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Kamloops Crown of Curling
Canadian curling tournament
Canadian curling tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Kamloops Crown of Curling |
| Established | 1974 |
| Host city | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Arena | Kamloops Curling Club |
| Men's purse | $9,000 |
| Women's purse | $9,000 |
| Current men's champion | BC Richard Krell |
| Current women's champion | JPN Miyu Ueno |
| Men's purse = $9,000 | Women's purse = $9,000 | Current men's champion = BC Richard Krell | Current women's champion = JPN Miyu Ueno
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 | BC Brent Giles | AB Tom Kroeger | $10,500 | |||||
| 1975 | BC Bernie Sparkes | AB Tom Kroeger | ||||||
| 1976 | SK Bob Pickering | BC Bernie Sparkes | $15,500 | |||||
| 1977 | BC Roy Vinthers | BC Glen Hillson | $18,500 | |||||
| 1978 | BC Tony Eberts | BC Steve Skillings | $25,000 | |||||
| 1979 | BC Jack Hockey | BC Brent Giles | ||||||
| 1980 | MB Kerry Burtnyk | AB Ed Lukowich | $30,000 | |||||
| 1981 | AB Frank Bailey | BC Bert Gretzinger | $35,000 | |||||
| 1982 | AB Wayne Sokolosky | BC Dave Simpson | $35,000 | |||||
| 1983 | BC Paul Gowsell | BC Bert Gretzinger | $35,000 | |||||
| 1984 | AB Dennis Graber | BC Gary Sigurdson | ||||||
| 1986 | BC Craig Lepine | AB Kurt Balderston | ||||||
| 1987 | BC Mike Chernoff | |||||||
| title=Cold Kamloops Cash | date=November 8, 1988 | page=55 | newspaper=The Province | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46229918/the-province/ | access-date=March 6, 2020}} | BC Dan Cleutinx | BC Eric Wiltzen | $55,000 |
| title=Big bucks for Blom | date=November 7, 1989 | page=20 | newspaper=The Province | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46231088/the-province/ | access-date=March 6, 2020}} | BC Earl Blom | BC Jim Armstrong | |
| title=Curling | date=November 6, 1990 | page=28 | newspaper=Vancouver Sun | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46201952/the-vancouver-sun/ | access-date=March 5, 2020}} | BC Al Moore | BC Eric Wiltzen | |
| title=Labatt Crown of Curling | date=November 5, 1991 | page=63 | newspaper=Vancouver Sun | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46203115/the-vancouver-sun/ | access-date=March 5, 2020}} | BC Michael Vavrek | SK Al Lind | |
| 1992 | AB Mickey Pendergast | AB Adrian Bakker | $33,250 | |||||
| title=Two B.C. teams sweep big prizes in cashspiel | date=November 2, 1993 | page=53 | newspaper=Vancouver Sun | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46201044/the-vancouver-sun/ | access-date=March 5, 2020}} | BC Al Moore | BC Rob Kuroyama | |
| 1994 | ON Al Hackner | BC Sandy MacDonald | $36,000 | |||||
| title=Vernon rinks take Kamloops cash | date=November 1, 1995 | page=33 | newspaper=Vernon Morning Star | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62394718/the-morning-star/ | access-date=November 2, 2020}} | BC Ed Dezura | BC Brad Clark | |
| title=Labatt Crown | date=October 29, 1996 | page=14 | newspaper=Victoria Times-Colonist | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62394718/the-morning-star/ | access-date=November 2, 2020}} | SWE Peja Lindholm | AB Terry Meek | $34,400 |
| title=Soligo on edge | date=November 1, 1997 | page=22 | newspaper=Victoria Times Colonist | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46202223/times-colonist/ | access-date=March 5, 2020}} | BC Bert Gretzinger | AB Mickey Pendergast | |
| 1998 | AB Randy Ferbey | BC Greg McAulay | ||||||
| 1999 | BC Greg McAulay | BC Brent Giles | ||||||
| 2000 | AB Dennis Graber | BC Barry McPhee | ||||||
| 2001 | AB Adrian Bakker | BC Bert Gretzinger | $57,700 | |||||
| 2002 | BC Mike Wood | BC Bert Gretzinger | $35,800 | |||||
| 2003 | BC Bert Gretzinger | BC Rick Folk | $40,700 | |||||
| 2004 | BC Bob Ursel | BC Brian Windsor | $40,700 | |||||
| 2005 | BC Bert Gretzinger | USA Pete Fenson | $48,000 | |||||
| 2006 | MB Kerry Burtnyk | BC Bob Ursel | $50,000 | |||||
| 2007 | BC Bryan Miki | BC Greg McAulay | $50,000 | |||||
