New Brunswick Tankard

New Brunswick Tankard
New Brunswick Tankard
Established	1927
2026 host city	Oromocto, New Brunswick
2026 arena	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2025 champion	James Grattan
Current edition
	2026 New Brunswick Tankard

The New Brunswick Tankard is the New Brunswick provincial championship for men's curling. It was formerly called the Papa John's Pizza Tankard, Pepsi Tankard, Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship, Alexander Keith's Tankard, the Labatt Tankard and Ganong Cup. The tournament is run by the New Brunswick Curling Association. The winner represents Team New Brunswick at The Brier.

Winners

Year	Skip	Winning club
2026	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2025	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2024	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2023	Scott Jones	Curl Moncton
2022	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick. Team James Grattan invited to represent New Brunswick at Brier
2020	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2019	Terry Odishaw	Curl Moncton
2018	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2017	Mike Kennedy	Capital Winter Club
2016	Mike Kennedy	Grand Falls Curling Club
2015	Jeremy Mallais	Thistle-St. Andrew's Curling Club
2014	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2013	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2012	Terry Odishaw	Curl Moncton
2011	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2010	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2009	Russ Howard	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2008	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2007	Paul Dobson	Thistle-St. Andrew's Curling Club
2006	James Grattan	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2005	Wade Blanchard	Thistle St. Andrews
2004	Russ Howard	Beaver Curling Club
2003	Russ Howard	Beaver Curling Club
2002	Russ Howard	Beaver Curling Club
2001	Jim Sullivan	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
2000	Russ Howard	Beaver Curling Club
1999	Russ Howard	Beaver Curling Club
1998	Terry Odishaw	Moncton Curlers Association
1997	James Grattan	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1996	Mike Kennedy	Beaver Curling Club
1995	Bryan MacPherson	Riverside Curling Club
1994	Brian Dobson	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1993	Mike Kennedy	Edmundston Curling Club
1992	Mike Kennedy	Edmundston Curling Club
1991	Gary Mitchell	Beaver Curling Club
1990	Jim Sullivan	Capital Winter Club
1989	Gary Mitchell	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1988	Steve Adams	Newcastle Curling Club
1987	Gary Mitchell	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1986	Wade Blanchard	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1985	Bryan Wight	Beaver Curling Club
1984	Arnie Dobson	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1983	Charlie Sullivan, Sr.	Capital Winter Club
1982	Charlie Sullivan, Sr.	Capital Winter Club
1981	Don Mix	Beaver Curling Club
1980	Richard Belyea	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1979	Richard Belyea	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1978	Pete Murray	Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club
1977	Roly Mockler	Fredericton Curling Club
1976	Dave Sullivan	Capital Winter Club
1975	John Clark	Capital Winter Club
1974	John Clark	Capital Winter Club
1973	Louis Dugre	CFB Curtis Park Curling Club
1972	Dave Sullivan	Fredericton Curling Club
1971	Paul Bordage	Beausejour Curling Club
1970	Harold Mabey, Jr.	Moncton Curlers Association
1969	Harold Mabey, Jr.	Moncton Curlers Association
1968	Jim Ayer	Fredericton Curling Club
1967	Charlie Sullivan, Sr.	St. Andrews Curling Club
1966	Charlie Sullivan, Sr.	St. Andrews Curling Club
1965	Peter Lyons	Beausejour Curling Club
1964	Harold Mabey, Sr.	Moncton Curlers Association
1963	Don Mix	Beaver Curling Club
1962	Harold Mabey, Sr.	Moncton Curlers Association
1961	John McDonald	Campbellton Curling Club
1960	Harold Mabey, Sr.	Moncton Curlers Association
1959	Richard McCully	Beaver Curling Club
1958	Jim Vance	Beaver Curling Club
1957	Ken Everett	Carleton Curling Club
1956	Ralph Lister	Beaver Curling Club
1955	Edgar St. Pierre	Edmundston Curling Club
1954	Richard McCully	Beaver Curling Club
1953	Ralph Noble	Beaver Curling Club
1952	Vic Limerick	Fredericton Curling Club
1951	Nick Thobodeau	Bathurst Curling Club
1950	Jim Vance	Beaver Curling Club
1949	Rob Galloway	Newcastle Curling Club
1948	Henry Hollies	St. Andrews Curling Club
1947	Art Limerick	Fredericton Curling Club
1946	Fenwick McKelvey	St. Andrews Curling Club
1945	Not held
1944	Dan Connolly	Bathurst Curling Club
1943	Not held
1942	Dan Connolly	Bathurst Curling Club
1941	John Malcolm	Thistle Curling Club
1940	Nick Thibodeau	Bathurst Curling Club
1939	Judge Limerick	Fredericton Curling Club
1938	Dan Connolly	Bathurst Curling Club
1937	Charles Barry	Fredericton Curling Club
1936	Reginald Shives	Campbellton Curling Club
1935	Nick Thibodeau	Bathurst Curling Club
1934	Waldo Crocker	Newcastle Curling Club
1933	Johnny Malcolm	Thistle Curling Club
1932	Nick Thibodeau	Bathurst Curling Club
1931	Nick Thibodeau	Bathurst Curling Club
1930	Arthur McWha	St. Stephen Curling Club
1929	Wendell McDonald	Moncton Curlers Association
1928	Johnny Malcolm	Thistle Curling Club
1927	Johnny Malcolm	Saint John Composite Rink (assembled by the New Brunswick Curling Association)

