King Cash Spiel

Last updated
King Cash Spiel
Established1981
Host city Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Arena Golden Ears Curling Club
Men's purse$11,400
Women's purse$5,700
Current champions (2023)
Men Flag of British Columbia.svg Jason Montgomery
Women Flag of British Columbia.svg Holly Hafeli

The King Cash Spiel, formerly the Golden Ears Curling Classic and the Coronation Group Classic, is an annual cashspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Golden Ears Curling Club [1] in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The event has been on and off again as part of the World Curling Tour, and has been held since 1981. [2] The tournament is held in a round robin format.

Contents

Past champions

Men

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)
1981 [2] Flag of British Columbia.svg Glen Pierce, Wayne Matthewson, Bruce Davey, Fuji Miki Flag of British Columbia.svg Glen Hillson $30,000
1982 [3] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Rick Folk Flag of British Columbia.svg Keith Switzer$38,000
1988 [4] Flag of British Columbia.svg Terry Owen Flag of British Columbia.svg Steve Skillings
1991 [5] Flag of British Columbia.svg Al Moore Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce $15,000
1992 [6] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brian Gessner Flag of British Columbia.svg Milt Sinclair$23,000
1994 [7] Flag of British Columbia.svg Al Moore, Ross Graham, Peter VanLeeuwen, Kieron Hunt Flag of British Columbia.svg Ed Dezura$22,000
2013 [8] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall, Ken Maskiewich, Sebastien Robillard, Kent Bird Flag of British Columbia.svg Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura (skip), Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler $7,500
2014 [9] Flag of British Columbia.svg Neil Dangerfield, Denis Sutton, Darren Boden, Glen Allen Flag of British Columbia.svg Sebastien Robillard, Tyler Klymchuk, Dylan Somerton, Chris Brezina$6,900
2017 (Jan.) Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen Flag of the United States.svg Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Ken Trask, Steve Lundeen $3,000 [10]
2017 (Sept.) Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen $12,000
2018 Flag of British Columbia.svg Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath Flag of British Columbia.svg Josh Barry, Sebastien Robillard, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen $9,600
2019 [11] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall, Jared Kolomaya, Sebastien Robillard, Nicholas Meister Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Andrew Nerpin, Rick Sawatsky $11,500
2020Cancelled
2021 [12] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sébastien Robillard, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Cody Tanaka, Nathan Small Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse, Daniel Wenzek, Cody Johnston, Jeff Guignard $11,400
2022 [13] Flag of Japan.svg Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Jared Kolomaya, Nicholas Meister $11,400
2023 [14] