) *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,

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Teams entered: *Roy Arndt (High Park) *Jonathan Duguay (Oakville) *Guy Racette (Royals) *Rob Retchless (Royals) *Kevin Flewwelling (Royals) *

Darryl Prebble Darryl Prebble (born March 9, 1978) is a Canadian curler. Prebble has curled off and on the World Curling Tour since 1999. He has played with skips such as Pat Ferris, Greg Balsdon, Peter Steski, Peter Corner and John Epping. He also skipped ...

(Royals) *Josh Johnston (Royals) *

Peter Corner Peter J. Corner2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 20, 1968 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Burlington, Ontario. Career Corner was a member of the 1993 "dream team" of his cousin Wayne Middaugh and the brothers of ...

(St. George's) *Paul Madgett (Oakville) *Aaron Clark (Weston)

Zone 9

December 7–8, at the Milton Curling Club in

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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,

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Teams entered: *

Joe Frans Joseph Mark Frans (born July 1, 1975 in Grimsby, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Guelph, Ontario. Frans is most notable for being a two-time provincial champion and for being suspended from competitive curling for cocaine usage. Career Fran ...

(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

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, 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,

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Teams entered: *Brent Palmer (Burlington) * Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite) *Terry Corbin (Dundas Valley) *Simon Ouelet (Glendale) *

(Glendale) *Scott Banner (Glendale) *Kris Blonski (Dundas Valley)

Zone 14

December 7–8, at the

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Palmerston Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and ...

Teams entered: *Chris DeCloet (Harriston) *

Craig Kochan Craig Kochan (born October 18, 1969 in Marathon, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. He has played competitively in both Northern and southern Ontario and in the Yukon. As of 2019, he has won three Northern Ontario junior title ...

(Harriston) *Mike Aprile (Listowel) *A. J. Schumacher (Walkerton) *

Pat Ferris Patrick "Pat" Ferris (born October 28, 1975 in North York, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Grimsby, Ontario. He currently skips his own team. Career Ferris had a successful junior career. In 1993, he skipped his Sutton District High Schoo ...

(Listowel) * Daryl Shane (Wingham)

Zone 15

December 7–8, St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Teams entered: *

Wayne Tuck, Jr. Wayne Tuck Jr. (born May 12, 1976) is a Canadian curling, curler from Strathroy, Ontario. Tuck is a three time provincial mixed champion, having won the Ontario provincial mixed championship at the 2002, 2009 and 2017 events. At the 2002 Canadia ...

(Brant) *

Aaron Squires Aaron John Squires (born November 10, 1992, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from St. Thomas, Ontario. He formerly played on the World Curling Tour. As a junior curler, Squires and his St. Thomas Curling Club rink of Jason Cam ...

(St. Thomas) *Peter Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) * Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) *Rob Morin (St. Thomas) *Jason Malcho (Stratford)

Zone 16

December 14–15,

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, Ilderton Teams entered: *John Young, Jr. (Chatham Granite) *Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) *Bill Mitchell (Glencoe) * Jake Higgs (Glencoe) *Joel Moore (Highland) *

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(Ilderton) *Chris Liscumb (Ilderton) *

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(Ilderton)

Regional qualification

Region 1

''January 4–5 , Quinte Curling Club, Belleville''

Region 2

''January 4–5 ,

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, Lakefield''

Region 3

''January 4–5 ,

Alliston Curling Club Alliston is a settlement in Simcoe County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has been part of the Town of New Tecumseth since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston and nearby villages of Beeton, Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The pri ...

Alliston Alliston is a settlement in Simcoe County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has been part of the Town of New Tecumseth since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston and nearby villages of Beeton, Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The pri ...

Region 4

''January 4–5 ,

Dundas Granite Curling Club CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association) is the governing body of curling in Southern Ontario. Northern Ontario is governed by the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA). The CurlON sends a team to represent Team Ontario at all majo ...

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Challenge Round

''January 10–13, at the

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References

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External links

Official site

Ontario Tankard Lanark County