TheRed Deer Curling Classic is an annualbonspiel , orcurling tournament, that takes place at theRed Deer Curling Club inRed Deer, Alberta . The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 as askins tournament.[ 1] The women's tournament started in 1999 as a separate event held a few weeks earlier and merged with the men's event in 2007. The event was held as aWorld Curling Tour event until 2019 and has been held nearly every year since 2007. Curlers from Alberta have dominated the event on both sides since its inception. The event counts toward theCanadian Team Ranking System , which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to theCanadian Olympic Curling Trials .
The 2018 edition of the event made headlines for the ejection of TeamJamie Koe for "unacceptable behaviour", which included arriving to compete while clearly intoxicated.[ 2]
1992: Wheaton Chev-Olds Skins Invitational 1993: Scottsville Skins Game 1994–1995: Scottsville Classic 1996–2004: Terroco Classic 2005–2006: Meyers Norris Penny Cash Spiel 1999–2000: Parkland Savings Ladies Classic 2001–2006: Community Savings Ladies Classic 2007–2019: Red Deer Curling Classic 2021: Vesta Energy Curling Classic 2022: Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic 2023: Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic 2024–present: Red Deer Curling Classic Only skip's name is displayed.
Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD) 1992[ 3] Lowell Peterman Ed Lukowich $18,600 1993[ 4] Mickey Pendergast Marv Wirth$17,500 1994[ 5] Adrian Bakker Gary Scheirich $25,000 1995[ 6] Kevin Martin Lorne Howard$25,000 1996[ 7] Ken Hunka Tracy Telford$25,000 1997[ 8] Ken Hunka Rob Schlender $25,000[ 9] 1998 Brent MacDonald Terry Meek [ 10] $25,000[ 11] 1999[ 12] Terry Meek Brad Hannah $28,200 2000[ 13] James Pahl Adrian Bakker $45,000 2001[ 14] Jamie King Brent MacDonald $45,000 2002[ 15] Adrian Bakker Craig Lepine $45,000 2003[ 16] Shane Park Ted Appelman $45,000[ 17] 2004[ 18] Mark Johnson Rob Schlender $45,000[ 19] 2005[ 20] Mark Johnson Darren Moulding $32,000 2006[ 21] Jamie King Mark Johnson $36,000 2007[ 22] Kurt Balderston Rob Armitage $32,000 2008 Ted Appelman Dan Petryk $26,800 2009 Randy Ferbey Rob Armitage $32,000 2010 Jason Montgomery Brent Bawel $32,000 2011 Jamie King Jamie Koe $32,000 2012 Brendan Bottcher Kevin Koe $33,000 2013 Brock Virtue Jeff Richard $38,000 2014[ 23] Josh Heidt Brock Virtue $41,000 2015 Mick Lizmore Jason Ackerman $39,000 2016 Kevin Koe Ted Appelman $39,000 2017 Brendan Bottcher Ted Appelman $39,000 2018 Kody Hartung Brendan Bottcher $35,000 2019 James Pahl Tyler Tardi $35,000 2020 Cancelled 2021[ 24] Ryan Jacques Colton Flasch $35,000 2022[ 25] Matt Dunstone Kevin Koe $35,000 2023[ 26] Kevin Koe Rylan Kleiter $35,000 2024[ 27] Matt Dunstone John Epping $46,000 2025[ 28] Evan van Amsterdam Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi $46,000
Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD) 1999[ 29] Sherry Anderson Shannon Kleibrink $30,000 2000[ 30] Sherry Anderson Michelle Ridgway $30,000[ 31] 2001[ 32] Amber Holland Glenys Bakker $30,000 2002[ 33] Heather Nedohin Cheryl Bernard $30,000[ 34] 2003[ 35] Kelly Scott Renelle Bryden $30,000[ 36] 2004 Renelle Bryden Shannon Kleibrink $30,000 2005 Cathy King Lawnie MacDonald $30,000 2006 Sherry Anderson Patti Knezevic $30,000 2007 Jennifer Jones Kristie Moore $32,000 2008 Cheryl Bernard Shannon Kleibrink $32,000 2009 Jennifer Jones Shannon Kleibrink $33,000 2010 Shannon Kleibrink Jessie Kaufman $34,000 2011 Silvana Tirinzoni Kelley Law $34,000 2012 Chelsea Carey Kaitlyn Lawes $36,000 2013 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Kristie Moore $38,000 2014[ 37] Alina Pätz Trish Paulsen $39,000 2015 Kelsey Rocque Alina Pätz $31,000 2016 Nadine Chyz Hannah Fleming $29,000 2017[ 38] Delia DeJong Satsuki Fujisawa $30,000 2018 Robyn Silvernagle Mei Jie $35,000 2019 Jamie Sinclair Brette Richards $35,000 2020 Cancelled 2021[ 39] Satsuki Fujisawa Gim Un-chi $35,000 2022[ 40] Tracy Fleury Casey Scheidegger $35,000 2023[ 41] Rachel Homan Selena Sturmay $35,000 2024[ 42] Miku Nihira Satsuki Fujisawa $39,000 2025[ 43] Silvana Tirinzoni Miku Nihira $39,000
