2014 Travelers Tankard

March 2026 2014 Travelers Tankard 2014 Travelers Tankard logo.jpg 250 Smiths Falls, Ontario Smiths Falls Community Memorial Centre January 27-February 2 Mark Bice Glendale G&CC, Hamilton Greg Balsdon Mark Bice Tyler Morgan Jamie Farnell Steve Bice Glenn Howard 2013 2015 The 2014 Travelers Tankard, southern Ontario's men's provincial curling championship, was held from January 27 to February 2 at the Smiths Falls Community Memorial Centre in Smiths Falls, Ontario. The winning Mark Bice team (skipped by Greg Balsdon) represented Ontario at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops, British Columbia. Teams Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Club(s) Shannon Beddows John Bolton Terry Jenkins Dave Farr Cannington Curling Club, Cannington *Greg Balsdon (skip) *Mark Bice (team name) Tyler Morgan Jamie Farnell Steve Bice Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton Mathew Camm (fourth) Jason Camm Brad Kidd Bryan Cochrane (skip) City View Curling Club, Nepean, Ottawa John Epping Scott Bailey David Mathers Collin Mitchell Trevor Wall Donalda Curling Club, Don Mills, Toronto Brent Ross (fourth) Jake Higgs (skip) Codey Maus Bill Buchanan Glencoe & District Curling Club, Glencoe Mark Homan Jeff Guignard Paul Winford Ron Hrycak Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa Glenn Howard Wayne Middaugh Brent Laing Craig Savill Penetanguishene Curling Club, Penetanguishene Rob Lobel Steven Lobel Patrick Greenman Ted Anderson Thornhill Golf & Country Club, Thornhill Robert Rumfeldt Adam Spencer Scott Howard Scott Hodgson Collingwood Curling Club, Collingwood Craig Van Ymeren Matt Mapletoft Scott Brandon Shane Konings St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Jake Walker Dayna Deruelle Andrew McGaugh Michael McGaugh Chinguacousy Curling Club, Brampton *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 KeyTeams to Playoffs Skip (Club)WLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen Ends Mark Bice (Glendale) 8 2 71 56 42 35 13 10 Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene) 7 3 74 38 37 29 11 10 Jake Walker (Chinguacousy) 6 4 52 56 41 31 20 8 Bryan Cochrane (City View) 6 4 80 63 39 38 5 10 Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) 5 5 73 68 44 38 8 14 Mark Homan (Ottawa) 5 5 61 61 43 38 15 16 John Epping (Donalda) 5 5 59 71 37 43 16 5 Robert Rumfeldt (Collingwood) 5 5 67 60 37 36 8 7 Jake Higgs (Glencoe) 3 7 57 70 34 49 10 9 Rob Lobel (Thornhill) 3 7 56 78 40 44 7 9 Shannon Beddows (Cannington) 2 8 54 82 35 41 7 10 Results Draw 1 January 27, 14:00 A Higgs 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 Bice 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 B Rumfeldt 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 Howard 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 C Walker 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 Van Ymeren 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 7 D Beddows 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 8 Lobel 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 E Cochrane 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 Homan 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 X 7 Draw 2 January 27, 19:30 A Van Ymeren 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 X 9 Lobel 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6 B Cochrane 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X X X 5 Rumfeldt 1 3 2 0 4 0 1 X X X 11 C Bice 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 Homan 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 D Higgs 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Epping 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 E Walker 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2 Howard 5 0 2 0 0 1 X X X X 8 Draw 3 January 28, 14:00 A Homan 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 Epping 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 B Walker 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 8 Cochrane 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 C Lobel 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2 Howard 2 1 0 5 0 2 X X X X 10 D Van Ymeren 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 X 8 Beddows 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 6 E Bice 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3 Rumfeldt 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 X X X 9 Draw 4 January 28, 19:00 A Howard 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 X X X 10 Beddows 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X X 4 B Bice 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 X 7 