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 Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning team of Glenn Howard, will represent Ontario at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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 Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. 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, Ottawa
Shane Latimer (Ottawa Curling) Willie Jeffries (Ottawa Curling) Ron Hrycak (Ottawa Curling) Mark Homan (Ottawa Curling) Gary Rowe (Ottawa Curling) Team Dow (RCMP) Ian MacAulay (Ottawa Curling)
Zone 2
December 9-11 at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa
Jim Hunker (Rideau) Bryan Cochrane (Rideau) Steve Lodge (Brockville) Gregory Richardson (Rideau) Howard Rajala (Rideau) Daryl Smith (Rideau) Bill Blad (Rideau)
Zone 3
December 9-11 at the Pakenham Curling Club, Pakenham
Josh Adams (Granite of W. Ottawa) Chris Gardner (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, Brighton
Greg Balsdon (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) Mark Kean (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, Toronto
Mike Anderson (Thornhill) Michael Shepherd (East York) John Epping (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, Toronto
Denis Belanger (Royals) Mike Harris (Oakville) Tom Worth (Dixie) Jonathan Braden (High Park) Pat Ferris (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
Peter Corner (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, Barrie
Cory Heggestad (Orillia) G.W. King (Midland) Travis Dafoe (Bradford) Andrew Thompson (Stroud) Dale Matchett (Bradford) Steve Holmes (Parry Sound)
Zone 11
December 18 at the Blue Water Curling Club, Owen Sound
Joey Rettinger (Tara) Al Hutchinson (Blue Water) Murray Dougherty (Meaford) Tom Slumskie (Tara)