Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic | |
---|---|
Established | 1978 |
Host city | Calgary, Alberta |
Arena | Calgary Curling Club |
Purse | CAD $45,000 |
2023 champion | ![]() |
Current edition | |
The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is an annual women's World Curling Tour event held at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first Grand Slam event of the season from 2006 to 2014, but is no longer considered one of the official Grand Slams.
The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the time only had a total purse of $10,500, with the winning team receiving $4,000. At the time, it had the largest purse for a women's curling tournament in Canada. Its main sponsor in 1978 was JoAnne's Fashions. [1]
The event began seeing international teams in 1987, thanks in part to the sport being added as a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics. [2]
The 1996 and 2000 events were qualifiers for the 1997 [3] and 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials respectively.
The 2001 event was the first televised tournament on the Women's World Curling Tour, with the semifinals and finals shown on WTSN. [4]
Between 2004 and 2018, the total prize money given out has been in excess of $50,000. In 2019, the purse was $44,000, with the winning team receiving $12,000.
The 2010 Classic saw the first non-Canadian team to win a Grand Slam of Curling event, the Wang Bingyu rink from China.
Past champions are as follows: [5]
The Kamloops Crown of Curling is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in October at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops. The purse for the event is CAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.
Tracy Fleury is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. She has competed at the Canadian national championship five times and was the Northern Ontario women's junior champion skip from 2005 to 2007.
The Colonial Square Ladies Classic is an annual women's curling tournament held at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The tournament has run since 1983 and is part of the Women's World Curling Tour. From 2012 to 2014, the Colonial Square Classic was a Grand Slam event on the women's World Curling Tour.
Chelsea Danielle Carey is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip.
Lisa Colleen Weagle is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle was the lead on the Rachel Homan team from 2010 until March 12, 2020, when the team announced they would be parting ways with her. She then joined Team Jennifer Jones for two seasons until the team disbanded on March 15, 2022. Weagle was known for her ability to make the eponymous "Weagle" shot, which the Homan rink had used in high frequency while she was a member of the team.
The Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 as a skins tournament. The women's tournament started in 1999 as a separate event held a few weeks earlier and merged with the men's event in 2007. The event was held as a World Curling Tour event until 2019 and has been held nearly every year since 2007. Curlers from Alberta have dominated the event on both sides since its inception. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System, which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.
Dana Ferguson is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.
Stephanie Marguerite Schmidt is a Canadian curler, artist, and designer from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently throws fourth stones for Team Michelle Englot.
Jessica "Jessie" Hunkin is a Canadian curler from Parkland County, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Spruce Grove.
The 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 11 to 14 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was the first women's Grand Slam of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event was CAD$50,000. The winning team received $14,000.
Elisabeth Fyfe is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is currently the alternate on Team Jolene Campbell. She attended the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as second on Kerri Einarson's Team Manitoba. She was a Canadian Junior Curling Champion having won the 2008 Canadian Junior Championships as a second on the Kaitlyn Lawes team. Fyfe is the daughter of former Brier champion Vic Peters.
Jocelyn Andrea Peterman is a Canadian curler. She currently plays second for the Kaitlyn Lawes rink.
Selena Njegovan is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Kaitlyn Lawes.
The 2018 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 5 to 8 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event was CAD$50,000, with the winning team receiving $13,000.
Brittany Tran is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays third on Team Kayla Skrlik.
Penny Shantz is a Canadian curler.
Rachel Erickson is a Canadian curler from Maryfield, Saskatchewan. She is currently the second on Team Jolene Campbell. She was the alternate for the Mackenzie Zacharias rink that won the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.
The 2015 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 9 to 12 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $50,000.
Carly Howard is a Canadian curler from Tiny, Ontario. She is the daughter of four-time World curling champion and four-time Brier champion Glenn Howard.
Dorenda Alene Bailey better known as Dorenda Schoenhals is a Canadian curler. She is a former Canadian women's, mixed and university champion.