Walker 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 C Epping 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 8 Rumfeldt 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 D Homan 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 Higgs 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 E Lobel 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1 Cochrane 1 1 1 3 0 2 X X X X 8 Draw 5 January 29, 09:00 A Rumfeldt 0 3 0 3 0 2 X X X X 8 Higgs 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2 B Lobel 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 Bice 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 C Beddows 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3 Cochrane 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 3 X X 10 D Howard 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 X X X 8 Van Ymeren 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X X 5 E Epping 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 8 Walker 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 Draw 6 January 29, 14:00 A Cochrane 1 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 4 X 14 Van Ymeren 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 X 9 B Epping 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 Lobel 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 X 9 C Higgs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 Walker 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 X X 5 D Rumfeldt 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1 Homan 0 1 0 4 1 3 X X X X 9 E Beddows 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X X 3 Bice 3 2 0 4 0 2 X X X X 11 Draw 7 January 29, 19:00 A Walker 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Homan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 B Beddows 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 3 Epping 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 C Van Ymeren 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Bice 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 8 D Cochrane 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X X 3 Howard 3 0 3 0 0 4 X X X X 10 E Higgs 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 9 Lobel 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 7 Draw 8 January 30, 14:00 A Bice 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 Howard 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 B Higgs 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 12 Beddows 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 C Homan 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 Lobel 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 D Walker 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 Rumfeldt 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 E Van Ymeren 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Epping 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 Draw 9 January 30, 19:00 A Lobel 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 Rumfeldt 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 8 B Van Ymeren 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 Higgs 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 C Howard 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 X X 8 Epping 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3 D Bice 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 4 Cochrane 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 X X X 10 E Homan 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 Beddows 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 X X X 10 Draw 10 January 31, 14:00 A Epping 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 Cochrane 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 5 X 11 B Homan 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 Van Ymeren 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 9 C Rumfeldt 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 X X 9 Beddows 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3 D Lobel 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Walker 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 E Howard 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 X X X 7 Higgs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1 Draw 11 January 31, 19:00 A Beddows 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 8 Walker 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 11 B Howard 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Homan 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 C Cochrane 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 9 Higgs 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 