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Quebec Tankard
The Hardline Quebec Tankard (French: Tankard Hardline), formerly the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling association. The winner represents Team Quebec at the Tim Hortons Brier. The provincial champion receives the McIntyre Trophy.
| Hogline Tankard | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1927 |
| 2024 host city | Drummondville, Quebec |
| 2024 arena | Centre Marcel-Dionne |
| 2024 champion | Jean-Michel Arsenault |
| Current edition | |
A separate team represented Montreal until 1931.
Qualifying edit
16 teams play in the Quebec provincial. The teams that qualify are the defending champions, the provincial tour champion, the three highest Quebec teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System, the three highest earning teams on the Quebec tour, six regional qualifiers and two last chance qualifiers.[1]
Winners edit
| Year | Skip | Winning Club(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jean-Michel Arsenault | Etchemin, Chicoutimi & Kénogami |
| 2023 | Félix Asselin | Glenmore, Belvédère, Valleyfield & Etchemin |
| 2022 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. Team Mike Fournier invited to represent Quebec at Brier | |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. Team Mike Fournier invited to represent Quebec at Brier[2] | |
| 2020 | Alek Bédard | Boucherville & Glenmore |
| 2019 | Martin Crête | Etchemin, Grand-Mère & Mt. Bruno |
| 2018 | Mike Fournier | Glenmore & Valleyfield |
| 2017 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Etchemin |
| 2016 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Etchemin & Mt. Bruno |
| 2015 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Etchemin |
| 2014 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Etchemin |
| 2013 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Etchemin |
| 2012 | Robert Desjardins | Chicoutimi |
| 2011 | François Gagné | Chicoutimi & TMR |
| 2010 | Serge Reid | Kénogami |
| 2009 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Victoria & Etchemin |
| 2008 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Victoria & Etchemin |
| 2007 | Pierre Charette | Cap-de-la-Madeleine |
| 2006 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Victoria & Etchemin |
| 2005 | Jean-Michel Ménard | Victoria & Etchemin |
| 2004 | Daniel Lafleur | Rosemère |
| 2003 | Guy Hemmings | St. Lambert |
| 2002 | François Roberge | Victoria |
| 2001 | Guy Hemmings | St. Lambert |
| 2000 | François Roberge | Victoria |
| 1999 | Guy Hemmings | St. Lambert & Tracy |
| 1998 | Guy Hemmings | St. Lambert & Tracy |
| 1997 | Don Westphal | Buckingham |
| 1996 | Don Westphal | Buckingham |
| 1995 | Steve Gagnon | Kénogami |
| 1994 | Ghislain Doyon | Amos |
| 1993 | Pierre Charette | Buckingham |
| 1992 | Ted Butler | Buckingham |
| 1991 | Kevin Adams | Glenmore |
| 1990 | Kevin Adams | Glenmore |
| 1989 | Pierre Charette | Buckingham |
| 1988 | Lawren Stevenson | Lachine |
| 1987 | Kevin Adams | Thistle |
| 1986 | Gordon Hess | Glenmore |
| 1985 | Don Aitken | Lachine |
| 1984 | Rolland Pacquin | Lachine |
| 1983 | Denis Marchand | Laviolette |
| 1982 | Don Aitken | CFB St. Jean |
| 1981 | Brian Ness | Howick |
| 1980 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1979 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1978 | Steve Ducat | Caledonia |
| 1977 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1976 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1975 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1974 | Jim Ursel | St. Laurent |
| 1973 | Dave Moon | Caledonia |
| 1972 | Bill Kent | Heather |
| 1971 | Bill Ott | Outremont |
| 1970 | Bill Kent | Heather |
| 1969 | Earl Carson | CFB Bagotville |
| 1968 | Bill Tracy | CFB Bagotville |
| 1967 | Bruce Beveridge | Glenmore |
| 1966 | Bill Tracy | RCAF Bagotville |
| 1965 | Bill Tracy | RCAF Bagotville |
| 1964 | Elmer Black | Howick |
| 1963 | Bill Kent | Heather |
| 1962 | Bill Armstrong | Lachine |
| 1961 | Tom Welch | Whitlock |
| 1960 | Ted Hunt | Lachine |
| 1959 | Jack Bergman | Outremont |
| 1958 | Bob Lahaie | Cap-de-la-Madeleine |
| 1957 | Ken Weldon | Caledonia |
| 1956 | Walter Smith | Thetford Mines |
| 1955 | Olivier Samson | Jacques-Cartier |
| 1954 | Bill Tracy | Arvida |
| 1953 | Ken Weldon | St. George |
| 1952 | Ken Weldon | St. George |
| 1951 | Merle Thomas | Sigma |
| 1950 | Herbert Simons | Victoria |
| 1949 | Roderique Cote | Matane |
| 1948 | Gus Amyot | Jacques-Carter |
| 1947 | Robert Cream | Victoria |
| 1946 | Ted Thompson | St. George |
| 1945 | Robert Cream | Victoria[3] |
| 1944 | Billy McGerrigle | Victoria[4] |
| 1943[5] | Robert Cream | Victoria |
| 1942 | John Ross, Jr. | Huntingdon |
| 1941 | Charles Handley | Quebec |
| 1940 | Archie Bell | Victoria |
| 1939 | Robert Cream | Quebec |
| 1938 | Robert Cream | Quebec |
| 1937 | Ormiston Roy | Caledonia |
| 1936 | C. B. Bignell | Victoria |
| 1935 | Billy McGerrigle | Ormstown |
| 1934 | A. H. M. May | Victoria |
| 1933 | Ren Fortier | Thistle |
| 1932 | Peter Lyall | Caledonia |
| 1931 | Peter Lyall | Caledonia |
| 1930 | John Darby | Huntingdon |
| 1929 | Archie Bell | Victoria |
| 1928 | S. G. Newton | Victoria |
| 1927 | Mjr. Robert Whyte | Quebec |
References edit
- ^ "Qualification".
- ^ Alanna Routledge (January 14, 2020). "Dévoilement des équipes Québécoises masculine et féminine". Curling Quebec (in French). Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Competitions held". Montreal Gazette. January 27, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "Visitors Dominate Curling Bonspiel". Montreal Gazette. January 31, 1944. p. 17. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "Two Montreal Rinks Win in Quebec Play". Montreal Gazette. February 1, 1943. p. 18. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
External links edit
- List of champions