The Colorado Curling Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in the Fall at Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, Colorado and the Denver Curling Center in Golden, Colorado. [1]
The 2023 event acted as a qualifier for the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. [2] [3]
The 2024 event acted as a qualifier for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling Trials. [1] [4]
The event features a World Tour event, a wheelchair event and a club-level event for recreational curlers. [5]
The purse for the event is US$16,000, and its event categorization is 750 (highest calibre is 1000). [6]
The event has been held since 2019, and has been part of the World Curling Tour since 2023.
Year | Winning pair | Runner up pair | Third place pair | Fourth place pair | Purse ($US) |
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2019 [7] | Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin | Kira Brunton / John Morris | Christine McMakin / Riley Fenson & Jayne Stirling / Fraser Kingan | $15,000 | |
2020 | Cancelled | ||||
2022 [8] | Cora Farrell / Coleman Thurston | Delaney Strouse / Daniel Casper | Sarah Anderson / Andrew Stopera & Aileen Geving / John Shuster | $12,000 | |
2023 [3] | Sarah Anderson / Andrew Stopera | Clare Moores / Lance Wheeler | Kim Rhyme / Jason Smith | Vicky Persinger / Daniel Casper | $12,000 |
2024 [9] | Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin | Nancy Martin / Steve Laycock | Sarah Anderson / Andrew Stopera & Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton | $16,000 |
Curling Ontario is the governing body of curling in Southern Ontario. Northern Ontario is governed by the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA). The Curling Ontario sends a team to represent Team Ontario at all major Canadian Championships. The NOCA sends a separate team to all of these events.
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Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to go through the Olympics undefeated and the first Manitoba based curling team to win at the Olympics. Lawes curled with John Morris in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won gold. This win made her and Morris the first Canadian curlers to win two Olympic gold medals, and Lawes was the first to win gold in two consecutive Olympics.
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