Black Diamond / High River Cash

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The Black Diamond / High River Cash was an annual bonspiel on the men's World Curling Tour. It was held annually in late November / early December at the Oilfields Curling Club [1] in Diamond Valley, Alberta (formerly Black Diamond) and the Highwood Curling Club in High River, Alberta. [2]

The purse for the event is $7,100.

Past champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)Winner's share
2013 [3] Flag of Alberta.svg Robert Schlender, Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster Flag of Alberta.svg Dean Mamer, Vance Elder, Jason Stannard, Wallace Hollingshead $8,000$2,500
2014 [4] Flag of Alberta.svg Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Darren Moulding, Kalynn Park Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Seung-min, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon, Park Sewon $8,000$2,400
2015 [5] Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Park, Adam Norget, Kerr Drummond, Matthew Brown Flag of Alberta.svg Bob Genoway, Dean Mamer, Sean Morris, Wallace Hollingshead $8,000$2,000
2016 [6] Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Yablonski, Michael Roy, Scott Garnett, Matthew McDonald Flag of Alberta.svg Rob Johnson, Steve Mackey, Jeremie Crone, Andre Fagnon $11,000$2,000
2017 [7] Flag of Alberta.svg Aaron Sluchinski, Dean Mamer, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster Flag of Alberta.svg Chad Dahlseide, James Wenzel, Mike Coolidge, Rob Lane$7,900$2,000
2018 [8] Flag of Alberta.svg Thomas Usselman, Aaron Sarafinchan, Morgan Van Doesburg, Brad Kokoroyannis Flag of Alberta.svg Desmond Young, Dustin Mikush, Jacob Libbus, Gabriel Dyck $7,100$2,000
2019 [9] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu, Tian Jiafeng, Xu Jingtao Flag of Alberta.svg Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller $7,100$2,000

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