Challenge de Curling de Gatineau

CS Robert Rochon (finals location)
Location in Canada

The Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (formerly the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau and the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, on the World Curling Tour. It is held annually in late October in the City of Gatineau, Quebec. The men's tournament was started in 2009, while the women's tournament was started in 2011, but discontinued after 2013.

Beginning in 2011, the event shifted venues to the Centre Sportif Robert Rochon in Masson, Quebec in the Masson-Angers sector of the city and the Buckingham Curling Club in the Buckingham sector.

Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed.

Men

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2009Quebec Jean-Michel MénardOntario Neil Sinclair$31,000
2010Quebec Serge ReidQuebec Jean-Michel Ménard$37,500
2011Quebec Jean-Michel MénardOntario Brad Jacobs$36,500
2012Nova Scotia Mark DaceyNewfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue$36,500
2013Newfoundland and Labrador Brad GushueOntario Robert Rumfeldt$45,400
2014[1]Manitoba Mike McEwenQuebec Jean-Michel Ménard$42,500
2015Newfoundland and Labrador Brad GushueOntario Mark Bice$45,000
2016Ontario John EppingManitoba Matt Dunstone$45,000
2017[2]China Liu RuiSwitzerland Peter de Cruz$41,000

Women

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2011Ontario Jenn HannaQuebec Marie-France Larouche$11,000
2012Ontario Julie ReddickOntario Cathy Auld$13,000
2013Ontario Lisa FarnellOntario Katie Morrissey$15,000

Open

The open event is part of the Ontario Curling Tour only and is open to teams with men and women.

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2015Quebec Roger BertrandQuebec Steven Munroe$10,500
2016Israel Adam FreilichOntario Colin Dow$12,850
2017[3]Quebec Sylvain DicaireOntario Brian Lewis$12,850

Past events

2009 event

Former Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard defeated 2007 Canada Games curling silver medalist Neil Sinclair to win $8,000 for his team. The total pot was $31,000.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Ontario Neil Sinclair 7
Quebec Ted Butler 6
Ontario Neil Sinclair 7
Ontario Howard Rajala 2
Ontario Howard Rajala 5
Ontario Brad Jacobs 4
Ontario Neil Sinclair 3
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 7
Quebec Martin Ferland 8
Ontario Jake Higgs 5
Quebec Martin Ferland 3
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 8
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 7
Quebec Serge Reid 4

2010 event

The total purse of the 2010 event is $37,500. The winner, Serge Reid, upset defending championship Jean-Michel Ménard and earned the right to play at the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Ontario Mark Bice 2
Ontario Howard Rajala 5
Ontario Howard Rajala 3
Quebec Serge Reid 7
Quebec Serge Reid 6
Ontario Wayne Tuck, Jr. 5
Quebec Serge Reid 5
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 4
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 5
Ontario Brad Jacobs 4
Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 6
Quebec Michael Fournier 5
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 2
Quebec Michael Fournier 4

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?task=Event&eventid=3473
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?view=Main&eventid=4769
  3. ↑ http://www.ontariocurlingtour.com/events.php?eventid=4770
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