# 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard

The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 4 at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre in Regina.
It was the first time since 2006 that the event was not won by Brad Gushue, as his team represented Team Canada at the 2018 Brier as defending champions.

## Teams

Teams are as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club |
| Adam Boland | Stephen Trickett | Zach Young | John Sheppard | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Paul Harvey | Steve Bragg | Andrew Manuel | Mike Day | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Justin Lockyer | Stephen Spratt | Matthew Walsh | Jason Noel | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Frank O'Driscoll | Rick Rowsell | Craig Dowden | Ken Peddigrew | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Trent Skanes | Nick Lane | Jeff Rose | Mike Mosher | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Greg Smith | Matthew Hunt | Andrew Taylor | Ian Withycombe | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Andrew Symonds | Mark Healy | David Noftall | Keith Jewer | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Colin Thomas | Cory Schuh | Chris Ford | Spencer Wicks | St. John's Curling Club, St. John's |
| Dave Thomas | David Power | Cody Parsons | Travis Cormier | Gateway Curling Club, Port aux Basques |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Skip | W | L |
| Smith | 8 | 0 |
| Boland | 6 | 2 |
| Symonds | 6 | 2 |
| O'Driscoll | 4 | 4 |
| Harvey | 4 | 4 |
| C. Thomas | 3 | 5 |
| Skanes | 3 | 5 |
| Lockyer | 2 | 6 |
| D. Thomas | 0 | 8 |

## Round-robin results
### January 29
#### Draw 1

* Symonds 8-6 C. Thomas
* Harvey 4-10 O'Driscoll
* Smith 11-3 D. Thomas
* Lockyer 1-8 Boland

### January 30
#### Draw 2

* Harvey 10-3 Lockyer
* Skanes 4-6 Smith
* Boland 7-4 C. Thomas
* O'Driscoll 10-4 D. Thomas

#### Draw 3

* Boland 8-4 O'Driscoll
* Lockyer 2-7 Symonds
* Harvey 4-5 Skanes
* Smith 9-7 C. Thomas

### January 31
#### Draw 4

* Skanes 3-7 C. Thomas
* Boland 10-2 D. Thomas
* Lockyer 8-5 O'Driscoll
* Harvey 9-10 Symonds

#### Draw 5

* Harvey 11-4 D. Thomas
* O'Driscoll 8-7 C. Thomas
* Smith 8-6 Symonds
* Lockyer 6-13 Skanes

### February 1
#### Draw 6

* O'Driscoll 3-9 Smith
* Skanes 4-7 Symonds
* Boland 7-8 Harvey
* C. Thomas 9-3 D. Thomas

#### Draw 7

* Boland 7-5 Symonds
* Lockyer 12-8 D. Thomas
* O'Driscoll 10-7 Skanes
* Harvey 10-11 Smith

### February 2
#### Draw 8

* Skanes 7-6 D. Thomas
* Boland 8-9 Smith
* Lockyer 3-12 C. Thomas
* O'Driscoll 3-5 Symonds

#### Draw 9

* Lockyer 2-10 Smith
* Harvey 6-4 C. Thomas
* Symonds 7-5 D. Thomas
* Boland 6-4 Skanes

## Playoffs

Due to finishing the round robin undefeated, Smith must be defeated twice.
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final 2 | Final 2 | Final 2 |
| 2 | Adam Boland | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Andrew Symonds | 6 | 1 | Greg Smith | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Andrew Symonds | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Greg Smith | 9 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Andrew Symonds | 6 |

### Semifinal

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Adam Boland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Andrew Symonds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Andrew Symonds | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |

### Final 2

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Greg Smith | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Andrew Symonds | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
* 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
* Greg Smith 1st Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Championship title