One (1) team will earn their spot at the Tankard at each of the regional qualification tournaments

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

  • Noranda curling club and Trois-Rivières curling club: October 1st 2023, 11:59 PM
  • Club sport Belvédère and Rivière-du-Loup curling club: October 22nd 2023, 11:59 PM
  • Celanese curling club and Chicoutimi curling club: November 19th 2023, 11:59 PM

TOURNAMENT FORMATS

  • Each event’s format will be determined by the organiser according to the number of registrations with Curling Quebec’s approval

RULES AND SCHEDULE

General rules

Preliminary schedules coming soon

TOURNAMENT HOSTING PREREQUISITE

  • A minimum of 4 teams must participate in order for the event to be recognized;
  • All participating teams must be registered for the Hardline Tankard before playing in the tournament;
  • There will not be any registration fees for these events aside from the provincial championship fee;
  • Curling Quebec rules will apply (legal broom pads). The official tournament rules will be sent to the host regions/clubs at the beginning of the season.

REGISTRATION FEES

Their is no registration fees for the regional qualification tournaments. Teams that wish to participate must be registered for the Tankard to be eligible to participate*.

*Exception : Teams that finished on the podium at the 2023 Provincial Colts Championship and the provincial Club Championship can register at the regional qualification tournaments without being registered for the Tankard. They will need to pay the registration fees if they win a regional qualification tournament and earn their spot at the 2024 Men’s Provincial Championship.

ELIGIBILITY

  • The following teams are not eligible to participate:
    • Team Quebec from the previous season,
    • The winner of last year’s provincial circuit final,
    • Teams who qualified for provincials by CTRS points last year,
    • A team who has already qualified for the provincial championship by winning a regional qualification tournament earlier in the year
  • There are no restrictions regarding the origins of a team.

LIST OF REGIONAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS

DATES

TOURNOI

DATE LIMITE D'INSCRIPTION

PERSONNE EN CHARGE

CONTACT

13-15 oct 2023

Club de curling Noranda

1 oct 2023

Patrick Bédard

13-15 oct 2023

Club de curling Trois-Rivières

1 oct 2023

Stéphane Michaud

3-5 nov 2023

Club sport Belvédère

22 oct 2023

Sylvain Dicaire

3-5 nov 2023

Club de curling Rivière-du-Loup

22 oct 2023

Guillaume Rousseau

1-3 dec 2023

Club de curling Celanese

19 nov 2023

Claude Gadbois

1-3 déc 2023

Club de curling Chicoutimi

19 nov 2023

Gaëtan Bilodeau