2008–09 curling season

The 2008-09 curling season began in September 2008 and ended in April 2009.

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Season of Champions top three finishes

(Only team's skip listed)

Event Winner Runner-up Third place
Canadian Mixed  Manitoba (Grassie)  Ontario (Tuck)  Saskatchewan (McKee)
Continental Cup World North America
TSN Skins Game Randy Ferbey Glenn Howard Jennifer Jones
Kevin Martin
Canadian Juniors (men's)  Prince Edward Island (Gallant) Northern Ontario (Johnston)  Alberta (Yablonski)
Canadian Juniors (women's)  Manitoba (Lawes)  Ontario (Homan)  Alberta (Scheidegger)
Scotties Tournament of Hearts  Canada (Jones)  British Columbia (Mallett)  Quebec (Larouche)
Tim Hortons Brier  Alberta (Martin)  Manitoba (Stoughton)  Ontario (G. Howard)
World Junior Championships (men's)  Denmark (Stjern)  Canada (Gallant)  United States (Plys)
World Junior Championships (women's)  Scotland (E. Muirhead)  Canada (Lawes)  Switzerland (Baumann)
Canada Cup (men's) Kevin Martin Randy Ferbey Jeff Stoughton
Canada Cup (women's) Shannon Kleibrink Marie-France Larouche Cheryl Bernard
Canadian Seniors (men's)  Ontario (Delaney)  New Brunswick (R. Howard)  Prince Edward Island (M. Bernard)
Canadian Seniors (women's)  Nova Scotia (Pinkney)  British Columbia (Smiley)  Manitoba (Fowler)
Women's World Championships  China (Wang B.)  Sweden (Norberg)  Denmark (Jensen)
Men's World Championships  Scotland (Murdoch)  Canada (Martin)  Norway (Ulsrud)

Other events

Event Winner Runner-up Third place
European Mixed  Germany (Schöpp)  Czech Republic (Snítil)  Sweden (Edin)
Pacific Championships (men's)  China (Wang F.)  Japan (Morozumi)  New Zealand (Becker)
Pacific Championships (women's)  China (Wang B.)  South Korea (Kim MY)  Japan (Meguro)
World Wheelchair Qualification  Germany (Jäger)  China (Wang H.)  Russia (Romanov)
European Championships (men's)  Scotland (Murdoch)  Norway (Ulsrud)  Germany (Kapp)
European Championships (women's)  Switzerland (Ott)  Sweden (Norberg)  Denmark (Jensen)
European Junior Challenge (men's)  Scotland (G. Muirhead)  Russia (Drosdov)  France (Vincent)
European Junior Challenge (women's)  France (Coulout)  Czech Republic (Kubeskova)  Italy (Apollonio)
Pacific Juniors (men's)  China (Zang)  South Korea (Kim HT)  New Zealand (Miller)
Pacific Juniors (women's)  Japan (Fujiwasa)  China (Liu)  South Korea (Gim)
USA-Brazil Challenge  United States (Birr)  Brazil (Mello)
European Youth Olympic Festival (men's)  Switzerland (Gulka)  United Kingdom (Dick)  Norway (Rølvåg)
European Olympic Youth Festival (women's)  United Kingdom (Sloan)  Switzerland (Iten)  Denmark (de Neergaard)
Winter Universiade (men's)  Sweden (Edin)  Norway (Løvold)  China (Wang F.)
Winter Universiade (women's)  China (Wang B.)  Canada (Nicol)  Russia (Privivkova)
World Wheelchair Championship  Canada (Armstrong)  Sweden (Jungell)  Germany (Jäger)
Mixed Doubles  Switzerland (Müller, Schori)  Hungary (Nagy, Szekeres)  Canada (Grassie, Nimik)
World Seniors (men's)  Canada (Hritzuk)  United States (Pustovar)  Scotland (Prentice)
World Seniors (women's)  Canada (Sanders)  Switzerland (Nedkoff)  Sweden (Meldahl)

