The Booster Juice Shoot-Out is an annual curling tournament, held in September at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Women's World Curling Tour, and is one of the first events of the year. The men's event was discontinued after 2015. It has been running since 2004.
The Home Hardware Canada Cup is a major men's and women's curling championship in Canada. It is organized by Curling Canada and is one of its major events on its "Season of Champions". The event is frequently used as a qualifier for various other events, such as the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, Pre-Trials and Continental Cup. Since 2013, the Canada Cup is not held during the same curling season as the Winter Olympic Games.
The John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier was an annual curling bonspiel held at the Ottawa and Rideau Curling Clubs in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In odd years, the event was a qualifier for the men's Canada Cup of Curling while in even years the event is the women's qualifier. It was held annually in December, and was part of the World Curling Tour.
Brendan Michael Bottcher is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.
The College Clean Restoration Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the World Curling Tour. It is held annually in December at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The Curl Mesabi Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at Curl Mesabi's venue, the Range Recreation and Civic Center, in Eveleth, Minnesota. The tournament is held in a round-robin format. The men's tournament, started in 2007, is part of the World Curling Tour and has been held every year since. Women were allowed to participate in the men's tournament until 2011, when a separate women's tournament was created. The women's event was not held in 2013. The event is part of the United States Order of Merit System, used to determine the teams which will directly qualify to the National Championships each year. The bonspiel is also part of the Great Lakes Curling Tour.
The 2011 Shoot-Out was a curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's and women's events was CAD$26,000 and CAD$20,000, respectively.
Dana Ferguson is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently plays second on Team Kelsey Rocque.
The 2012 Shoot-Out is an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 13-16, 2012 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The purses for the men's and women's events were CAD$22,000 and CAD$20,000, with teams Jamie King and Kaitlyn Lawes winning their respective events.
The Shamrock Shotgun was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The tournament was held in a round robin format. The tournament was started in 2012 as part of the World Curling Tour and was last held in 2014.
Laura Walker is a Canadian curler. She is a two-time Canadian University champion, a national junior champion, world junior silver medallist and world mixed doubles bronze medallist. Walker is originally from Scarborough, Ontario but currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
The 2013 Shoot-Out was held from September 12 to 15 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events are being held in a triple-knockout format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$18,000, of which the winner, Kevin Martin, received CAD$5,000, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$26,000, of which the winner, Crystal Webster, received CAD$5,000. Martin defeated Steve Laycock in the final with a score of 3–2, while Webster defeated Chantelle Eberle in the final with a score of 10–6 in seven ends.
The 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out was held from September 11 to 14 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The event was held on Week 3 of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The men's event had a purse of CAD$22,000, and the women's event had a purse of CAD$27,000. The winning team in each event won CAD$6,000.
Michael "Mick" (Micky) Lizmore is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.
Shaun Myles Meachem is a Canadian curler from Cabri, Saskatchewan.
Bradley "Brad" Thiessen is a Canadian curler. He is a long-time member of the Brendan Bottcher rink, currently throwing second stones for the team.
The 2017 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out was held from September 14 to 17 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The event was held on Week 5 of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. The total purse was CAD $32,000.
Karrick Martin is a Canadian curler. He currently plays lead for Team Brendan Bottcher on the World Curling Tour. He is the son of 2010 Olympic champion skip Kevin Martin.
James Douglas Lind is a Canadian former curler, then a coach. He led three different Japanese curling club teams at Olympic Games in 2014 Sochi and in 2018 PyeongChang as the national coach, and brought five bronze medals to Japanese women's team in 2018.
The 2019–20 curling season began in June 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 resulted in the cancellation of events and the premature ending of the season.
The 2020–21 curling season will begin in August 2020 and will end in May 2021.
