KW Fall Classic

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KW Fall Classic
Established2008
2024 host city Waterloo, Ontario
2024 arena KW Granite Club
Men's purse$11,000
Women's purse$8,500
Current champions (2024)
Men Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping
Women Flag of Ontario.svg Breanna Rozon
Current edition
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Kitchener-Waterloo Granite

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.

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Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed.

Men

YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (CAD)
2008 Flag of Ontario.svg Dale Matchett Flag of Ontario.svg Trevor Feil [1] $14,225 [ citation needed ]
2009 [2] Flag of Ontario.svg Dale Matchett Flag of Ontario.svg Jake Higgs $14,225 [ citation needed ]
2010 Flag of Ontario.svg Greg Balsdon Flag of Ontario.svg Wayne Middaugh $10,825
2011 Flag of Ontario.svg Robert Rumfeldt Flag of Ontario.svg Mike Anderson $14,300
2012 Flag of Ontario.svg Mark Kean Flag of Ontario.svg Greg Balsdon $8,500
2013 Flag of Ontario.svg Scott McDonald Flag of Ontario.svg Jake Walker $8,500
2014 Flag of Ontario.svg Scott McDonald Flag of Ontario.svg Richard Krell $8,500
2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Rui Flag of Ontario.svg Ian Dickie $9,900
2016 [3] Flag of Ontario.svg Richard Krell Flag of Ontario.svg Ryan LeDrew $9,900
2017 Flag of Ontario.svg Matthew Hall Flag of Ontario.svg Rob Retchless$9,900
2018 Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Timofeev Flag of Ontario.svg Rob Ainsley$8,400
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Morozumi Flag of Ontario.svg Wayne Tuck Jr. $8,400
2020 [4] Flag of Ontario.svg Paul Moffatt Flag of Ontario.svg Glenn Howard
2021 [5] Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Whyte Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Waddell $8,750
2022 [6] Flag of Ontario.svg Mike Fournier Flag of Ontario.svg Sam Steep $9,750
2023 [7] Flag of Ontario.svg Alex Champ Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Stocker$12,500
2024 [8] Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping Flag of Japan.svg Riku Yanagisawa $11,000

Women

YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (CAD)
2008 [9] Flag of Ontario.svg Carrie Lindner Flag of Ontario.svg Dale Curtis$6,000 [ citation needed ]
2009 [10] Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings Flag of Ontario.svg Karen Bell$6,000 [ citation needed ]
2010 Flag of Ontario.svg Kathy Brown Flag of Ontario.svg Jacqueline Harrison $9,500
2011 Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings Flag of Ontario.svg Cathy Auld $9,500
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Erika Brown Flag of Ontario.svg Kristy Russell $15,000
2013 Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings Flag of Ontario.svg Susan McKnight $15,000
2014 Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings Flag of Ontario.svg Jacqueline Harrison $12,000
2015 Flag of Ontario.svg Allison Flaxey Flag of the United States.svg Erika Brown $11,900
2016 [11] Flag of Ontario.svg Sherry Middaugh Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Tippin $10,000
2017 Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Tippin Flag of Ontario.svg Susan Froud $9,375
2018 Flag of Ontario.svg Krista McCarville Flag of Ontario.svg Jestyn Murphy $8,400
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Gim Un-chi Flag of Ontario.svg Megan Balsdon $11,300
2020 [12] Flag of Ontario.svg Susan Froud Flag of Ontario.svg Maddy Warriner
2021 [13] Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Kerry Galusha Flag of Ontario.svg Hollie Duncan $12,625
2022 [14] Flag of Japan.svg Ikue Kitazawa Flag of Ontario.svg Carly Howard $9,750
2023 [15] Flag of Ontario.svg Krista McCarville Flag of Scotland.svg Rebecca Morrison $11,800
2024 [16] Flag of Ontario.svg Breanna Rozon Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung $8,500

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