Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kamloops Crown of Curling
Established	1974
Host city	Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena	Kamloops Curling Club
Men's purse	$9,000
Women's purse	$8,000
Current champions (2024)
Men	Jeff Richard
Women	Steph Jackson-Baier

Kamloops CC

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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.[1]

Past champions

Men

Year	Winning skip	Runner-up skip	Purse (CAD)
1974[2]	Brent Giles	Tom Kroeger	$10,500
1975[3]	Bernie Sparkes	Tom Kroeger
1976[4]	Bob Pickering	Bernie Sparkes	$15,500
1977[5]	Roy Vinthers	Glen Hillson	$18,500
1978[6]	Tony Eberts	Steve Skillings	$25,000
1979[7]	Jack Hockey	Brent Giles
1980[8]	Kerry Burtnyk	Ed Lukowich	$30,000
1981[9]	Frank Bailey	Bert Gretzinger	$35,000
1982[10]	Wayne Sokolosky	Dave Simpson	$35,000
1983[11]	Paul Gowsell	Bert Gretzinger	$35,000
1984[12]	Dennis Graber	Gary Sigurdson
1986[13]	Craig Lepine	Kurt Balderston
1987[14]	Mike Chernoff
1988[15]	Dan Cleutinx	Eric Wiltzen	$55,000[16]
1989[17]	Earl Blom	Jim Armstrong
1990[18]	Al Moore	Eric Wiltzen
1991[19]	Michael Vavrek	Al Lind
1992[20]	Mickey Pendergast	Adrian Bakker	$33,250[21]
1993[22]	Al Moore	Rob Kuroyama
1994[23]	Al Hackner	Sandy MacDonald	$36,000
1995[24]	Ed Dezura	Brad Clark
1996[25]	Peja Lindholm	Terry Meek	$34,400
1997[26]	Bert Gretzinger	Mickey Pendergast
1998[27]	Randy Ferbey	Greg McAulay
1999[28]	Greg McAulay	Brent Giles
2000[29]	Dennis Graber	Barry McPhee
2001[30]	Adrian Bakker	Bert Gretzinger	$57,700
2002[31]	Mike Wood	Bert Gretzinger	$35,800
2003[32]	Bert Gretzinger	Rick Folk	$40,700
2004[33]	Bob Ursel	Brian Windsor	$40,700
2005[34]	Bert Gretzinger	Pete Fenson	$48,000
2006[35]	Kerry Burtnyk	Bob Ursel	$50,000
2007	Bryan Miki	Greg McAulay	$50,000[36]
2008	Rick Folk	Kevin Koe	$50,000[37]
2009[38]	Ted Appelman	Chris Schille	$34,000
2010[39]	Jim Cotter	Steve Petryk	$34,000
2011[40]	Andrew Bilesky	Grant Olsen	$32,000
2012[41]	Brent Pierce	Jamie King	$32,000
2013[42]	Grant Dezura	Dean Joanisse	$25,000
2014[43]	Brent Pierce	Sean Geall	$30,000
2015[44]	Sean Geall	Dean Joanisse	$26,000
2016[45]	Dean Joanisse	Kim Soo-hyuk	$26,000
2017	Event cancelled[46]
2018	Sean Geall	Josh Barry	$16,000
2019[47]	Yuta Matsumura	Tyler Tardi	$16,000
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia[48]
2021[49]	Kim Soo-hyuk	Jeff Richard	$12,200
2022[50]	Hayato Sato	Brent Pierce	$15,000
2023[51]	Brent Pierce	Kyler Kleibrink	$16,000
2024[52]	Jeff Richard	Rob Nobert	$9,000

Women

Year	Winning skip	Runner-up skip	Purse (CAD)
1986[53]	Phyl Raymond	Judy Pendergast
1987[54]	Carol Davis	Sandra Risebrough
1988[15]	Julie Sutton	Sheril Becker
1989[17]	Wendy Conn	Susan Seitz
1990[18]	Connie Laliberte	Sue Garvey
1991[19]	Julie Sutton	Cyndra McKinnon
1992[55]	Kelley Owen
1993[22]	Sheril Becker	Allison MacInnes
1994[56]	Sherry Heath	Kelley Owen
1995[24]	Sue Garvey	Linda Kirton
1996[57]	Pat Sanders	Kelly MacKenzie	$20,000[25]
1997[26]	Sue Garvey	Georgina Wheatcroft
1998[58]	Sheila Heath	Sherry Heath
1999[59]	Allison MacInnes	Chris Makarowski
2000[60]	Shannon Kleibrink	Sherry Heath
2001	Shelley MacDonald
2002[61]	Kelly Scott	Marla Mallett
2003[62]	Kelly Scott	Tracey Jones
2004[63]	Moe Meguro	Colleen Hannah
2005[64]	Toni Wells	Ayumi Onodera	$24,000
2006[65]	Pat Sanders	Wang Bingyu	$34,000
2007	Kelly Scott	Marla Mallett	$34,000
2008	Kim Mi-Yeon	Marla Mallett	$34,000[66]
2009[67]	Colleen Hannah	Faye White	$34,000
2010[68]	Allison MacInnes	Marla Mallett	$34,000
2011[69]	Michèle Jäggi	Olga Zyablikova	$34,000
2012[70]	Wang Bingyu	Lene Nielsen	$34,000
2013[71]	Allison Pottinger	Ayumi Ogasawara	$35,000
2014[72]	Ayumi Ogasawara	Kelly Scott	$30,000
2015[73]	Gim Un-chi	Satsuki Fujisawa	$26,000
2016[74]	Kim Min-ji	Satsuki Fujisawa	$26,000
2017[75]	Dailene Pewarchuk	Patti Knezevic	$12,000
2018[76]	Sarah Wark	Kim Slattery	$9,950
2019[77]	Corryn Brown	Han Siyu	$9,950
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021	Event cancelled
2022[78]	Corryn Brown	Diane Gushulak	$11,000
2023[79]	Corryn Brown	Kim Dennis	$10,000
2024[80]	Steph Jackson-Baier	Yuina Miura	$8,000

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External links

• Kamloops Curling Club website