Everest Curling Challenge

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Everest Curling Challenge
Host city Fredericton, New Brunswick
Arena Willie O'Ree Place
DatesAugust 25–27
Winner Team Gushue
Skip Brad Gushue
Third Cathy Overton-Clapham
Second E. J. Harnden
Lead Lisa Weagle
Finalist Team Epping

The Everest Curling Challenge was a made-for-TV curling tournament that was held August 25 to 27, 2017 at the Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The event featured a grand prize of $200,000 for the winning team, the largest curling cash prize in curling history. [1]

Contents

The event featured eight mixed curling teams made up of the best men's and women's teams in Canada. The teams were selected in a draft by the eight skips invited to the event, Chelsea Carey, John Epping, Brad Gushue, Rachel Homan, Brad Jacobs, Jennifer Jones, Kevin Koe and Val Sweeting. All games were televised on TSN.

A new rule was incorporated into the event; if at the end of an end, a team had a rock completely covering the button, that team would score an extra point. [2]

In the final, Gushue and his chosen rink of Cathy Overton-Clapham, E. J. Harnden and Lisa Weagle defeated Epping and his team of Kaitlyn Lawes, Brent Laing and Rachelle Brown by a score of 6–5.

According to event organizers, the event was sold out.

Teams

SkipThirdSecondLead
Chelsea Carey Ryan Fry Dana Ferguson Ben Hebert
John Epping Kaitlyn Lawes Brent Laing Rachelle Brown
Brad Gushue Cathy Overton-Clapham E. J. Harnden Lisa Weagle
Rachel Homan Mathew Camm Jill Officer Geoff Walker
Brad Jacobs Lori Olson-Johns Brett Gallant Laine Peters
Jennifer Jones Marc Kennedy Joanne Courtney Tim March
Kevin Koe Emma Miskew Patrick Janssen Dawn McEwen
Val Sweeting Mark Nichols Jocelyn Peterman Ryan Harnden

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Team Jones 6
Team Jacobs 11
Team Jacobs 0
Team Gushue 9
Team Homan 4
Team Gushue 8
Team Gushue 6
Team Epping 5
Team Koe 10
Team Carey 5
Team Koe 2
Team Epping 7
Team Sweeting 4
Team Epping 6

Scores

Quarterfinals

Friday, August 25, 7:30 pm

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Team Jacobs 0402140X11

Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am

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Team Epping Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011010306

Saturday, August 26, 2:00 pm

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Team Carey Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2001101X5

Saturday, August 26, 7:30 pm

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Team Gushue Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg3110210X8

Semifinals

Saturday, August 26, 11:00 am

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Saturday, August 26, 3:00 pm

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Team Gushue 121221XX9

Final

Sunday, August 27, 7:30 pm

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Team Epping 001110205

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References

  1. "Gushue, teammates bag rich season start at Everest Challenge | CBC Sports".
  2. "Curling Tries Out Its Version Of The Three-Point Line".