2026 Ontario Tankard

2026 Ontario Tankard
2026 Ontario Tankard
Host cityElmira, Ontario
ArenaWoolwich Memorial Centre
DatesJanuary 5–11
WinnerTeam King
Curling clubTillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg
SkipJayden King
ThirdDylan Niepage
SecondOwen Henry
LeadVictor Pietrangelo
AlternateCory Heggestad
FinalistSam Mooibroek
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The 2026 Food & Farm Care Men's Ontario Curling Championship, better known as the Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 5 to 11 at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Jayden King rink will represent Ontario at the 2026 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] Despite the event being held in an Olympic year, it was still held in conjunction with the 2026 Ontario Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's championship.

Qualification process

Twelve teams qualified for the 2026 Ontario Tankard. The top eight southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System as of December 1, 2025 qualified, as well as four teams from an open qualifier.[2]

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s)
CTRS standings 8 Jayden King
Mark Kean
Sam Mooibroek
Scott Howard
Mike Fournier
Alex Champ
Daniel Hocevar
Jonathan Beuk
Open Qualifier 4 Weston Oryniak
Landan Rooney
Tyler MacTavish
Jordan McNamara

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Club
Jonathan Beuk Pat Janssen David Staples Sean Harrison Kibo Mulima Maurice Wilson Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston
Alex Champ Ben Bevan Stuart Leslie Travis Ackroyd Royal Canadian CC, Toronto
Mike Fournier Charlie Richard Punit Sthankiya Graeme Robson Whitby CC, Whitby
Daniel Hocevar Zander Elmes Joel Matthews Daniel Del Conte Alex Hocevar Dundas Valley G&CC, Dundas
Scott Howard Mat Camm Jason Camm Scott Chadwick Adam Spencer Navan CC, Navan, Ottawa
Mark Kean Brady Lumley Matthew Garner Spencer Dunlop Matthew Wilkinson Woodstock CC, Woodstock
Jayden King Dylan Niepage Owen Henry Victor Pietrangelo Cory Heggestad Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg
Tyler MacTavish Owen Nicholls Nathan Kim Nate Thomas Nathan Scott KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Jordan McNamara Colton Daly Jacob Clarke Brenden Laframboise Samuel Steep Rideau CC, Ottawa
Sam Mooibroek Ryan Wiebe Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Wyatt Small Jake Higgs Whitby CC, Whitby
Weston Oryniak Jacob Jones Noah Garner Matthew Abrams High Park Club, Toronto
Landan Rooney Connor Lawes Robert Currie Evan Lilly Dave Rooney CC of Collingwood, Collingwood

Map of teams

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Hocevar
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King
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MacTavish
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McNamara
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Oryniak
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Ontario Tankard Teams

Knockout Brackets

Source:[4]

A Event

First Knockout     Qualifier 1
Jayden King 6
Jonathan Beuk 7 Jordan McNamara 4
Jordan McNamara 8 Jayden King 6
Scott Howard 5
Scott Howard 9
Mike Fournier 9 Mike Fournier 6
Weston Oryniak 8 Jayden King 7
Daniel Hocevar 4
Mark Kean 4
Daniel Hocevar 8 Daniel Hocevar 9
Tyler MacTavish 5 Daniel Hocevar 6
Sam Mooibroek 5
Sam Mooibroek 6
Alex Champ 6 Alex Champ 4
Landan Rooney 4

B Event

Second Knockout     Qualifier 2
Jonathan Beuk 8
Mike Fournier 9 Mike Fournier 2
Sam Mooibroek 8
Sam Mooibroek 6
Landan Rooney 2 Scott Howard 5
Mark Kean 9 Mark Kean 7
Scott Howard 8
Sam Mooibroek 9
Tyler MacTavish 6 Daniel Hocevar 4
Alex Champ 5 Tyler MacTavish 3
Weston Oryniak 7 Jordan McNamara 6
Jordan McNamara 9 Jordan McNamara 3
Daniel Hocevar 9

C Event

Third Knockout   Qualifier 3
Jordan McNamara 4
Jonathan Beuk 6 Landan Rooney 8
Landan Rooney 7 Landan Rooney 6
Scott Howard 7
Tyler MacTavish 7
Scott Howard 14
Third Knockout Qualifier 4
Alex Champ5
Daniel Hocevar5
Mike Fournier7
Mike Fournier6Mark Kean11
Mark Kean7
Weston Oryniak5
Mark Kean7

