# 2016 SaskTel Tankard

The 2016 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 3 to 7 at the Kindersley Curling Club in Kindersley. The winning team (Steve Laycock) represented Saskatchewan at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale(s) |
| Jason Ackerman | Curtis Horwath | Brent Goeres | Mike Armstrong | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Scott Bitz | Jeff Sharp | Aryn Scmhidt | Derek Ryan | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Randy Bryden | Troy Robinson | Kelly Knapp | Trent Knapp | Callie Curling Club, Regina |
| Darren Camm | Dean Grindheim | Mark Steckler | Anthony Sepke | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| William Coutts | Stuart Coutts | Dean Clark | Todd Bakken | Highland Curling Club, Regina |
| Ryan Deis | Scott Manners | Jason McPhee | Kalin Deis | Fox Valley Curling Club, Fox Valley |
| Brent Gedak | Clint Dieno | Derek Owens | Shawn Meyer | Estevan Curling Club, Estevan |
| Kody Hartung | Tyler Hartung | Jeff Hartung | Claire Decock | Langenburg Curling Club, Langenburg |
| Brad Heidt | Dew Heidt | Mitch Heidt | Regis Neumeier | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Josh Heidt | Brock Montgomery | Matt Ryback | Dustin Kidby | Kerrobert Curling Club, Kerrobert |
| Jason Jacobson | Dustin Kalthoff | Carl deConinck Smith | Rory Golanowski | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Shawn Joyce | Michael Carss | Jason Barnhart | Tyler Matheson | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Dean Kleiter | Warren Jackson | Quinn Hersikorn | Jayden Shwaga | Sutherland Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Bruce Korte | Kevin Marsh | Dan Marsh | Matthew Lang | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon |
| Shaun Meachem | Catlin Schneider | Brady Scharback | Aaron Shutra | Nutana 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 |
| Laycock | Laycock | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Coutts | Coutts | 3 | Layock | Layock | 7 | | | | | | |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 6 | Bitz | Bitz | 5 | | | | | | |
| Bitz | Bitz | 10 | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 9 | | | |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 4 | | | | Kleiter | Kleiter | 5 | | | |
| Kleiter | Kleiter | 8 | Kleiter | Kleiter | 9 | | | | | | |
| Hartung | Hartung | 3 | Deis | Deis | 7 | | | | | | |
| Deis | Deis | 5 | | | | | | | Laycock | Laycock | 5 |
| Joyce | Joyce | 9 | | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 3 |
| Meachem | Meachem | 8 | Joyce | Joyce | 7 | | | | | | |
| J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 10 | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 11 | | | | | | |
| Gedak | Gedak | 4 | | | | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 5 | | | |
| B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 1 | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 6 | | | |
| Bryden | Bryden | 9 | Bryden | Bryden | 7 | | | | | | |
| Korte | Korte | 7 | Korte | Korte | 6 | | | | | | |
| Camm | Camm | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Coutts | Coutts | 2 | Deis | Deis | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ackerman | Ackerman | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Deis | Deis | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 9 |
| Meachem | Meachem | 7 | | | | | | | Korte | Korte | 8 |
| Gedak | Gedak | 5 | Korte | Korte | 8 | | | |
| | | | Meachem | Meachem | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Korte | Korte | 8 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| | | | | | | Kleiter | Kleiter | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | J. Heidt | J. Heidt | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 5 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 | To Qualifier 2 |
| Hartung | Hartung | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 3 | Hartung | Hartung | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | Bitz | Bitz | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 8 | | | |
| Camm | Camm | 8 | | | | Camm | Camm | 4 | | | |
| B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 6 | Camm | Camm | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Joyce | Joyce | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 6 |

### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 8 | | | |
| Coutts | Coutts | 3 | | | | Kleiter | Kleiter | 1 | | | |
| Jacobson | Jacobson | 10 | Jacobson | Jacobson | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kleiter | Kleiter | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bryden | Bryden | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | Meachem | Meachem | 4 |
| | | | Camm | Camm | 6 | | | | | | |
| Ackerman | Ackerman | 5 | Meachem | Meachem | 10 | | | | | | |
| Meachem | Meachem | 6 | | | | Meachem | Meachem | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Korte | Korte | 2 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Gedak | Gedak | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| B. Heidt | B. Heidt | 0 | Gedak | Gedak | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Deis | Deis | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | Hartung | Hartung | 7 | | | |
| | | | Hartung | Hartung | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | Joyce | Joyce | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Gedak | Gedak | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Bitz | Bitz | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | | 1 | Steve Laycock | 6 |
| 2 | Josh Heidt | 2 | | | | 3 | Shaun Meachem | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Josh Heidt | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Shaun Meachem | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Shaun Meachem | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Brent Gedak | 4 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs 2

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |
| Josh Heidt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

### 3 vs 4

| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Shaun Meachem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Brent Gedak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Semifinal

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Josh Heidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Shaun Meachem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 |

### Final

| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Shaun Meachem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* 2016 SaskTel Tankard
* Steve Laycock 6th Saskatchewan Provincial Championship title