Kamloops Crown of Curling

Established| 1974
Host city| Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena| Kamloops Curling Club
Men's purse| $16,000
Women's purse| $10,000
Current champions (2023)
Men|  Brent Pierce
Women|  Corryn Brown

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

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### Men

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Year  | Winning skip  | Runner-up skip  | Purse (CAD)

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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

### Women

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Year  | Winning skip  | Runner-up skip  | Purse (CAD)

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1986[52] |  Phyl Raymond |  Judy Pendergast |
1987[53] |  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[54] |  Kelley Owen |  |
1993[22] |  Sheril Becker |  Allison MacInnes |
1994[55] |  Sherry Heath |  Kelley Owen |
1995[24] |  Sue Garvey |  Linda Kirton |
1996[56] |  Pat Sanders |  Kelly MacKenzie | $20,000[25]
1997[26] |  Sue Garvey |  Georgina Wheatcroft |
1998[57] |  Sheila Heath |  Sherry Heath |
1999[58] |  Allison MacInnes |  Chris Makarowski |
2000[59] |  Shannon Kleibrink |  Sherry Heath |
2001 |  Shelley MacDonald |  |
2002[60] |  Kelly Scott |  Marla Mallett |
2003[61] |  Kelly Scott |  Tracey Jones |
2004[62] |  Moe Meguro |  Colleen Hannah |
2005[63] |  Toni Wells |  Ayumi Onodera | $24,000
2006[64] |  Pat Sanders |  Wang Bingyu | $34,000
2007 |  Kelly Scott |  Marla Mallett | $34,000
2008 |  Kim Mi-Yeon |  Marla Mallett | $34,000[65]
2009[66] |  Colleen Hannah |  Faye White | $34,000
2010[67] |  Allison MacInnes |  Marla Mallett | $34,000
2011[68] |  Michèle Jäggi |  Olga Zyablikova | $34,000
2012[69] |  Wang Bingyu |  Lene Nielsen | $34,000
2013[70] |  Allison Pottinger |  Ayumi Ogasawara | $35,000
2014[71] |  Ayumi Ogasawara |  Kelly Scott | $30,000
2015[72] |  Gim Un-chi |  Satsuki Fujisawa | $26,000
2016[73] |  Kim Min-ji |  Satsuki Fujisawa | $26,000
2017[74] |  Dailene Pewarchuk |  Patti Knezevic | $12,000
2018[75] |  Sarah Wark |  Kim Slattery | $9,950
2019[76] |  Corryn Brown |  Han Siyu | $9,950
2020  | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021  | Event cancelled
2022[77] |  Corryn Brown |  Diane Gushulak | $11,000
2023[78] |  Corryn Brown |  Kim Dennis | $10,000

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## External links

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* Kamloops Curling Club website