KW Fall Classic | |
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Established | 2008 |
2023 host city | Waterloo, Ontario |
2023 arena | KW Granite Club |
Men's purse | $12,500 |
Women's purse | $11,800 |
Current champions (2023) | |
Men | Alex Champ |
Women | Krista McCarville |
Current edition | |
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's events were included in the World Curling Tour starting in 2013. It is considered a "development tour" event.
Only skip's name is displayed.
Year | Winning skip | Runner up skip | Purse (CAD) |
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2008 | Dale Matchett | Trevor Feil [1] | $14,225 [ citation needed ] |
2009 [2] | Dale Matchett | Jake Higgs | $14,225 [ citation needed ] |
2010 | Greg Balsdon | Wayne Middaugh | $10,825 |
2011 | Robert Rumfeldt | Mike Anderson | $14,300 |
2012 | Mark Kean | Greg Balsdon | $8,500 |
2013 | Scott McDonald | Jake Walker | $8,500 |
2014 | Scott McDonald | Richard Krell | $8,500 |
2015 | Liu Rui | Ian Dickie | $9,900 |
2016 [3] | Richard Krell | Ryan LeDrew | $9,900 |
2017 | Matthew Hall | Rob Retchless | $9,900 |
2018 | Alexey Timofeev | Rob Ainsley | $8,400 |
2019 | Yusuke Morozumi | Wayne Tuck Jr. | $8,400 |
2020 [4] | Paul Moffatt | Glenn Howard | |
2021 [5] | Ross Whyte | Kyle Waddell | $8,750 |
2022 [6] | Mike Fournier | Sam Steep | $9,750 |
2023 [7] | Alex Champ | Yves Stocker | $12,500 |
Year | Winning skip | Runner up skip | Purse (CAD) |
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2008 [8] | Carrie Lindner | Dale Curtis | $6,000 [ citation needed ] |
2009 [9] | Julie Hastings | Karen Bell | $6,000 [ citation needed ] |
2010 | Kathy Brown | Jacqueline Harrison | $9,500 |
2011 | Julie Hastings | Cathy Auld | $9,500 |
2012 | Erika Brown | Kristy Russell | $15,000 |
2013 | Julie Hastings | Susan McKnight | $15,000 |
2014 | Julie Hastings | Jacqueline Harrison | $12,000 |
2015 | Allison Flaxey | Erika Brown | $11,900 |
2016 [10] | Sherry Middaugh | Julie Tippin | $10,000 |
2017 | Julie Tippin | Susan Froud | $9,375 |
2018 | Krista McCarville | Jestyn Murphy | $8,400 |
2019 | Gim Un-chi | Megan Balsdon | $11,300 |
2020 [11] | Susan Froud | Maddy Warriner | |
2021 [12] | Kerry Galusha | Hollie Duncan | $12,625 |
2022 [13] | Ikue Kitazawa | Carly Howard | $9,750 |
2023 [14] | Krista McCarville | Rebecca Morrison | $11,800 |
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