Dumfries Challenger Series

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The Dumfries Challenger Series is an annual bonspiel (curling tournament) on the men's World Curling Tour (WCT), held at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. [1] It has been part of the WCT since 2014. The event was known as the Dumfries Curling Challenge in 2014 and the LELY Dumfries Challenger Series in 2015.

Past champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse
2014 [2] Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr. Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Smith, Grant Hardie, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith £12,000
2015 [3] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr. £7,000
2016 [4] Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith Flag of Scotland.svg Cameron Bryce, Robin Brydone, Euan Kyle, Frazer Shaw£7,500
2017 [5] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. Flag of Switzerland.svg Jan Hess, Simon Gloor, Simon Höhn, Reto Schönenberger £7,500
2018 [6] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen Flag of Switzerland.svg Lucien Lottenbach, Rainer Kobler, Patrick Abacherli, Tom Winkelhausen£7,500
2019 [7] Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle Flag of Switzerland.svg Lucien Lottenbach, Rainer Kobler, Patrick Abacherli, Tom Winkelhausen£7,500
2020Cancelled

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