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The Kamloops Crown of Curling (formerly the Hub 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 annual
bonspiel , or
curling tournament, held in October at the
Kamloops Curling Club in
Kamloops . The purse for the event is
CAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.
The event has been held since 1974.
[1]
Past champions
Men
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 Sigurdson
1986
[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 Lind
1992
[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 Clark
1996
[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 the
COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
[48]
2021
[49]
Kim Soo-hyuk
Jeff Richard
$12,200
2022
[50]
Hayato Sato
Brent Pierce
$15,000
2023
[51]
Brent Pierce
Kyler Kleibrink
$16,000
Women
Year
Winning skip
Runner-up skip
Purse (CAD)
1986
[52]
Phyl Raymond
Judy Pendergast
1987
[53]
Carol Davis
Sandra Risebrough
1988
[15]
Julie Sutton
Sheril Becker
1989
[17]
Wendy Conn
Susan Seitz
1990
[18]
Connie Laliberte
Sue Garvey
1991
[19]
Julie Sutton
Cyndra McKinnon
1992
[54]
Kelley Owen
1993
[22]
Sheril Becker
Allison MacInnes
1994
[55]
Sherry Heath
Kelley Owen
1995
[24]
Sue Garvey
Linda Kirton
1996
[56]
Pat Sanders
Kelly MacKenzie
$20,000
[25]
1997
[26]
Sue Garvey
Georgina Wheatcroft
1998
[57]
Sheila Heath
Sherry Heath
1999
[58]
Allison MacInnes
Chris Makarowski
2000
[59]
Shannon Kleibrink
Sherry Heath
2001
Shelley MacDonald
2002
[60]
Kelly Scott
Marla Mallett
2003
[61]
Kelly Scott
Tracey Jones
2004
[62]
Moe Meguro
Colleen Hannah
2005
[63]
Toni Wells
Ayumi Onodera
$24,000
2006
[64]
Pat Sanders
Wang Bingyu
$34,000
2007
Kelly Scott
Marla Mallett
$34,000
2008
Kim Mi-Yeon
Marla Mallett
$34,000
[65]
2009
[66]
Colleen Hannah
Faye White
$34,000
2010
[67]
Allison MacInnes
Marla Mallett
$34,000
2011
[68]
Michèle Jäggi
Olga Zyablikova
$34,000
2012
[69]
Wang Bingyu
Lene Nielsen
$34,000
2013
[70]
Allison Pottinger
Ayumi Ogasawara
$35,000
2014
[71]
Ayumi Ogasawara
Kelly Scott
$30,000
2015
[72]
Gim Un-chi
Satsuki Fujisawa
$26,000
2016
[73]
Kim Min-ji
Satsuki Fujisawa
$26,000
2017
[74]
Dailene Pewarchuk
Patti Knezevic
$12,000
2018
[75]
Sarah Wark
Kim Slattery
$9,950
2019
[76]
Corryn Brown
Han Siyu
$9,950
2020
Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021
Event cancelled
2022
[77]
Corryn Brown
Diane Gushulak
$11,000
2023
[78]
Corryn Brown
Kim Dennis
$10,000
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