World Curling Tour winners

Event Date Location Winning skip Runner-up skip
Baden Masters Sept 5-7 Baden, SUI Thomas Ulsrud David Murdoch
Boston Pizza Shootout Sept 18-21 Edmonton, Alta Ted Appelman Pat Simmons
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Sept 18-21 Brockville, Ont Richard Hart Kerry Burtnyk
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup Sept 25-28 Oslo, NOR Thomas Ulsrud Kevin Martin
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cash Spiel Oct 2-5 Vernon, BC Bob Ursel Sean Geall
Swiss Cup Basel Oct 3-6 Basel, SUI Brad Gushue Ralph Stöckli
Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic Oct 10-13 Brandon, Man. Jeff Stoughton Joel Jordison
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Westcoast Curling Classic Oct 10-13 New Westminster, BC Kevin Martin Randy Ferbey
BDO Curling Classic Oct 10-13 Oakville, Ont. Glenn Howard Mark Bice
St. Paul Cashspiel Oct 17-20 St. Paul, USA Pete Fenson Bryan Burgess
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Oct 17-20 Medicine Hat, Alta. Ted Appelman Randy Bryden
Bern Open Oct 17-29 Bern, SUI Andy Kapp Ralph Stöckli
Strauss Crown of Curling Oct 17-20 Kamloops, BC Rick Folk Kevin Koe
Coupe Quebec Oct 23-27 Quebec City, Que Guy Hemmings Bryan Cochrane
Meyers Norris Penny Prairie Classic Oct 24-27 Portage la Prairie, Man. Glenn Howard Brad Heidt
Flint Energy Classic Oct 24-27 Bonnyville, Alta Kevin Martin Jamie King
Cactus Pheasant Classic Oct 30-Nov 2 Brooks, Alta Glenn Howard Kevin Martin
Red Deer Curling Classic Oct 30-Nov 2 Red Deer, Alta Ted Appelman Dan Petryk
Yukon Title Curling Classic Nov 6-9 Fairbanks, USA Leland Rich Greg Persinger
Duluth Cash Spiel Nov 7-10 Duluth, USA Craig Brown Randy Neufeld
Best Western Wayside Inn Curling Classic Nov 7-10 Lloydminster, Alta Kevin Martin Warren Hassall
Whites Drug Store Curling Classic Nov 7-10 Swan River, Man. Allan Lyburn Kelly Skinner
Lucerne Curling Trophy Nov 13-16 Lucerne, SUI Andi Schwaller Stefan Karnusian
Masters of Curling Nov 14-16 Waterloo, Ont Glenn Howard Kevin Koe
Interlake Pharmacy Classic Nov 20-24 Stonewall, Man. Jeff Stoughton Allan Lyburn
Skookum WCT Cash Spiel Nov 20-23 Whitehorse, Yukon Chris Schille Jason Larway
Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Nov 21-24 Wainwright, Alta Shane Park Ted Appelman
SunLife Financial Invitational Classic Nov 21-24 Brantford, Ont. Glenn Howard Jean-Michel Ménard
Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Nov 26-30 Clermont, Que. Wang Fengchun Peter Steski
Seattle Cash Spiel Nov 28-30 Seattle, USA Mark Johnson Ken Watson
Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Nov 28-Dec 1 Dauphin, Man. Brendan Taylor Terry McNamee
PointOptical Curling Classic Nov 28-Dec 1 Saskatoon, Sask. Eugene Hritzuk Joel Jordison
Scottish Open Nov 28-30 Edinburgh, SCO Andy Kapp Goran Carlsson
The Korbel Championship Dec 5-7 Madison, USA Greg Romaniuk Pete Fenson
The National Dec 5-7 Quebec City, Que. Wayne Middaugh Brad Gushue
Diversified Transportation Canada Cup Qualifier Dec 11-15 Edmonton, Alta. Bob Ursel Kevin Martin
Super One Shoot-out @ Curl Mesabi Dec 19-21 Eveleth, USA Tyler George Cassandra Potter
Ramada Perth Masters Jan 8-11 Perth, SCO Kevin Koe Thomas Ulsrud
BDO Canadian Open of Curling Jan 22-25 Winnipeg, Man. Glenn Howard Kevin Martin
Prague Grand Prix Jan 30-Feb 1 Prague, CZE Chris Schille Jan Hauser
DEKALB Superspiel Mar 19-23 Morris, Man. Vic Peters Randy Dutiaume
Bear Mountain Arena Classic Mar 26-29 Victoria, BC Wayne Middaugh Mike McEwen
Grey Power Players' Championship Apr 14-19 Grande Prairie, Alta. Randy Ferbey Glenn Howard

