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Annual Grand Slam of Curling event From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.[1]
Tour Challenge | |
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Established | 2015 |
2024 host city | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
2024 arena | Gale Centre |
Purse | CAD$175,000 |
Current champions (2023) | |
Men | Joël Retornaz |
Women | Jennifer Jones |
Current edition | |
The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2.[2]
Since 2022, the format consists of four pools, where each team plays all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall make the playoffs. Beginning in 2023, there are no tiebreakers.[2]
The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open.[2]
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse | |
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2015 | Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky | Mark Kean, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid | $50,000 | |
2016 | Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick | Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, David Mathers, Scott Howard | $50,000 | |
2017 | Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan | William Lyburn, Richard Daneault, Jared Kolomaya, Braden Zawada | $50,000 | |
2018 | Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Dan Marsh, Dallan Muyres | Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Don Bowser, Scott Chadwick | $50,000 | |
2019 | Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell | Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott | $50,000 | |
2020 | Cancelled | |||
2021 | Cancelled | |||
2022 | Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell | Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster | $50,000 | |
2023 | Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett | Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai, Kosuke Morozumi | $60,000 | |
2024 | $60,000 |
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