2026 New Brunswick Tankard

2026 New Brunswick Tankard
Host cityOromocto, New Brunswick
ArenaGage Golf and Curling Club
DatesJanuary 28 – February 1
WinnerTeam Grattan
Curling clubGage G&CC, Oromocto
SkipJames Grattan
ThirdJoel Krats
SecondAndy McCann
LeadNoah Riggs
CoachDean Grattan
FinalistJamie Stewart
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The 2026 New Brunswick Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for New Brunswick, was held from January 28 to February 1 at the Gage Golf and Curling Club in Oromocto, New Brunswick.[1] The winning James Grattan rink will represent New Brunswick at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3][4]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Club
Ryan Cain Chris McCann Trevor Crouse Mike Flannery Jr. Capital WC, Fredericton
Travis Colter Jack Smeltzer Alex Peasley Michael Donovan Mitchell Small Curl Moncton, Moncton
James Grattan Joel Krats Andy McCann Noah Riggs Dean Grattan Gage G&CC, Oromocto
Rajan Dalrymple (Fourth) Brody Hanson (Skip) Drew Grattan Shannon Fenelon Capital WC, Fredericton
Trevor Hanson Adam MacDonald Scott Archibald Joel Graham Steve Christie Gage G&CC, Oromocto
Mark Harris Brandon Harris Jayme Shannon Dan Mersereau Jamie Bennett Gladstone CC, Fredericton Junction
Michael Hughes Xander King Sam Worden Matt Hughes Carleton CC, Carleton
Jeremy Mallais (Fourth) Scott Jones (Skip) Brian King Jared Bezanson Matt Stanley Curl Moncton, Moncton
Austen Matheson Ron-Allen Elsinga Dakari Rouselle James Watson Colin Matheson Woodstock G&CC, Woodstock
Matt Munro Chris Cogswell Adam Bowering Kelly Harris Chris Jenkins Gage G&CC, Oromocto
Grant Odishaw Marc LeCocq Sam Forestell Vance LeCocq Curl Moncton, Moncton
Colten Steele Rene Comeau Alex Robichaud Cameron Sallaj Capital WC, Fredericton
Jamie Stewart Sean Beland Aden Kavanaugh James Carr Luke Robichaud Gary Wilson Capital WC, Fredericton
Jason Vaughan Spencer Mawhinney Josh Vaughan Paul Nason Peter Case Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John

Knockout Brackets

Source:[5][6]

A Event

First Knockout     Qualifier 1
        
James Grattan 9
Grant Odishaw 8
Trevor Hanson 1
Grant Odishaw 10
James Grattan 8
Colten Steele 6
Travis Colter 6
Matt Munro 7
Matt Munro 3
Colten Steele 9
Colten Steele 7
Michael Hughes 2
James Grattan 9
Scott Jones 4
Jamie Stewart 9
Mark Harris 2
Jamie Stewart 4
Brody Hanson 10
Brody Hanson 6
Ryan Cain 4
Brody Hanson 2
Scott Jones 12
Austen Matheson 10
Jason Vaughan 3
Austen Matheson 3
Scott Jones 8

B Event

Second Knockout    Qualifier 2
Trevor Hanson7
Jamie Stewart6Trevor Hanson1
Colten Steele8Colten Steele10
Scott Jones7
Ryan Cain9Colten Steele3
Austen Matheson6James Grattan8
Ryan Cain9
Travis Colter8Brody Hanson5James Grattan8
Michael Hughes1Travis Colter1Ryan Cain10Ryan Cain0
Grant Odishaw8Jason Vaughan6
Grant Odishaw6
Mark Harris1Jason Vaughan7
Jason Vaughan15Jason Vaughan10
Matt Munro4

C Event

Third Knockout    Qualifier 3
Brody Hanson3Colten Steele4
Michael Hughes5Jamie Stewart10Ryan Cain6Jamie Stewart5
Jamie Stewart7Jamie Stewart8Jamie Stewart7
Trevor Hanson5Jamie Stewart3
Trevor Hanson9James Grattan9
Travis Colter6Travis Colter3
Matt Munro5James Grattan9
Scott Jones6Scott Jones3
Jason Vaughan5Grant Odishaw3
Grant Odishaw9Grant Odishaw11
Mark Harris4Austen Matheson6
Austen Matheson14