Women's World Curling Tour winners

Event Date Location Winning skip Runner-up skip
Boston Pizza Shootout Sept. 18-21 Edmonton, AB Mirjam Ott Wang Bingyu
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Sept. 18-21 Brockville, ON Marie-France Larouche Ève Bélisle
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup Sept. 25-28 Oslo, Norway Kelly Wood Anette Norberg
CUETS Schmirler Curling Classic Sept 26-29 Regina, SK Shannon Kleibrink Krista McCarville
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel Oct. 2-5 Vernon, BC Shannon Kleibrink Kelly Scott
RE/MAX Women's Masters Basel Oct. 10-12 Basel, Switzerland Anette Norberg Edith Loudon
Trail Appliances Curling Classic Oct. 10-13 Calgary, AB Shannon Kleibrink Cheryl Bernard
Strauss Crown of Curling Oct. 17-20 Kamloops, BC Kim Mi-Yeon Marla Mallett
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Oct. 17-20 Medicine Hat, AB Casey Scheidegger Lisa Johnson
Zurich Women's Masters Oct 17-19 Zurich, Switzerland Andrea Schöpp Michèle Jäggi
Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel Oct 17-20 London, ON Rachel Homan Wang Bingyu
Coupe Quebec Oct. 23-27 Quebec City, QC Marie-France Larouche Allison Ross
Casinos of Winnipeg Classic Oct. 24-27 Winnipeg, MB Michelle Englot Kelly Scott
Stockholm Ladies Cup Oct. 30-Nov. 2 Stockholm, Sweden Stina Viktorsson Binia Feltscher-Beeli
Red Deer Curling Classic Oct. 30-Nov. 2 Red Deer, AB Cheryl Bernard Shannon Kleibrink
Duluth Cash Spiel Nov. 7-10 Duluth, USA Krista McCarville Amy Wright
Colonial Square Ladies Classic Nov. 7-10 Saskatoon, SK Stefanie Lawton Michelle Englot
Royal Lepage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Nov. 7-9 Kemptville, ON Rachel Homan Sherry Middaugh
Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic Nov. 14-17 Winnipeg, MB Jennifer Jones Stefanie Lawton
Interlake Pharmacy Classic Nov. 20-24 Stonewall, MB Kim Link Kerri Flett
SunLife Financial Invitational Classic Nov. 21-24 Brantford, ON Marie-France Larouche Jacqueline Harrison
Sobeys Slam Nov. 27-30 New Glasgow, NS Marie-France Larouche Stefanie Lawton
VCC Ladies Totem Cashspiel Nov. 28-30 Vancouver, BC Marla Mallett Ashleigh Clark
International ZO Women's Tournament Nov. 28-30 Wetzikon, Switzerland Mirjam Ott Marlene Albrecht
Boundary Ford Curling Classic Nov. 28-Dec. 1 Lloydminster, AB Kristie Moore Andrea McCutcheon
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier Dec. 11-15 Ottawa, ON Marie-France Larouche Amber Holland
International Bernese Ladies Cup Jan. 9-11 Bern, Switzerland Shannon Kleibrink Andrea Schöpp
Glynhill Ladies International Jan. 16-19 Glasgow, Scotland Jennifer Jones Binia Feltscher-Beeli
DEKALB Superspiel Mar. 13-19 Morris, MB Crystal Webster Ève Bélisle
Players' Championships Apr. 14-19 Grande Prairie, AB Jennifer Jones Shannon Kleibrink

WCT Money Ranking

# Men's teams $ (CAD)
1 Glenn Howard 140,400
2 Kevin Martin 132,553
3 Randy Ferbey 92,000
4 Wayne Middaugh 76,594
5 Brad Gushue 75,624
6 Mike McEwen 62,100
7 Jeff Stoughton 62,000
8 Kevin Koe 60,366
9 Kerry Burtnyk 51,052
10 Chris Schille 45,417
Preceded by
2007–08		 2008–09 curling season
September 2008 – April 2009		 Succeeded by
2009–10
2008–09 Winter Sports World Cup Seasons