Knockout Results

All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).[5]

Draw 2

Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jonathan Beuk (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 7
Jordan McNamara 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Champ 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6
Landan Rooney (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Daniel Hocevar (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 X 8
Tyler MacTavish 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mike Fournier 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Weston Oryniak (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8

Draw 4

Tuesday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Howard 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 9
Mike Fournier (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jayden King (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 6
Jordan McNamara 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sam Mooibroek 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Alex Champ (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mark Kean 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Daniel Hocevar (has hammer) 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 9

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Weston Oryniak (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 7
Jordan McNamara 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tyler MacTavish 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
Alex Champ (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Landan Rooney 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Mark Kean (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 X X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jonathan Beuk 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Mike Fournier (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 9

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jonathan Beuk 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Landan Rooney (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tyler MacTavish (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Jordan McNamara 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 6

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Daniel Hocevar (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sam Mooibroek 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jayden King 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
Scott Howard (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Mike Fournier 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sam Mooibroek (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Mark Kean 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
Scott Howard (has hammer) 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 10

Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Weston Oryniak (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
Mark Kean 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Alex Champ 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 5
Mike Fournier (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 11

Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Mike Fournier 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Mark Kean (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jayden King (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 X 7
Daniel Hocevar 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4

Draw 12

Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jordan McNamara (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Daniel Hocevar 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sam Mooibroek 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
Scott Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 13

Friday, January 9, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jordan McNamara 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Landan Rooney (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tyler MacTavish (has hammer) 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 7
Scott Howard 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 X 14

Draw 14

Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sam Mooibroek 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 X 9
Daniel Hocevar (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 15

Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Landan Rooney 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
Scott Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Daniel Hocevar 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Mark Kean (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 X 11

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
AJayden King5BSam Mooibroek6
BSam Mooibroek7AJayden King9
AJayden King7
C2Mark Kean6
C1Scott Howard3
C2Mark Kean10

A vs. B

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jayden King (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sam Mooibroek 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 7

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Scott Howard 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Mark Kean (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 X X 10

Semifinal

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Jayden King (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 7
Mark Kean 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6

Final

Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sam Mooibroek (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
Jayden King 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 9
2026 Ontario Tankard
Ontario
Jayden King
1st Ontario Provincial Championship title

Qualification

Open Qualifier

December 12–14, Simcoe Curling Club, Simcoe[6]

A Side   To Tankard
Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 7
Matthew Coady (Wiarton) 4 Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 5
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 0 Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 8
Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 6 Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 3
Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 8 Weston Oryniak (High Park) 7
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt) 4 Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 5
Weston Oryniak (High Park) 9 Weston Oryniak (High Park) 6
Riley Fung-Ernst (Westmount) 3
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 6
Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 7 Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 4
Brent Ross (Harriston) 7 Brent Ross (Harriston) 6
Scott Bailey (High Park) 5 Brent Ross (Harriston) 5
Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 6 Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 8
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 5 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 4
Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 6 Landan Rooney (Collingwood) 8
Les Brownson (Quinte) 1
B Side     To Tankard
Jacob Lamb (Dundas Valley) 1
Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 7
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 5
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill) 8 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 6
Matthew Coady (Wiarton) 7 Tyler MacTavish (KW Granite) 11
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt) 2
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt) 4
Jonathan Biemans (Ottawa Hunt) 7 Ryan Mayville (Stroud) 3
Riley Fung-Ernst (Westmount) 4
Brent Ross (Harriston) 6
Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 8
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 5
Scott Bailey (High Park) 2 Christopher Inglis (Peterborough) 4
Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 6 Pat Ferris (Grimsby) 5
Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 6
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 3
Evan MacDougall (Fergus) 6 Jordan McNamara (Rideau) 9
Les Brownson (Quinte) 4

References

  1. ^ "2026 Montana's Brier". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "Competition Regulations". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
  4. ^ "Men". 2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships. CurlON. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Schedule". CurlON. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  6. ^ "2026 Men's Open Qualifier". Curling Ontario. Retrieved December 8, 2025.