Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic

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The Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The tournament was held in a triple knockout format. The tournament started in 2013 as part of the World Curling Tour and was last held in 2017.

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Past champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)Winners share (CAD)
2013 [1] Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Brock Virtue, Braeden Moskowy, Chris Schille, D. J. Kidby $50,000$13,000
2014 [2] Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres $50,000$12,000
2015 [3] Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert Flag of Alberta.svg Brendan Bottcher, Tom Appelman, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin $50,000$12,000
2016 Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres Flag of Manitoba.svg Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson $50,000$12,000
2017 [4] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Rui, Xu Xiaoming, Jiang Dongxu, Zang Jialiang Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert $50,000$12,000
2018cancelled [5]

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