Gord Carroll Curling Classic

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Gord Carroll Curling Classic
Established2008
Host city Whitby, Ontario
Arena Whitby Curling Club
Purse$13,600
Current champions (2022)
Men Flag of the United States.svg Luc Violette
Women Flag of Ontario.svg Isabelle Ladouceur

The Gord Carroll Curling Classic (formerly the Mount Lawn Gord Carroll Classic and the Village of Taunton Mills Gord Carroll Curling Classic) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Whitby Curling Club in Whitby, Ontario.

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The tournament began as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and was later included in the World Curling Tour starting in 2013. In 2015, the men's event was discontinued, but brought back in 2022. It was not held in 2016 or 2020.

Past champions

Women

Only skip's name is displayed.

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CAD)
2008 Flag of Ontario.svg Angie Melaney
2010 Flag of Ontario.svg Alison Goring Flag of Ontario.svg Susan McKnight $6,000
2011 Flag of Ontario.svg Lauren Mann Flag of Ontario.svg Laura Crocker $7,200
2012 Flag of Ontario.svg Jill Mouzar Flag of Ontario.svg Jacqueline Harrison $7,500
2013 Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings Flag of Ontario.svg Laura Payne $7,500
2014 Flag of Ontario.svg Susan McKnight Flag of Ontario.svg Sherry Middaugh $10,000
2015 Flag of Ontario.svg Jacqueline Harrison Flag of Ontario.svg Mallory Kean $10,000
2017 Flag of Ontario.svg Tracy Fleury Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå $8,500
2018 Flag of Ontario.svg Chelsea Brandwood Flag of South Korea.svg Gim Un-chi $15,100
2019 Flag of Switzerland.svg Irene Schori Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings $15,100
2020Cancelled
2021 [1] Flag of Ontario.svg Jestyn Murphy Flag of Ontario.svg Lauren Mann $8,000
2022 [2] Flag of Ontario.svg Isabelle Ladouceur Flag of Ontario.svg Lauren Mann $13,600

Men

Only skip's name is displayed.

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CAD)
2008 Flag of Ontario.svg Pat Duggan
2010 Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping Flag of Ontario.svg Cory Heggestad $22,000
2011 Flag of Ontario.svg Peter Corner Flag of Ontario.svg Wayne Tuck, Jr. $23,000
2012 Flag of Ontario.svg Glenn Howard Flag of Ontario.svg Mark Kean $20,000
2013 Flag of Ontario.svg Wayne Tuck, Jr. Flag of Ontario.svg Craig Kochan $20,000
2014 Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping Flag of Ontario.svg Chris Gardner $16,000
2022 [3] Flag of the United States.svg Luc Violette Flag of Ontario.svg Sam Mooibroek$13,600

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References

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  2. "2022 D&R Custom Steel Gord Carroll Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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