The Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is an annual curling tournament on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia . It was a part of the World Curling Tour until 2019 when it was discontinued. It is held at the beginning of October, with the beginning of the bonspiel sometimes occurring in September. The event has been held since 2001.[ 1]
Former event names
Asham Curling Supplies / Prestige Inns Classic: 2001, 2003
Prestige Inn & Twin Anchors Houseboats Vernon Curling Classic: 2002
Twin Anchors Houseboats Vacations / Prestige Inn Classic: 2004
Twin Anchors - Prestige Inn Curling Classic: 2005
Twin Anchors Houseboat / Prestige Inns Cashspiel: 2006
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel: 2007–2008
Twin Anchors Invitational: 2009–2011
Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic: 2012–present
Past champions
Only skips names listed
Men
Year
Winning skip
Runner up skip
Purse (CAD)
2001
British Columbia Rick Folk
Manitoba Jeff Stoughton
$36,000
2002
Alberta Rob Bucholz
British Columbia Brent Pierce
$36,000
2003
Alberta Randy Ferbey
British Columbia Greg McAulay
$43,500
2004
British Columbia Rick Folk
Alberta J. D. Lind
$43,000
2005
British Columbia Bob Ursel
Quebec Pierre Charette
$43,500
2006
British Columbia Brent Pierce
Alberta Mark Johnson
$45,000
2007
British Columbia Bob Ursel
British Columbia Sean Geall
$24,000
2008
British Columbia Bob Ursel
British Columbia Sean Geall
$24,000
2009
Alberta Kevin Koe
British Columbia Bob Ursel
$25,000
2010
Alberta Kevin Koe
Russia Andrey Drozdov
$37,000
2011
Alberta Robert Schlender
British Columbia Brent Pierce
$27,000
2012
British Columbia Jim Cotter
Alberta Jamie King
$26,000
2013
Alberta Kevin Koe
United States Brady Clark
$35,000
2014
British Columbia Grant Dezura
British Columbia Brent Pierce
$26,000
2015
British Columbia Sean Geall
British Columbia Dean Joanisse
$17,000
2016[ 2]
British Columbia Tyler Tardi
Japan Yusuke Morozumi
$17,000
2017
British Columbia Jeff Guignard
British Columbia Adam Cseke
$12,000
2018[ 3]
Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone
British Columbia Jim Cotter
$18,000
2019[ 4]
British Columbia Tyler Tardi
British Columbia Jim Cotter
$18,000
2020
Cancelled
2021
Cancelled
2022[ 5]
Japan Riku Yanagisawa
Japan Kohsuke Hirata
$18,000
2023[ 6]
British Columbia Brent Pierce
British Columbia Catlin Schneider
$28,500
2024[ 7]
China Xu Xiaoming
British Columbia Brent Pierce
$28,500
Women
Year
Winning skip
Runner up skip
Purse (CAD)
2001[ 8]
British Columbia Kelley Law
British Columbia Marla Mallett
2002[ 9]
British Columbia Kelly Scott
British Columbia Kelley Law
2003[ 10]
Alberta Shannon Kleibrink
British Columbia Penny Shantz-Henderson
2004
Alberta Cheryl Bernard
British Columbia Kelly Scott
$15,000
2005
Alberta Cheryl Bernard
British Columbia Kristy Lewis
$21,000
2006
British Columbia Kelley Law
British Columbia Corrie Lubben
$21,000
2007
Alberta Heather Rankin
Alberta Shannon Kleibrink
$29,200
2008
Alberta Shannon Kleibrink
British Columbia Kelly Scott
$38,000
2009
Japan Moe Meguro
Alberta Cheryl Bernard
$35,000
2010
Alberta Cheryl Bernard
Russia Liudmila Privivkova
$35,000
2011
Alberta Amy Nixon
Alberta Lisa Eyamie
$35,000
2012
Alberta Heather Nedohin
Russia Anna Sidorova
$35,000
2013
China Wang Bingyu
Switzerland Mirjam Ott
$35,000
2014
Japan Ayumi Ogasawara
British Columbia Corryn Brown
$37,000
2015
Saskatchewan Stefanie Lawton
Alberta Chelsea Carey
$39,000
2016[ 11]
British Columbia Marla Mallett
Alberta Cheryl Bernard
$41,500
2017
Ontario Rachel Homan
South Korea Gim Un-chi
$41,000
2018
Russia Alina Kovaleva
Alberta Kelsey Rocque
$41,000
2019[ 12]
Alberta Kelsey Rocque
Alberta Chelsea Carey
$31,500
2020
Cancelled
2021
Cancelled
2022[ 13]
British Columbia Corryn Brown
Japan Ikue Kitazawa
$31,500
2023[ 14]
China Wang Rui
British Columbia Corryn Brown
$28,500
2024[ 15]
South Korea Kang Bo-bae
China Zhang Yujie
$28,500
References
↑ "Brier champ heads field" . Vernon Morning Star . September 16, 2001. p. A27. Retrieved October 4, 2020 .
↑ CurlingZone
↑ CurlingZone
↑ CurlingZone
↑ "2022 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 4, 2022 .
↑ "2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 2, 2023 .
↑ "2024 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 7, 2024 .
↑ "Classic cash goes to Law, Folk" . Vernon Morning Star . October 3, 2001. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020 .
↑ "Bucholz, Scott snag curling cash" . Vernon Morning Star . October 9, 2002. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020 .
↑ "Kleibrink well-prepared for ladies' final" . Vernon Morning Star . October 8, 2003. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020 .
↑ CurlingZone
↑ CurlingZone
↑ "2022 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 4, 2022 .
↑ "2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 2, 2023 .
↑ "2024 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved October 7, 2024 .
External links
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