Tour Challenge

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Tour Challenge
Tour Challenge logo.png
Established2015
2019 host cityWestville Road, Nova Scotia
2019 arenaPictou County Wellness Centre
PurseCAD$100,000
Current champions (2019)
MenOntario Brad Jacobs
WomenSweden Anna Hasselborg
Current edition

The Tour Challenge is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, and is a Grand Slam of Curling event. It was 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
2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker Norway Steffen Walstad, Markus Høiberg, Magnus Nedregotten, Magnus Vågberg Regina, Saskatchewan $100,000
2018 Ontario Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden Alberta Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin Thunder Bay, Ontario $100,000
2019 Ontario Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker Westville Road, Nova Scotia $120,000

Tier 2[]

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse
2015 British Columbia Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Ontario Mark Kean, , , $50,000
2016 Ontario Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, , Ontario Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, David Mathers, Scott Howard $50,000
2017 Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan Manitoba William Lyburn, Richard Daneault, , $50,000
2018 Saskatchewan Kirk Muyres, , , Dallan Muyres Ontario Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, , $50,000
2019 United States Korey Dropkin, , Mark Fenner, , Joe Polo Manitoba Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, , $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 Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown Manitoba Michelle Englot, Kate Cameron, Leslie Wilson-Westcott, Raunora Westcott Cranbrook, British Columbia $100,000
2017 Alberta Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown Sweden Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs Regina, Saskatchewan $100,000
2018 Ontario Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Manitoba Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Thunder Bay, Ontario $100,000
2019 Sweden Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs Manitoba Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur Westville Road, Nova Scotia $120,000

Tier 2[]

Year Winning team Runner-up team Purse
2015 Manitoba Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Saskatchewan Amber Holland, , , $50,000
2016 Ontario Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, , Ontario Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts $50,000
2017 Manitoba Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Alberta Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters $50,000
2018 Switzerland Briar Hürlimann (Fourth), Elena Stern (Skip), Lisa Gisler, Céline Koller Japan Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama $50,000
2019 South Korea Kim Min-ji, Ha Seung-youn, Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Kim Su-jin Ontario Jestyn Murphy, , , $50,000

References[]

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

External links[]

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