D Epping 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 6 Bice 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 10 E Rumfeldt 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 X X X 4 Van Ymeren 2 1 4 0 1 0 2 X X X 10 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Final 170px 1 Mark Bice 4 2 Glenn Howard 8 3 Jake Walker 4 4 Bryan Cochrane 7 1 Mark Bice 9 4 Bryan Cochrane 6 2 Glenn Howard 5 1 Mark Bice 6 1 vs. 2 February 1, 14:00 A Bice 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4 Howard 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 8 3 vs. 4 February 1, 19:00 A Walker 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Cochrane 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 7 Semifinal February 2, 09:00 A Bice 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 9 Cochrane 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 6 Final February 2, 13:30 A Howard 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Bice 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 2014 Travelers Tankard ON Mark Bice 1st Ontario Provincial Championship Qualification Southern Ontario zones ran from December 6–15, 2013 with regional tournaments scheduled for January 4–5.http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/schedules-draws.aspx?id=505 Schedules & Draws 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131221232104/http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/schedules-draws.aspx?id=505 2013-12-21 dead 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 rink from the Coldwater and District Curling Club get an automatic berth in the Tankard. Qualification method Berths Qualifying team Defending champions 1 Glenn Howard Region 1 Qualifiers 2 Mark Homan Bryan Cochrane Region 2 Qualifiers 2 Rob Lobel Shannon Beddows Region 3 Qualifiers 2 Jake Walker Robert Rumfeldt Region 4 Qualifiers 2 Mark Bice Craig Van Ymeren Challenge Round Qualifiers 2 Jake Higgs John Epping Regional Qualifiers In Bold Zone Qualification thumb|Zone Map Zone 1 December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: Ian MacAulay (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 (Ottawa) Gary Rowe (Ottawa) Zone 2 December 6–8, at the RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: Greg Richardson (Rideau) Howard Rajala (Rideau) Dave Van Dine (Rideau) Zone 3 December 7 at the Carleton Heights Curling Club, Ottawa Teams entered: Bryan Cochrane (City View) Stephen Watson (Renfrew) Both teams qualify as the only teams who entered Zone 4 December 7 at the Trenton Curling Club, 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 Port Perry Teams entered: Nathan Martin (Oshawa) Dave Fisher (Oshawa Golf) Mark Kean (Annandale) Zone 7 December 14–15, at the Richmond Hill Curling Club, Richmond Hill Teams entered: Tom Worth (Bayview) John Epping (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, Toronto Teams entered: Roy Arndt (High Park) Jonathan Duguay (Oakville) Guy Racette (Royals) Rob Retchless (Royals) Kevin Flewwelling (Royals) Darryl Prebble (Royals) Josh Johnston (Royals) Peter Corner (St. George's) Paul Madgett (Oakville) Aaron Clark (Weston) Zone 9 December 7–8, at the Milton Curling Club in Milton 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, Cookstown Teams entered: Joe Frans (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 Fergus Curling Club, 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, Hamilton Teams entered: Brent Palmer (Burlington) Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite) Terry Corbin (Dundas Valley) Simon Ouelet (Glendale) Mark Bice (Glendale) Scott Banner (Glendale) Kris Blonski (Dundas Valley) Zone 14 December 7–8, at the Palmerston Curling Club, Palmerston Teams entered: Chris DeCloet (Harriston) Craig Kochan (Harriston) Mike Aprile (Listowel) A. J. Schumacher (Walkerton) Pat Ferris (Listowel) Daryl Shane (Wingham) Zone 15 December 7–8, St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas Teams entered: Wayne Tuck, Jr. (Brant) Aaron Squires (St. Thomas) Peter Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) Craig Van Ymeren (St. Thomas) Rob Morin (St. Thomas) Jason Malcho (Stratford) Zone 16 December 14–15, Ilderton Curling Club, Ilderton Teams entered: John Young, Jr. (Chatham Granite) Dale Kelly (Chatham Granite) Bill Mitchell (Glencoe) Jake Higgs (Glencoe) Joel Moore (Highland) Scott McDonald (Ilderton) Chris Liscumb (Ilderton) Nick Rizzo (Ilderton) Regional qualification Region 1 January 4–5, Quinte Curling Club, Belleville http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3310&eventtypeid=81&view=Main Travelers Ontario Tankard - Region 1: Main A Side Semifinal Final 