2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
Host city	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arena	Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club
Dates	January 29 – February 3
Winner	Team Symonds
Curling club	Re/Max Centre
Skip	Andrew Symonds
Third	Chris Ford
Second	Adam Boland
Lead	Keith Jewer
Finalist	Rick Rowsell
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The 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 3^[1] at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's. The winning Andrew Symonds team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Brandon, Manitoba.

Teams

With 12 teams entering the event, it is the biggest Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard field in over 15 years.^[2]

Teams are as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Club
Bernard Bird	Ryan Wheaton	Owen Cousins	Stephen Goulding		Goose Bay Curling Club, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Rod Feltham	Kris MacLeod	Steve Humphries	Alex Silmarie		Gander Curling Club, Gander
Nick Lane	Jeff Rose	Andrew Taylor	Michael Mosher		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Justin Lockyer	Stephen Spratt	Jacob Gazeley	Jason Noel		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Ken Peddigrew	Mark Healy	Evan Kearley	David Noftall		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Rick Rowsell	Keith Ryan	Stephen Trickett	Zach Young	Alex Smith	Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Trent Skanes	Steve Bragg	Andrew Manuel	Michael Day		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Greg Smith	Nicholas Bissonnette	John Sheppard	Ian Withycombe	Randy Turpin	Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Matthew Smith	Scott Davidge	Stephen Tibbs	Glynn Williams		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Andrew Symonds	Chris Ford	Adam Boland	Keith Jewer		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Colin Thomas	Cory Schuh	Spencer Wicks	Jeff Thomas		Re/Max Centre, St. John's
Dave Thomas	Cody Parsons	Patrick Von Wiegen	Floyd Francis		Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques

Knockout brackets

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A Event

First knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		A Qualifier

Peddigrew	7
Feltham	4	Peddigrew	9
		Rowsell	5
				Peddigrew	6
Lane	5			Skanes	9
Bird	9	Bird	0
		Skanes	9
						Skanes	2
M. Smith	9					Symonds	8
D. Thomas	2	M. Smith	4
		Symonds	7
				Symonds	9
G. Smith	12			C. Thomas	0
Lockyer	3	G. Smith	5
		C. Thomas	7

B Event

Second knockout		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		B Qualifier

Feltham	7
M. Smith	12	M. Smith	6
Lane	2	G. Smith	8
G. Smith	10			G. Smith	9
				Peddigrew	8


						G. Smith	3
						Symonds	8






								Symonds	8
								Skanes	5






						Rowsell	6
						Skanes	8


				Rowsell	8
D. Thomas	6			C. Thomas	4
Rowsell	7	Rowsell	7
Lockyer	0	Bird	5
Bird	11

C Event

Third knockout (top half)		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To C Final

Feltham	7
Lane	6	Feltham	9
		Bird	8
				Feltham	8
				Peddigrew	9


						Peddigrew	2
						Rowsell	6






								Rowsell	7
								Symonds	4

Third knockout (bot. half)		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To C Final

D. Thomas	7
Lockyer	6	D. Thomas	8
		M. Smith	11
				M. Smith	4
				C. Thomas	11


						C. Thomas	7
						G. Smith	5






								C. Thomas	6
								Skanes	7








								C Final

								Rowsell	9
								Skanes	7

Playoffs

As the winner of two events, the Andrew Symonds rink needed to be beaten twice. Symonds defeated Rowsell in the first game, so a second game was not necessary.

Semifinal			Final

			1	Andrew Symonds
1	Andrew Symonds	5	1	Andrew Symonds
2	Rick Rowsell	0

Semifinal

Sunday, February 3, 9:30am

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Andrew Symonds	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Rick Rowsell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0

Final

Sunday, February 3, 2:30pm

Since Symonds won the semifinal, a final was not necessary.

2019 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard
Andrew Symonds 1st Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Championship title

References

^ "Tournament of Hearts and Brier Playdowns". TSN.ca. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
^ "Saltwire | Newfoundland & Labrador".
^ "Scoreboard « Newfoundland & Labrador Curling Association". curlingnl.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
^ "Draw Schedule – 2019 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts". 2019jiffylubealbertascotties.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Scores

[tsn-1] "Tournament of Hearts and Brier Playdowns". TSN.ca. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-26.

[2] "Saltwire | Newfoundland & Labrador".

[curlingnl-3] "Scoreboard « Newfoundland & Labrador Curling Association". curlingnl.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-26.

[2019jiffylubealbertascotties-4] "Draw Schedule – 2019 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts". 2019jiffylubealbertascotties.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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