Three spots are available for the Northern Ontario Tankard playdowns as the Men's Curling Regionals get started today at the Port Arthur Curling Club. The top three teams will move on to play in Nipigon next month for the right to represent Northern Ontario at this year's Brier. The round robin gets underway this afternoon at 3:00 with the rinks of Dylan Johnston, Bryan Burgess, Jeff Currie, Mike Assad, Al Hackner and Trevor Bonot competing for the three available spots.