Canadian curling tournament
TheKamloops Crown of Curling (formerly theHub International Crown of Curling ,Valley First Crown of Curling ,Strauss Crown of Curling ,Labatt's Crown of Curling, Labatt Crown of Curling, Thompson Crown of Curling, Thompson Hotel Crown of Curling, and Barton Insurance Crown of Curling ) is an annualbonspiel , orcurling tournament, held in October at theKamloops Curling Club inKamloops . The purse for the event isCAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.
The event has been held since 1974.[ 1]
Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD) 1974[ 2] Brent Giles Tom Kroeger $10,500 1975[ 3] Bernie Sparkes Tom Kroeger 1976[ 4] Bob Pickering Bernie Sparkes $15,500 1977[ 5] Roy Vinthers Glen Hillson $18,500 1978[ 6] Tony Eberts Steve Skillings $25,000 1979[ 7] Jack Hockey Brent Giles 1980[ 8] Kerry Burtnyk Ed Lukowich $30,000 1981[ 9] Frank Bailey Bert Gretzinger $35,000 1982[ 10] Wayne Sokolosky Dave Simpson$35,000 1983[ 11] Paul Gowsell Bert Gretzinger $35,000 1984[ 12] Dennis Graber Gary Sigurdson1986[ 13] Craig Lepine Kurt Balderston 1987[ 14] Mike Chernoff 1988[ 15] Dan Cleutinx Eric Wiltzen $55,000[ 16] 1989[ 17] Earl Blom Jim Armstrong 1990[ 18] Al Moore Eric Wiltzen 1991[ 19] Michael Vavrek Al Lind1992[ 20] Mickey Pendergast Adrian Bakker $33,250[ 21] 1993[ 22] Al Moore Rob Kuroyama 1994[ 23] Al Hackner Sandy MacDonald$36,000 1995[ 24] Ed Dezura Brad Clark1996[ 25] Peja Lindholm Terry Meek $34,400 1997[ 26] Bert Gretzinger Mickey Pendergast 1998[ 27] Randy Ferbey Greg McAulay 1999[ 28] Greg McAulay Brent Giles 2000[ 29] Dennis Graber Barry McPhee 2001[ 30] Adrian Bakker Bert Gretzinger $57,700 2002[ 31] Mike Wood Bert Gretzinger $35,800 2003[ 32] Bert Gretzinger Rick Folk $40,700 2004[ 33] Bob Ursel Brian Windsor $40,700 2005[ 34] Bert Gretzinger Pete Fenson $48,000 2006[ 35] Kerry Burtnyk Bob Ursel $50,000 2007 Bryan Miki Greg McAulay $50,000[ 36] 2008 Rick Folk Kevin Koe $50,000[ 37] 2009[ 38] Ted Appelman Chris Schille $34,000 2010 [ 39] Jim Cotter Steve Petryk $34,000 2011 [ 40] Andrew Bilesky Grant Olsen $32,000 2012 [ 41] Brent Pierce Jamie King $32,000 2013 [ 42] Grant Dezura Dean Joanisse $25,000 2014[ 43] Brent Pierce Sean Geall $30,000 2015[ 44] Sean Geall Dean Joanisse $26,000 2016[ 45] Dean Joanisse Kim Soo-hyuk $26,000 2017 Event cancelled [ 46] 2018 Sean Geall Josh Barry $16,000 2019[ 47] Yuta Matsumura Tyler Tardi $16,000 2020 Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia [ 48] 2021[ 49] Kim Soo-hyuk Jeff Richard $12,200 2022[ 50] Hayato SatoBrent Pierce $15,000 2023[ 51] Brent Pierce Kyler Kleibrink $16,000 2024[ 52] Jeff Richard Rob Nobert $9,000 2025[ 53] Richard Krell Mitch Young$9,000
Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD) 1986[ 54] Phyl Raymond Judy Pendergast 1987[ 55] Carol Davis Sandra Risebrough1988[ 15] Julie Sutton Sheril Becker 1989[ 17] Wendy Conn Susan Seitz 1990[ 18] Connie Laliberte Sue Garvey 1991[ 19] Julie Sutton Cyndra McKinnon1992[ 56] Kelley Owen 1993[ 22] Sheril Becker Allison MacInnes 1994[ 57] Sherry Heath Kelley Owen 1995[ 24] Sue Garvey Linda Kirton 1996[ 58] Pat Sanders Kelly MacKenzie $20,000[ 25] 1997[ 26] Sue Garvey Georgina Wheatcroft 1998[ 59] Sheila Heath Sherry Heath 1999[ 60] Allison MacInnes Chris Makarowski2000[ 61] Shannon Kleibrink Sherry Heath 2001 Shelley MacDonald 2002[ 62] Kelly Scott Marla Mallett 2003[ 63] Kelly Scott Tracey Jones2004[ 64] Moe Meguro Colleen Hannah 2005[ 65] Toni Wells Ayumi Onodera $24,000 2006[ 66] Pat Sanders Wang Bingyu $34,000 2007 Kelly Scott Marla Mallett $34,000 2008 Kim Mi-Yeon Marla Mallett $34,000[ 67] 2009[ 68] Colleen Hannah Faye White $34,000 2010 [ 69] Allison MacInnes Marla Mallett $34,000 2011 [ 70] Michèle Jäggi Olga Zyablikova $34,000 2012 [ 71] Wang Bingyu Lene Nielsen $34,000 2013 [ 72] Allison Pottinger Ayumi Ogasawara $35,000 2014[ 73] Ayumi Ogasawara Kelly Scott $30,000 2015[ 74] Gim Un-chi Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000 2016[ 75] Kim Min-ji Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000 2017 [ 76] Dailene Pewarchuk Patti Knezevic $12,000 2018[ 77] Sarah Wark Kim Slattery$9,950 2019[ 78] Corryn Brown Han Siyu$9,950 2020 Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia 2021 Event cancelled 2022[ 79] Corryn Brown Diane Gushulak $11,000 2023[ 80] Corryn Brown Kim Dennis$10,000 2024[ 81] Steph Jackson-Baier Yuina Miura$8,000 2025[ 82] Miyu Ueno Kelsey Powell$8,000
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