# 2013 SaskTel Tankard

The 2013 SaskTel Tankard will be held from January 30 to February 3 at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Saskatchewan at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.

## Qualification

| Qualification method | Berths | Qualifying team |
| SaskTour Players Championship | 1 | Darrell McKee |
| CTRS ranking as of Dec. 17 | 2 | Steve Laycock Randy Bryden |
| Saskatchewan Curling Tour ranking | 2 | Bruce Korte Jamie Schneider |
| Northern Playdown (Jan. 17–20) | 5 | Kevin Marsh Josh Heidt Brad Heidt Michael Carss Randy Woytowich |
| Southern Playdown (Jan. 17–20) | 5 | William Coutts Brock Virtue Jeff Hartung Chris Busby Brent Gedak |
| Wildcard Team | 1 | Max Kirkpatrick |

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Bruce Korte | Dean Kleiter | Roger Korte | Rob Markowsky | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Brennen Jones | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Jamie Schneider | Rick Schneider | Curt England | Shannon England | Tartan Curling Club, Regina |
| Darrell McKee | Warren Jackson | Tony Korol | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Kevin Marsh | Matthew Ryback | Dan Marsh | Aaron Shutra | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Brad Heidt | Drew Heidt | Mitch Heidt | Glen Heitt | Unity Curling Club, Unity |
| Brock Virtue | Braeden Moskowy | Chris Schille | D. J. Kidby | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Josh Heidt | Brock Montgomery | Matt Lang | Dustin Kidby | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Jeff Hartung | Kody Hartung | Tyler Hartung | Claire DeCock | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Justin Mihalicz | Chris Busby | Kyle George | John Lang | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Brent Gedak | John Aston | Derek Owens | Malcolm Vanstone | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Maxwell Kirkpatrick | Shaun Meachem | Jeff Chambers | Shawn Hebert | Swift Current Curling Club, Swift Current |
| William Coutts | Stuart Coutts | Dean Clark | Todd Bakken | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Randy Woytowich | Cory Spanier | Lionel Holm | Dustin Kalthoff | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Michael Carss | Rob Spinney | Lyndon Holm | Tyler Matheson | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |

## Knockout Draw Brackets
### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Carss | Michael Carss | 5 | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 5 | | | | | | |
| Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 6 | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 8 | | | | | | |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 5 | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 7 | | | |
| Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 9 | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 4 | | | |
| Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 8 | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 8 | | | | | | |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 8 | Jamie Schneider | Jamie Schneider | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Schneider | Jamie Schneider | 11 | | | | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 8 |
| Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 5 | | | | | | | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 11 |
| William Coutts | William Coutts | 4 | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 8 | | | | | | |
| Justin Mihalicz | Justin Mihalicz | 2 | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 4 | | | | | | |
| Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 7 | | | | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 5 | | | |
| Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 9 | | | | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 6 | | | |
| Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 8 | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 6 | | | | | | |
| Randy Woytowich | Randy Woytowich | 7 | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 7 | | | | | | |
| Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 8 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| | | | Jamie Schneider | Jamie Schneider | 7 | | | | | | |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 7 | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 8 | | | | | | |
| Michael Carss | Michael Carss | 3 | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 8 |
| Justin Mihalicz | Justin Mihalicz | 7 | | | | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 3 |
| William Coutts | William Coutts | 4 | Justin Mihalicz | Justin Mihalicz | 5 | | | |
| | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 7 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 3 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 5 |
| Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 6 | | | | | | | Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 4 |
| Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 2 | Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 3 | | | |
| Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 9 | | | | Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 10 | | | |
| Randy Woytowich | Randy Woytowich | 3 | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 5 | | | | | | |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Carss | Michael Carss | 2 | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jeff Hartung | Jeff Hartung | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Darrell McKee | Darrell McKee | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Brad Heidt | Brad Heidt | 6 |
| Jamie Schneider | Jamie Schneider | 7 | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 |
| Justin Mihalicz | Justin Mihalicz | 10 | Justin Mihalicz | Justin Mihalicz | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | Brent Gedak | Brent Gedak | 1 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| | | | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 8 | | | | | | |
| Randy Woytowich | Randy Woytowich | 7 | Randy Woytowich | Randy Woytowich | 4 | | | | | | |
| William Coutts | William Coutts | 6 | | | | Randy Bryden | Randy Bryden | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 6 | | | |
| | | | Max Kirkpatrick | Max Kirkpatrick | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Marsh | Kevin Marsh | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Josh Heidt | Josh Heidt | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| A | Bruce Korte | 6 | | | | A | Bruce Korte | 4 |
| B | Brock Virtue | 4 | | | | B | Brock Virtue | 6 |
| | | | B | Brock Virtue | 8 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Kevin Marsh | 6 | | | |
| C1 | Steve Laycock | 5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Kevin Marsh | 8 | | | | | | |

### A vs. B

Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Bruce Korte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |

### C1 vs. C2

Saturday, February 2, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Marsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 3, 9:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Kevin Marsh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Final

Sunday, February 3, 2:00 pm
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Bruce Korte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Brock Virtue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |