The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
| The Masters Grand Slam of Curling | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2002 |
| 2015 host city | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| 2015 arena | Rath Eastlink Community Centre |
| Men's purse | CAD$100,000 |
| Women's purse | CAD$100,000 |
| 2014 men's champion |
 Brad Gushue |
| 2014 women's champion |
 Valerie Sweeting |
 2014 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling | |
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling is a Grand Slam event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is the fourth Grand Slam event on the women's tour and the first on the men's tour. The event is an amalgamation of the men's World Cup of Curling and the women's Sun Life Classic. There was also a men's Sun Life Classic, which has been discontinued. The Sun Life Classic was an annual WCT event (but not a Grand Slam event) held every November at the Paris Curling Club, Brant Curling Club and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in the Brantford, Ontario area.[1] The World Cup was a Grand Slam event and was held in various locations across Canada, and was also previously known as the Masters.
The first incarnation of the event with both men and women was held in 2012 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ontario.
Previous event names
Sun Life Classic
- Grandview Chain and Cable Cashspiel (2005)
- Tim Hortons Invitational Classic (2006)
- McDonalds Invitational (men's) / Sun Life Invitational (women's) (2007)
- SunLife Financial Invitational Classic (2008)
- Sun Life Classic (2009–2011)
Masters/World Cup
- KIA Masters of Curling: 2002
- M & M Meat Shops Masters of Curling: 2003-2004
- Masters of Curling: Feb. 2006
- Home Hardware Masters of Curling: Dec. 2006-Jan. 2008
- Masters of Curling: Nov. 2008
- Grey Power World Cup of Curling: 2009-2010
- GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling: 2011
Past champions
Masters/World Cup
Men
Notes
- 1. ^ Greg Balsdon subbed in for Mead in the final game.
Women
| Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Location | Purse (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle |  Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge | Brantford, Ontario | $50,000 |
| 2013 | Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle |  Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton | Abbotsford, British Columbia | $100,000 |
| 2014 | Valerie Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown |  Margaretha Sigfridsson, Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wenneström | Selkirk, Manitoba | $100,000 |
| 2015 | Truro, Nova Scotia | $100,000 |
Sun Life Classic
Past champions are listed as follows:[2]
Men
| Year | Winning skip | Runner up skip | Purse (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kirk Ziola[3] | Jim Lyle | |
| 2006 |  Dwayne Fowler[3] | Brad Gushue | 35,000 |
| 2007 | Glenn Howard[3] | Kirk Ziola | 53,000 |
| 2008 | Glenn Howard[3] | Jean-Michel Ménard | 47,000 |
| 2009 | Mike McEwen | Martin Ferland | 50,000 |
| 2010 | Mike McEwen | Brad Gushue | 50,000 |
| 2011 | Niklas Edin |  Sven Michel | 50,000 |
Women
| Year | Winning skip | Runner up skip | Purse (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Julie Hastings[3] | Krista McCarville | 32,000 |
| 2008 | Marie-France Larouche[3] | Jacqueline Harrison | 47,000 |
| 2009 | Jo-Ann Rizzo | Shannon Kleibrink | 50,000 |
| 2010 | Jennifer Jones |  Kelly Scott | 50,000 |
| 2011 | Sherry Middaugh |  Erika Brown | 50,000 |
References
- ↑ "The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – History". themastersgrandslam.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ↑ "The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Past Champions". themastersgrandslam.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Past Champions, Sun Life Classic