GSOC Tour Challenge

GSOC Tour Challenge
Established 2015
2016 host city Cranbrook, British Columbia
2016 arena Western Financial Place & Cranbrook Memorial Arena
Purse CAD$100,000
2016 men's champion Sweden Niklas Edin
2016 women's champion Alberta Valerie Sweeting
Current edition
2016 GSOC Tour Challenge

The GSOC Tour Challenge is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, and is a Grand Slam of Curling event. It will be introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.[1]

Past champions

Men

Tier 1

Year Winning team Runner-up team Location Purse
2015 Alberta Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador $100,000
2016 Sweden Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren Scotland Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith Cranbrook, British Columbia $100,000

Tier 2

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse
2015 British Columbia Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Ontario Mark Kean, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid $50,000
2016 Ontario Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, David Mathers, Scott Howard $50,000

Women

Tier 1

Year Winning team Runner-up team Location Purse
2015 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht Ontario Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador $100,000
2016 Alberta Valerie Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown Manitoba Michelle Englot, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora Westcott Cranbrook, British Columbia $100,000

Tier 2

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse
2015 Manitoba Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Saskatchewan Amber Holland, Cindy Ricci, Larisa Murray, Debbie Lozinski $50,000
2016 Ontario Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster Ontario Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts $50,000

References

  1. "About the Tour Challenge". grandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

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