References

↑ "Gratton captures Tankard". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 18, 2008. p. B7. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Dobson punches Brier ticket". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 12, 2007. p. B5. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Grattan's going back to Brier". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 2006. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Blanchard dethrones Howard". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 7, 2005. p. 29. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Howard rink does it again". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 9, 2004. p. 9. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Howard rink mows down competition". Saint John Telegraph Journal. February 10, 2003. p. 11. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
↑ "Howard foursome steamrolls way to Tankard title". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 11, 2002. p. 17. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Sullivan slays the giant". Saint John Times Globe. February 12, 2001. p. 33. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Sullivan rinks falls short". Saint John Times Globe. February 7, 2000. p. 41. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "The Howard Factor". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 15, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Odishaw dethrones Grattan at Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 16, 1998. p. 54. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Grattan crew captures N.B. Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 17, 1997. p. 33. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Kennedy rink claims N.B. Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 12, 1996. p. 26. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
↑ "MacPherson ascends to curling throne". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 1995. p. 29. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Dobson captures N.B. curling crown". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 7, 1994. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Kennedy Crew In A Sweep". Fredericton Daily Gleaner. February 8, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Kennedy earns purple heart". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 3, 1992. p. 9. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Five-ender ices N.B. title for Mitchell rink". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 4, 1991. p. 8. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
↑ "Sullivan rink crowned Tankard kings". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 5, 1990. p. 13. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Mitchell delivers clutch shot". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 6, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Blanchard falls in N.B. men's curling final". Saint John Times Globe. February 8, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Mitchell on winner's side At N.B. Tankard This Time". Saint John Times Globe. February 9, 1987. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "N.B.'s New Curling King Will Take Father To Brier As Fifth Man". Saint John Times Globe. February 10, 1986. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Wight Time at Tankard". Fredericton Daily Gleaner. February 11, 1985. p. 17. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Dobson fulfills dream, Claims Tankard Title". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 1984. p. 14. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "In the End, It was Sullivan". Saint John Times Globe. February 14, 1983. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "'Sullivan Gang' Shoots 'Em Down". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 15, 1982. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Moncton's Don Mix Headed To Brier". Saint John Times Globe. February 2, 1981. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Belyea back as N.B. champ". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 4, 1980. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Happy Belyea finally captures Ganong Cup". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 5, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

New Brunswick Men's Champions - John Murphy's Curling Page

[1] "Gratton captures Tankard". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 18, 2008. p. B7. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[2] "Dobson punches Brier ticket". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 12, 2007. p. B5. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[3] "Grattan's going back to Brier". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 2006. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[4] "Blanchard dethrones Howard". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 7, 2005. p. 29. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[5] "Howard rink does it again". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 9, 2004. p. 9. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[6] "Howard rink mows down competition". Saint John Telegraph Journal. February 10, 2003. p. 11. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

[7] "Howard foursome steamrolls way to Tankard title". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 11, 2002. p. 17. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[8] "Sullivan slays the giant". Saint John Times Globe. February 12, 2001. p. 33. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[9] "Sullivan rinks falls short". Saint John Times Globe. February 7, 2000. p. 41. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[10] "The Howard Factor". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 15, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[11] "Odishaw dethrones Grattan at Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 16, 1998. p. 54. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[12] "Grattan crew captures N.B. Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 17, 1997. p. 33. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[13] "Kennedy rink claims N.B. Tankard". Saint John Times Globe. February 12, 1996. p. 26. Retrieved October 12, 2024.

[14] "MacPherson ascends to curling throne". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 1995. p. 29. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[15] "Dobson captures N.B. curling crown". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 7, 1994. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[16] "Kennedy Crew In A Sweep". Fredericton Daily Gleaner. February 8, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[17] "Kennedy earns purple heart". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 3, 1992. p. 9. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[18] "Five-ender ices N.B. title for Mitchell rink". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 4, 1991. p. 8. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

[19] "Sullivan rink crowned Tankard kings". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 5, 1990. p. 13. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[20] "Mitchell delivers clutch shot". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 6, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[21] "Blanchard falls in N.B. men's curling final". Saint John Times Globe. February 8, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[22] "Mitchell on winner's side At N.B. Tankard This Time". Saint John Times Globe. February 9, 1987. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[23] "N.B.'s New Curling King Will Take Father To Brier As Fifth Man". Saint John Times Globe. February 10, 1986. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[24] "Wight Time at Tankard". Fredericton Daily Gleaner. February 11, 1985. p. 17. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[25] "Dobson fulfills dream, Claims Tankard Title". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 13, 1984. p. 14. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[26] "In the End, It was Sullivan". Saint John Times Globe. February 14, 1983. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[27] "'Sullivan Gang' Shoots 'Em Down". Saint John Telegraph-Journal. February 15, 1982. p. 15. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[28] "Moncton's Don Mix Headed To Brier". Saint John Times Globe. February 2, 1981. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[29] "Belyea back as N.B. champ". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 4, 1980. p. 19. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[30] "Happy Belyea finally captures Ganong Cup". Moncton Times-Transcript. February 5, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

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New Brunswick Tankard
Established	1927
2026 host city	Oromocto, New Brunswick
2026 arena	Gage Golf and Curling Club
2025 champion	James Grattan
Current edition
2026 New Brunswick Tankard