| 2008 | BC Rick Folk | AB Kevin Koe | $50,000 | |||||
| 2009 | AB Ted Appelman | AB Chris Schille | $34,000 | |||||
| [2010](2010-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | BC Jim Cotter | AB Steve Petryk | $34,000 | |||||
| [2011](2011-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | BC Andrew Bilesky | BC Grant Olsen | $32,000 | |||||
| [2012](2012-valley-first-crown-of-curling) | BC Brent Pierce | AB Jamie King | $32,000 | |||||
| [2013](2013-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | BC Grant Dezura | BC Dean Joanisse | $25,000 | |||||
| 2014 | BC Brent Pierce | BC Sean Geall | $30,000 | |||||
| 2015 | BC Sean Geall | BC Dean Joanisse | $26,000 | |||||
| 2016 | BC Dean Joanisse | KOR Kim Soo-hyuk | $26,000 | |||||
| [2017](2017-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | *Event cancelled* | |||||||
| 2018 | BC Sean Geall | BC Josh Barry | $16,000 | |||||
| 2019 | JPN Yuta Matsumura | BC Tyler Tardi | $16,000 | |||||
| 2020 | *Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia* | |||||||
| 2021 | KOR Kim Soo-hyuk | BC Jeff Richard | $12,200 | |||||
| 2022 | JPN Hayato Sato | BC Brent Pierce | $15,000 | |||||
| 2023 | BC Brent Pierce | BC Kyler Kleibrink | $16,000 | |||||
| 2024 | BC Jeff Richard | BC Rob Nobert | $9,000 | |||||
| 2025 | BC Richard Krell | BC Mitch Young | $9,000 |
Women
| Year | Winning skip | Runner-up skip | Purse (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | AB Phyl Raymond | AB Judy Pendergast | |
| 1987 | AB Carol Davis | AB Sandra Risebrough | |
| 1988 | BC Julie Sutton | BC Sheril Becker | |
| 1989 | AB Wendy Conn | AB Susan Seitz | |
| 1990 | MB Connie Laliberte | BC Sue Garvey | |
| 1991 | BC Julie Sutton | BC Cyndra McKinnon | |
| 1992 | BC Kelley Owen | ||
| 1993 | BC Sheril Becker | BC Allison MacInnes | |
| 1994 | BC Sherry Heath | BC Kelley Owen | |
| 1995 | BC Sue Garvey | BC Linda Kirton | |
| 1996 | BC Pat Sanders | BC Kelly MacKenzie | $20,000 |
| 1997 | BC Sue Garvey | BC Georgina Wheatcroft | |
| 1998 | AB Sheila Heath | BC Sherry Heath | |
| 1999 | BC Allison MacInnes | BC Chris Makarowski | |
| 2000 | AB Shannon Kleibrink | BC Sherry Heath | |
| 2001 | BC Shelley MacDonald | ||
| 2002 | BC Kelly Scott | BC Marla Mallett | |
| 2003 | BC Kelly Scott | BC Tracey Jones | |
| 2004 | JPN Moe Meguro | BC Colleen Hannah | |
| 2005 | BC Toni Wells | JPN Ayumi Onodera | $24,000 |
| 2006 | BC Pat Sanders | CHN Wang Bingyu | $34,000 |
| 2007 | BC Kelly Scott | BC Marla Mallett | $34,000 |
| 2008 | KOR Kim Mi-Yeon | BC Marla Mallett | $34,000 |
| 2009 | BC Colleen Hannah | AB Faye White | $34,000 |
| [2010](2010-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | BC Allison MacInnes | BC Marla Mallett | $34,000 |
| [2011](2011-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | SUI Michèle Jäggi | RUS Olga Zyablikova | $34,000 |
| [2012](2012-valley-first-crown-of-curling) | CHN Wang Bingyu | DEN Lene Nielsen | $34,000 |
| [2013](2013-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | USA Allison Pottinger | JPN Ayumi Ogasawara | $35,000 |
| 2014 | JPN Ayumi Ogasawara | BC Kelly Scott | $30,000 |
| 2015 | KOR Gim Un-chi | JPN Satsuki Fujisawa | $26,000 |
| 2016 | KOR Kim Min-ji | JPN Satsuki Fujisawa | $26,000 |
| [2017](2017-kamloops-crown-of-curling) | BC Dailene Pewarchuk | BC Patti Knezevic | $12,000 |
| 2018 | BC Sarah Wark | BC Kim Slattery | $9,950 |
| 2019 | BC Corryn Brown | CHN Han Siyu | $9,950 |
| 2020 | *Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia* | ||
| 2021 | *Event cancelled* | ||
| 2022 | BC Corryn Brown | BC Diane Gushulak | $11,000 |
| 2023 | BC Corryn Brown | BC Kim Dennis | $10,000 |
| 2024 | BC Steph Jackson-Baier | JPN Yuina Miura | $8,000 |
| 2025 | JPN Miyu Ueno | BC Kelsey Powell | $9,000 |
References
References
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- (November 9, 1976). "Pickering wins bonspiel". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
- (November 9, 1977). "Roy Vinthers Spiel Winner". Victoria Times Colonist.
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