Canad Inns Women's Classic | |
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Established | 2004 |
Host city | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
Arena | Portage Curling Club |
Purse | CAD $60,000 |
2019 champion | Elena Stern |
Current edition | |
The Canad Inns Women's Classic is an event on the women's World Curling Tour. It is held at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. [1]
The event was formerly the second Grand Slam event of the season on the women's World Curling Tour. It was formerly held in October at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It became a Grand Slam event in 2006, but was removed from the Grand Slam after the 2013–14 curling season. Since 2009, the total prize money to be given out has been $60,000. The event was also known as the "Casinos of Winnipeg Women's Curling Classic" before 2009 and the "Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic" from 2009 to 2012.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Shannon Kleibrink | 8 | |||||||||||||
Cassie Johnson | 1 | |||||||||||||
Shannon Kleibrink | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sherry Anderson | 5 | |||||||||||||
Sherry Anderson | 9 | |||||||||||||
Deb Santos | 5 | |||||||||||||
Sherry Anderson | 6 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 1 | |||||||||||||
Darcy Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||
Stefanie Lawton | 8 | |||||||||||||
Stefanie Lawton | 4 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 9 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 5 | |||||||||||||
Kelley Law | 3 |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Cheryl Bernard | 7 | |||||||||||||
Heather Rankin | 5 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 9 | |||||||||||||
Cheryl Bernard | 3 | |||||||||||||
Debbie McCormick | 5 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 8 | |||||||||||||
Jennifer Jones | 5 | |||||||||||||
Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | |||||||||||||
Shannon Kleibrink | 7 | |||||||||||||
Maureen Bonar | 2 | |||||||||||||
Shannon Kleibrink | 5 | |||||||||||||
Krista McCarville | 4 | |||||||||||||
Cathy King | 3 | |||||||||||||
Krista McCarville | 8 |
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