Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kamloops Crown of Curling
Established1974
Host cityKamloops, British Columbia
ArenaKamloops Curling Club
Men's purse$9,000
Women's purse$8,000
Current champions (2024)
Men Jeff Richard
Women Steph Jackson-Baier
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Location in Canada

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.

Past champions

Men

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD)
1974 Brent Giles Tom Kroeger $10,500
1975 Bernie Sparkes Tom Kroeger
1976 Bob Pickering Bernie Sparkes $15,500
1977 Roy Vinthers Glen Hillson $18,500
1978 Tony Eberts Steve Skillings $25,000
1979 Jack Hockey Brent Giles
1980 Kerry Burtnyk Ed Lukowich $30,000
1981 Frank Bailey Bert Gretzinger $35,000
1982 Wayne Sokolosky Dave Simpson $35,000
1983 Paul Gowsell Bert Gretzinger $35,000
1984 Dennis Graber Gary Sigurdson
1986 Craig Lepine Kurt Balderston
1987 Mike Chernoff
1988 Dan Cleutinx Eric Wiltzen $55,000
1989 Earl Blom Jim Armstrong
1990 Al Moore Eric Wiltzen
1991 Michael Vavrek Al Lind
1992 Mickey Pendergast Adrian Bakker $33,250
1993 Al Moore Rob Kuroyama
1994 Al Hackner Sandy MacDonald $36,000
1995 Ed Dezura Brad Clark
1996 Peja Lindholm Terry Meek $34,400
1997 Bert Gretzinger Mickey Pendergast
1998 Randy Ferbey Greg McAulay
1999 Greg McAulay Brent Giles
2000 Dennis Graber Barry McPhee
2001 Adrian Bakker Bert Gretzinger $57,700
2002 Mike Wood Bert Gretzinger $35,800
2003 Bert Gretzinger Rick Folk $40,700
2004 Bob Ursel Brian Windsor $40,700
2005 Bert Gretzinger Pete Fenson $48,000
2006 Kerry Burtnyk Bob Ursel $50,000
2007 Bryan Miki Greg McAulay $50,000
2008 Rick Folk Kevin Koe $50,000
2009 Ted Appelman Chris Schille $34,000
2010 Jim Cotter Steve Petryk $34,000
2011 Andrew Bilesky Grant Olsen $32,000
2012 Brent Pierce Jamie King $32,000
2013 Grant Dezura Dean Joanisse $25,000
2014 Brent Pierce Sean Geall $30,000
2015 Sean Geall Dean Joanisse $26,000
2016 Dean Joanisse Kim Soo-hyuk $26,000
2017 Event cancelled
2018 Sean Geall Josh Barry $16,000
2019 Yuta Matsumura Tyler Tardi $16,000
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021 Kim Soo-hyuk Jeff Richard $12,200
2022 Hayato Sato Brent Pierce $15,000
2023 Brent Pierce Kyler Kleibrink $16,000
2024 Jeff Richard Rob Nobert $9,000

Women

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD)
1986 Phyl Raymond Judy Pendergast
1987 Carol Davis Sandra Risebrough
1988 Julie Sutton Sheril Becker
1989 Wendy Conn Susan Seitz
1990 Connie Laliberte Sue Garvey
1991 Julie Sutton Cyndra McKinnon
1992 Kelley Owen
1993 Sheril Becker Allison MacInnes
1994 Sherry Heath Kelley Owen
1995 Sue Garvey Linda Kirton
1996 Pat Sanders Kelly MacKenzie $20,000
1997 Sue Garvey Georgina Wheatcroft
1998 Sheila Heath Sherry Heath
1999 Allison MacInnes Chris Makarowski
2000 Shannon Kleibrink Sherry Heath
2001 Shelley MacDonald
2002 Kelly Scott Marla Mallett
2003 Kelly Scott Tracey Jones
2004 Moe Meguro Colleen Hannah
2005 Toni Wells Ayumi Onodera $24,000
2006 Pat Sanders Wang Bingyu $34,000
2007 Kelly Scott Marla Mallett $34,000
2008 Kim Mi-Yeon Marla Mallett $34,000
2009 Colleen Hannah Faye White $34,000
2010 Allison MacInnes Marla Mallett $34,000
2011 Michèle Jäggi Olga Zyablikova $34,000
2012 Wang Bingyu Lene Nielsen $34,000
2013 Allison Pottinger Ayumi Ogasawara $35,000
2014 Ayumi Ogasawara Kelly Scott $30,000
2015 Gim Un-chi Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000
2016 Kim Min-ji Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000
2017 Dailene Pewarchuk Patti Knezevic $12,000
2018 Sarah Wark Kim Slattery $9,950
2019 Corryn Brown Han Siyu $9,950
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021 Event cancelled
2022 Corryn Brown Diane Gushulak $11,000
2023 Corryn Brown Kim Dennis $10,000
2024 Steph Jackson-Baier Yuina Miura $8,000

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