2002 WCT Players' Championship | |
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Host city | Strathroy, Ontario |
Arena | Strathroy Gemini Sportsplex |
Dates | February 27–March 3, 2002 |
Winner | Team Middaugh |
Curling club | St. George's G&CC |
Skip | Wayne Middaugh |
Third | Graeme McCarrel |
Second | Ian Tetley |
Lead | Scott Bailey |
Finalist | Vic Peters |
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The 2002 WCT Players' Championship was held February 27 to March 3 at the Strathroy Gemini Sportsplex [1] in Strathroy, Ontario. It was the final Grand Slam event of the 2001-02 World Curling Tour season.
The total purse for the event was $150,000. The winning rink would be the Wayne Middaugh team from Midland, Ontario which beat Winnipeg's Vic Peters in the final.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 7 | |||||||||||||
Kerry Burtnyk | 6 | |||||||||||||
Jeff Stoughton | 7 | |||||||||||||
Vic Peters | 8 | |||||||||||||
Vic Peters | 6 | |||||||||||||
Glenn Howard | 5 | |||||||||||||
Vic Peters | 4 | |||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 6 | |||||||||||||
Kevin Martin | 9 | |||||||||||||
Greg McAulay | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kevin Martin | 8 | |||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 9 | |||||||||||||
Glen Despins | 2 | |||||||||||||
Wayne Middaugh | 4 |
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