^ "Lukowich confirms Skins game entry" .Red Deer Advocate . October 8, 1992. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ " 'Extremely drunk' Canadian curling team gets banned from tour event - The Washington Post" .^ "Innisfail's Peterman escapes with the curling cash" .Red Deer Advocate . October 19, 1992. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Skinning the field" .Red Deer Advocate . October 18, 1993. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Tough road to pay" .Red Deer Advocate . October 18, 1994. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Dream team fills pockets" .Red Deer Advocate . October 17, 1995. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Hunka takes hunk of cash" .Red Deer Advocate . October 15, 1996. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Johnson wins $1250" .Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . October 14, 1997. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Peterman triumphs, earn cash, day off" .Red Deer Advocate . October 12, 1997. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Hunka a great add for MacDonald rink" .Red Deer Advocate . October 13, 1998. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Game plan works for Row" .Red Deer Advocate . October 10, 1998. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Meek foursome takes giant stride" .Red Deer Advocate . October 12, 1999. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Pahl foursome wins a Hunka cash" .Red Deer Advocate . December 5, 2000. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Blake wins battle of brothers" .Red Deer Advocate . December 4, 2001. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Brier or Grand Slam? Teams left to choose" .Vancouver Sun . December 4, 2002. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Germsheid sweeps to Terroco victory" .Red Deer Advocate . December 2, 2003. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Cashspiel Update" .Vancouver Sun . November 27, 2003. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Johnson rink rolls to victory after shaky start" .Red Deer Advocate . November 30, 2004. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Joanisse feels isolated on island" .Red Deer Advocate . November 27, 2004. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Johnson wins cashspiel—again" .Red Deer Advocate . November 29, 2005. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "King rink captures cashspiel" .Red Deer Advocate . November 28, 2006. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .Edmonton Journal . November 7, 2007. RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved9 January 2019 .^ "2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 24, 2021 .^ "2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 22, 2022 .^ "2023 Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 21, 2023 .^ "2024 Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 25, 2024 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedAugust 3, 2025 .^ "Anderson's rink weary winners" .Red Deer Advocate . November 6, 2001. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Anderson's cleaning up" .Calgary Herald . November 7, 2000. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Sali foursome chases money" .Calgary Herald . November 4, 2000. RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 .^ "Holland's rink had all the makings" .Red Deer Advocate . November 6, 2001. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Nedohin wraps up classic" .Red Deer Advocate . November 12, 2002. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Ladies classic has star-studded cast of curlers" .Red Deer Advocate . November 7, 2002. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Scott pulls away with Ladies Classic victory" .Red Deer Advocate . November 11, 2003. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Trowell triumphs" .Calgary Herald . November 4, 2003. RetrievedNovember 29, 2020 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved9 January 2019 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved9 January 2019 .^ "2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 24, 2021 .^ "2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 22, 2022 .^ "2023 Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 21, 2023 .^ "2024 Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedNovember 25, 2024 .^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" .CurlingZone . RetrievedAugust 3, 2025 .