The 2012 Dominion Tankard, Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, will be held from February 6 to 12, hosted by the Stratford Country Club at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario

Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

. The winning team will represent Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier

2012 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, will be held from March 3 to March 11 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:March 3, 1:30 PM CT-Draw 2:...

 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Club(s)
Glenn Howard Glenn Howard Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...	Wayne Middaugh Wayne Middaugh Wayne Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario.Middaugh is a two-time world champion, once as second for Russ Howard in 1993 and as a skip in 1998. He has participated and won in seven and participated in 11 Briers- in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 as Russ Howard's second and in...	Brent Laing Brent Laing Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....	Craig Savill Craig Savill Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....	Coldwater and District Curling Club, Coldwater

Standings

Skip (Club)	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends
Glenn Howard (Coldwater)

Draw 1

February 6, 2:00 PM ET

Draw 2

February 6, 7:00 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

February 11, 9:00 AM ET

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

February 11, 2:00 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

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

• Steve Lodge (Brockville)
• Jim Hunker (Rideau)
• Gregory Richardson (Rideau)
• Bryan Cochrane (Rideau)
• Howard Rajala (Rideau)
• Daryl Smith (Rideau)
• Bill Blad (Rideau)

Zone 3

December 9-11 at the Pakenham Curling Club, Pakenham

• Calvin Christiansen (Arnprior)
• Dennis Elgie (City View)
• Josh Adams (Granite of W. Ottawa)
• Dwayne Lowe (Huntley)
• Matt Paul (Renfrew)
• Damien Villard (Renfrew)
• Chris Gardner (Arnprior)

Zone 4

December 16-18 at the Brighton & District Curling Club, Brighton

Brighton, Ontario

Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Toronto and west of Kingston. It is intersected by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. It is on the West end of the Bay of Quinte on the entrance of the Murray Canal....

Zone 5

December 17-19 at the Beaverton Curling Club, Beaverton

Beaverton, Ontario

Beaverton is a community in Brock Township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.Originally part of Thorah Township in Ontario County, Beaverton was first settled in 1822. The settlement is located on Lake Simcoe at the mouth of the Beaver River...

Zone 6

December 10-12 at the Sutton Curling Club, Sutton West

Zone 8

December 10-12 at the St. George's Golf & Country Club, Etobicoke

Etobicoke, Ontario

Etobicoke is a dissolved municipality located within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the western section of the current city, it had an official population of 338,117 as measured by the 2001 Census and 334,491 people as of the 2006 Census. While it only contains 13% of...

• Tom Worth (Dixie)
• Jonathan Braden (High Park)
• Mike Harris
  Mike Harris (curler)
  Mike Harris is a Canadian curler. Mike Harris is the golf professional at The Donalda Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario....
  
   (Oakville)
• Pat Ferris (Oakville)
• Dave Pallen (Royals)
• Guy Racette (Royals)
• Denis Belanger (Royals)
• Bill Duck (St. George's)
• Ian Fleming (Royals)
• Josh Johnston (Royals)

Zone 10

December 10-11 at the Barrie Curling Club, Barrie

Barrie, Ontario

Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...

• Travis Dafoe (Bradford)
• G.W. King (Midland)
• Cory Heggestad (Orillia)
• Andrew Thompson (Stroud)
• Dale Matchett (Bradford)
• Steve Holmes (Parry Sound)

Zone 11

December 16-18 at the Blue Water Curling Club, Owen Sound

Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound , the county seat of Grey County, is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada...

Zone 12

December 10-11 at the Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira

Elmira, Ontario

The town of Elmira in Ontario, Canada is the largest community within the Township of Woolwich in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is located 15 km to the north of the city of Waterloo.-History:...

• Axel Larsen (Guelph Curling)
• Dave Kaun (K-W Granite)
• Peter Mellor (K-W Granite)
• Ed Cyr (Westmount)
• Robert Rumfeldt
  Robert Rumfeldt
  Robert "Rob" Rumfeldt is a Canadian curler from Guelph, Ontario. Rumfeldt was a member of the 1996 Ontario provincial championship team, when he played second for Bob Ingram....
  
   (Guelph Curling)

Zone 13

December 10-11 at the St. Catharines Curling Club, St. Catharines

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

• Wayne Gowan (Dundas Granite)
• Rick Thurston (Dundas Granite)
• Steve Goodger (Dundas Granite)
• Simon Ouellet (Glendale)
• Dan LeBlanc (Glendale)
• Todd Brandwood (Glendale)
• Garth Mitchell (Grimsby)
• Daniel Frans (St. Catharines Golf)

Zone 14

December 10 at the Mount Forest Curling Club, Mount Forest

Mount Forest, Ontario

Mount Forest is an unincorporated community located on the junction of the 6 and the 89 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario. The town's motto is "High, Happy, Healthy", which can be seen on the water tower when approaching the town from the south....

• Jake Higgs
  Jake Higgs
  Jake Higgs is a Canadian curler from Harriston, Ontario.Higgs played second for Wayne Tuck's mixed team, that won a provincial championship in 2008-09, giving them the right to represent Ontario at the 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The team lost in the final to Sean Grassie's Manitoba...
  
   (Harriston)
• Daryl Shane (Listowel)
• Mike Aprile (Listowel)

Zone 15

December 16-18 at the Woodstock Curling Club, Woodstock

Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...

Zone 16

December 10-11 at the Chatham Granite Club

Chatham Granite Club

The Chatham Granite Club is an historic curling club in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. It's located in Downtown Chatham on William Street North.The Chatham Granite was founded in 1862 as the Chatham Curling Club. For the first 30 years, the club played on the Thames River. In 1892, they settled at the...

, Chatham

Chatham, Ontario

Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...

• Perry Smyth (Chatham Granite)
• John Young (Chatham Granite)
• Tim Lindsay (London)
• Mark Bice
  Mark Bice
  Mark Bice is a Canadian curler.Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2005 and was a provincial schoolboy champion in 2002...
  
   (Sarnia)
• Phil Daniel (Chatham Granite)
• Tom Pruliere (Sarnia)

Region 1 (Zones 1-4)

Rideau Curling Club

Rideau Curling Club

The Rideau Curling Club is a curling facility and organization located in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1888, the Rideau Curling Club maintains a rivalry with the Ottawa Curling Club.-History:...

, Ottawa

Region 2 (Zones 5-8)

Granite Club, Toronto

Region 3 (Zones 9-12)

Meaford Curling Club, Meadford

Meaford, Ontario

Meaford is a Canadian municipality in Grey County, Ontario. Meaford is located on Nottawasaga Bay, a sub-basin of Georgian Bay, in southern Ontario....

Region 4 (Zones 13-16)

Brantford Golf & Country Club, Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...