Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

The Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is an annual curling tournament on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. It was a part of the World Curling Tour until 2019 when it was discontinued. It is held at the beginning of October, with the beginning of the bonspiel sometimes occurring in September. The event has been held since 2001.[1]

Prestige Hotels & Resorts
Curling Classic
Established2001
Host cityVernon, British Columbia
ArenaVernon Curling Club
Men's purse$28,500
Women's purse$28,500
Current champions (2023)
MenBritish Columbia Brent Pierce
WomenChina Wang Rui
Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is located in Canada
Vernon CC
Vernon CC

Former event names edit

  • Asham Curling Supplies / Prestige Inns Classic: 2001, 2003
  • Prestige Inn & Twin Anchors Houseboats Vernon Curling Classic: 2002
  • Twin Anchors Houseboats Vacations / Prestige Inn Classic: 2004
  • Twin Anchors - Prestige Inn Curling Classic: 2005
  • Twin Anchors Houseboat / Prestige Inns Cashspiel: 2006
  • Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel: 2007–2008
  • Twin Anchors Invitational: 2009–2011
  • Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic: 2012–present

Past champions edit

Only skips names listed

Men edit

Year Winning skip Runner up skip Purse (CAD)
2001   Rick Folk   Jeff Stoughton $36,000
2002   Rob Bucholz   Brent Pierce $36,000
2003   Randy Ferbey   Greg McAulay $43,500
2004   Rick Folk   J. D. Lind $43,000
2005   Bob Ursel   Pierre Charette $43,500
2006   Brent Pierce   Mark Johnson $45,000
2007   Bob Ursel   Sean Geall $24,000
2008   Bob Ursel   Sean Geall $24,000
2009   Kevin Koe   Bob Ursel $25,000
2010   Kevin Koe   Andrey Drozdov $37,000
2011   Robert Schlender   Brent Pierce $27,000
2012   Jim Cotter   Jamie King $26,000
2013   Kevin Koe   Brady Clark $35,000
2014   Grant Dezura   Brent Pierce $26,000
2015   Sean Geall   Dean Joanisse $17,000
2016[2]   Tyler Tardi   Yusuke Morozumi $17,000
2017   Jeff Guignard   Adam Cseke $12,000
2018[3]   Matt Dunstone   Jim Cotter $18,000
2019[4]   Tyler Tardi   Jim Cotter $18,000
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022[5]   Riku Yanagisawa   Kohsuke Hirata $18,000
2023[6]   Brent Pierce   Catlin Schneider $28,500

Women edit

Year Winning skip Runner up skip Purse (CAD)
2001[7]   Kelley Law   Marla Mallett
2002[8]   Kelly Scott   Kelley Law
2003[9]   Shannon Kleibrink   Penny Shantz-Henderson
2004   Cheryl Bernard   Kelly Scott $15,000
2005   Cheryl Bernard   Kristy Lewis $21,000
2006   Kelley Law   Corrie Lubben $21,000
2007   Heather Rankin   Shannon Kleibrink $29,200
2008   Shannon Kleibrink   Kelly Scott $38,000
2009   Moe Meguro   Cheryl Bernard $35,000
2010   Cheryl Bernard   Liudmila Privivkova $35,000
2011   Amy Nixon   Lisa Eyamie $35,000
2012   Heather Nedohin   Anna Sidorova $35,000
2013   Wang Bingyu   Mirjam Ott $35,000
2014   Ayumi Ogasawara   Corryn Brown $37,000
2015   Stefanie Lawton   Chelsea Carey $39,000
2016[10]   Marla Mallett   Cheryl Bernard $41,500
2017   Rachel Homan   Gim Un-chi $41,000
2018   Alina Kovaleva   Kelsey Rocque $41,000
2019[11]   Kelsey Rocque   Chelsea Carey $31,500
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022[12]   Corryn Brown   Ikue Kitazawa $31,500
2023[13]   Wang Rui   Corryn Brown $28,500

References edit

  1. ^ "Brier champ heads field". Vernon Morning Star. September 16, 2001. p. A27. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. ^ CurlingZone
  3. ^ CurlingZone
  4. ^ CurlingZone
  5. ^ "2022 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "Classic cash goes to Law, Folk". Vernon Morning Star. October 3, 2001. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Bucholz, Scott snag curling cash". Vernon Morning Star. October 9, 2002. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "Kleibrink well-prepared for ladies' final". Vernon Morning Star. October 8, 2003. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  10. ^ CurlingZone
  11. ^ CurlingZone
  12. ^ "2022 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  13. ^ "2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 2, 2023.

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