AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic | |
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Established | 1996 |
Host city | Cornwall, Ontario |
Arena | Cornwall Curling Centre |
Men's purse | $60,000 |
Women's purse | $60,000 |
Current champions (2023) | |
Men | Ross Whyte |
Women | Silvana Tirinzoni |
Current edition | |
The AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic (formerly known as the M&M Meat Shops Shorty Jenkins Classic, CIBC Trust Shorty Jenkins Classic and just the Shorty Jenkins Classic) is an annual curling tournament, held in September at the Cornwall Curling Centre in Cornwall, Ontario and sponsored by AMJ Campbell Van Lines. It is one of the first curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season. The tournament is held in honour of the famous icemaker, Shorty Jenkins. The total purse for the men's event is $59,000 and $29,500 for the women's. The event was held in Brockville, Ontario until 2015 when it was moved down the Saint Lawrence to Cornwall.
The event was created in 1996 by Jenkins and Gord McCrady to "repay the Brockville Country Club for funds used to buy a new compressor, chiller and condenser." [1] The following year a women's event was added.
The Shorty Jenkins Classic scheduled for September 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The event was not held again until 2023 due to the pandemic. [3]
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The 2010 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held September 16–19, 2010 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario. It was on the second week of the men's World Curling Tour and the first week of the Women's tour. It was one of two WCT events held that weekend.
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The 2011 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's and women's events was CAD$40,700 and CAD$16,400, respectively.
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The 2012 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic is an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 13 to 16 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The winning team of John Epping took home the purse for the men's of CAD$40,700 and Tracy Horgan took home CAD$16,400, after winning the women's event.
The 2013 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held from September 19 to 22 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events was held in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$45,400, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$18,000.
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The 2014 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held from September 18 to 21 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events were held in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$45,400, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$18,000.
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The 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held September 10 to 15 in Cornwall, Ontario. The total purse for the event was $59,000 for the Men's and $34,500 for the Women's.
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The 2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held from September 20 to 24 at the Cornwall Curling Centre in Cornwall, Ontario. The event was held in a round robin format with a purse of $60,000 on both the men's and women's sides. It was the first time the event was held since 2019.