Knockout Results

All draw times listed in Atlantic Time (UTC−04:00).[5][7]

Draw 1

Wednesday, January 28, 11:15 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Trevor Hanson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Grant Odishaw (has hammer) 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 X X X 10
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brody Hanson (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
Ryan Cain 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Austen Matheson 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 X X 10
Jason Vaughan (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Travis Colter (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Matt Munro 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 28, 4:15 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Austen Matheson 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X X 3
Scott Jones (has hammer) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 X X X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
James Grattan (has hammer) 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
Grant Odishaw 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jamie Stewart (has hammer) 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 X X X 9
Mark Harris 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colten Steele 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 X X 7
Michael Hughes (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 28, 9:15 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Travis Colter (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 X X X 8
Michael Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Harris 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Jason Vaughan (has hammer) 1 2 2 3 0 6 1 X X X 15
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Matt Munro 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Colten Steele (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jamie Stewart 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Brody Hanson (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 X 10

Draw 4.1

Thursday, January 29, 9:30 am

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Cain (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 X 9
Austen Matheson 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 6

Draw 4.2

Thursday, January 29, 10:30 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jason Vaughan 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 X X 10
Matt Munro (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Trevor Hanson 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 7
Jamie Stewart (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Travis Colter (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Grant Odishaw 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 X X X 8

Draw 5

Thursday, January 29, 2:45 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
James Grattan (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 8
Colten Steele 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brody Hanson (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Scott Jones 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 4 X X 12
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Harris (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 4
Austen Matheson 0 3 3 1 0 4 3 X X X 14
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Michael Hughes (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
Jamie Stewart 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7

Draw 6

Thursday, January 29, 7:45 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Cain (has hammer) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 X 9
Brody Hanson 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 X 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Grant Odishaw 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 6
Jason Vaughan (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Trevor Hanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Colten Steele (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Travis Colter 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 X 6
Matt Munro (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 5

Draw 7

Friday, January 30, 9:30 am

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
James Grattan (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
Scott Jones 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Cain 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 10
Jason Vaughan (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 8

Friday, January 30, 2:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Grant Odishaw (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 9
Austen Matheson 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Trevor Hanson (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 X 9
Travis Colter 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Brody Hanson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X 3
Jamie Stewart (has hammer) 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 X X X 10
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colten Steele (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 10
Scott Jones 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 9

Friday, January 30, 7:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jason Vaughan 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Grant Odishaw (has hammer) 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
James Grattan 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 X X X 8
Ryan Cain (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jamie Stewart 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 X 8
Trevor Hanson (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 10

Saturday, January 31, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colten Steele 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 3
James Grattan (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 X X X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ryan Cain (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Jamie Stewart 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Jones (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6
Grant Odishaw 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 11

Saturday, January 31, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Colten Steele 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
Jamie Stewart (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
James Grattan (has hammer) 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 X X X 9
Scott Jones 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 12

Sunday, February 1, 9:30 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jamie Stewart (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
James Grattan 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 X X 9

Playoffs

Source:[8]

As Team Grattan won all 3 events, no playoff was required.

Semifinal Final
A James Grattan
B James Grattan  
C James Grattan


2026 New Brunswick Tankard
New Brunswick
James Grattan
18th New Brunswick Provincial Championship title

References

  1. ^ "2025–26 Curling NB Provincial Events Schedule" (PDF). Curling NB. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  2. ^ "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  3. ^ "Teams". Curling NB. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  4. ^ "Lineups". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  5. ^ a b "The Tankard draw has been released". Facebook. Gage Golf & Curling. January 17, 2026. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  6. ^ "Standings - A, B, & C Brackets". Curling NB. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  7. ^ "Schedule". Curling NB. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  8. ^ "Standings - Tankard Championship". Curling NB. Retrieved January 20, 2026.