25px 25px 170px 1A Ian MacAulay 8 4B Dave Collyer 7 2A Howard Rajala 5 3B Bryan Cochrane 4 4A Don Bowser 6 1B Mark Homan 7 3A Stephen Watson 5 2B Greg Richardson 8 1A Ian MacAulay 5 2A Howard Rajala 6 1B Mark Homan 7 2B Greg Richardson 4 2A Howard Rajala 9 1B Mark Homan 10 B Side Quarterfinal Semifinal Final 170 4B Dave Collyer 4 3B Bryan Cochrane 6 4A Don Bowser 7 3A Stephen Watson 6 2B Greg Richardson 5 3B Bryan Cochrane 6 1A Ian MacAulay 2 4A Don Bowser 7 3B Bryan Cochrane 8 4A Don Bowser 2 3B Bryan Cochrane 6 2A Howard Rajala 4 Region 2 January 4–5, Lakefield Curling Club, Lakefieldhttp://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3311&eventtypeid=81&view=Main Travelers Ontario Tankard - Region 2: Main A Side Semifinal Final 25px 25px 170px 5A Douglas Brewer 3 8B Josh Johnston 8 6A Mark Kean 6 7B Rob Lobel 7 8A Roy Arndt 5 5B Shannon Beddows 8 7A John Epping 1 6B Dave Fisher 3 8B Josh Johnston 4 7B Rob Lobel 8 5B Shannon Beddows 5 6B Dave Fisher 8 7B Rob Lobel 5 6B Dave Fisher 4 B Side Quarterfinal Semifinal Final 170 5A Douglas Brewer 6 6A Mark Kean 2 8A Roy Arndt 8 7A John Epping 5 5B Shannon Beddows 9 5A Mark Kean 4 8B Josh Johnston 3 8A Roy Arndt 8 5B Shannon Beddows 7 8A Roy Arndt 5 5B Shannon Beddows 10 6B Dave Fisher 3 Region 3 January 4–5, Alliston Curling Club, Alliston http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3312&eventtypeid=81&view=Main Travelers Ontario Tankard - Region 3: Main A Side Semifinal Final 25px 25px 170px 9A Jake Walker 6 12B Trevor Feil 2 10A Joe Frans 8 11B Peter Gilbert 1 12A Peter Mellor 5 9B Damien Villard 3 11A Robert Rumfeldt 7 10B Andrew Thompson 1 9A Jake Walker 9 10A Joe Frans 2 12A Peter Mellor 9 11A Robert Rumfeldt 5 9A Jake Walker 5 12A Peter Mellor 1 B Side Quarterfinal Semifinal Final 170 12B Trevor Feil 8 11B Peter Gilbert 7 9B Damien Villard 8 10B Andrew Thompson 2 11A Robert Rumfeldt 9 12B Trevor Feil 2 10A Joe Frans 8 9B Damien Villard 4 11A Robert Rumfeldt 6 10A Joe Frans 4 11A Robert Rumfeldt 7 12A Peter Mellor 6 Region 4 January 4–5, Dundas Granite Curling Club, Dundas http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3313&eventtypeid=81&view=Main Travelers Ontario Tankard - Region 4: Main A Side Semifinal Final 25px 25px 170px 13A Mark Bice 7 16B Scott McDonald 2 14A Craig Kochan 2 15B Aaron Squires 7 16A Nick Rizzo 9 13B Scott Banner 7 15A Craig Van Ymeren 9 14B Mike Aprile 2 13A Mark Bice 10 15B Aaron Squires 7 16A Nick Rizzo 2 15A Craig Van Ymeren 8 13A Mark Bice 5 15A Craig Van Ymeren 3 B Side Quarterfinal Semifinal Final 170 16B Scott McDonald 5 14A Craig Kochan 2 13B Scott Banner 3 14B Mike Aprile 8 16A Nick Rizzo 11 16B Scott McDonald 6 15B Aaron Squires 4 14B Mike Aprile 6 16A Nick Rizzo 9 14B Mike Aprile 5 16A Nick Rizzo 3 15A Craig Van Ymeren 6 Challenge Round January 10–13, at the Brampton Curling Club in Brampton http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/schedules-draws.aspx?id=528 Schedules & Draws 2013-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131221231943/http://www.ontcurl.com/competitions/schedules-draws.aspx?id=528 2013-12-21 dead http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=3330 Travelers Ontario Tankard - Challenge Round: Main A Side A Final 170px 16 Richard Krell 5 17 Ryan Myler 8 14 Peter Corner 8 19 Axel Larsen 2 15 Rob Retchless 10 18 Chris Gardner 6 17 Ryan Myler 3 1 John Epping 8 9 Pat Ferris 5 8 Don Bowser 6 12 Roy Arndt 7 5 Jake Higgs 11 13 Mike Anderson 7 4 Darryl Prebble 6 14 Peter Corner 6 3 Wayne Tuck, Jr. 7 11 Scott McDonald 5 6 Ian MacAulay 8 10 Nick Rizzo 4 7 Mark Kean 7 15 Rob Retchless 10 2 Joe Frans 9 1 John Epping 7 8 Don Bowser 6 5 Jake Higgs 9 13 Mike Anderson 6 3 Wayne Tuck, Jr. 8 6 Ian MacAulay 10 7 Mark Kean 5 15 Rob Retchless 6 1 John Epping 3 5 Jake Higgs 5 6 Ian MacAulay 6 15 Rob Retchless 3 5 Jake Higgs 7 6 Ian MacAulay 1 B Side (top half) To B Quarterfinal 170px 16 Richard Krell 10 12 Roy Arndt 4 17 Ryan Myler 7 9 Pat Ferris 8 16 Richard Krell 7 4 Darryl Prebble 6 7 Mark Kean 8 9 Pat Ferris 7 3 Wayne Tuck, Jr. 9 16 Richard Krell 6 7 Mark Kean 9 3 Wayne Tuck, Jr. 6 B Side (bottom half) To B Quarterfinal 170px 18 Chris Gardner 4 11 Scott McDonald 8 19 Axel Larsen 4 10 Nick Rizzo 9 11 Scott McDonald 8 14 Peter Corner 4 2 Joe Frans 10 10 Nick Rizzo 9 13 Mike Anderson 7 11 Scott McDonald 4 8 Don Bowser 4 2 Joe Frans 10 13 Mike Anderson 5 2 Joe Frans 9 B Quarterfinal B Semifinal B Final 170px 7 Mark Kean 2 1 John Epping 7 2 Joe Frans 10 15 Rob Retchless 5 1 John Epping 6 2 Joe Frans 4 6 Ian MacAulay 3 1 John Epping 6 References External links Official site Travelers Tankard Category:Ontario Tankard Category:Lanark County Travelers Tankard