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Kamloops Crown of Curling

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.

Kamloops Crown of Curling
Established1974
Host cityKamloops, British Columbia
ArenaKamloops Curling Club
Men's purse$16,000
Women's purse$10,000
Current champions (2023)
MenBritish Columbia Brent Pierce
WomenBritish Columbia Corryn Brown
Kamloops Crown of Curling is located in Canada
Kamloops CC
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Location in Canada

The event has been held since 1974.[1]

Past champions edit

Men edit

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 edit

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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External links edit

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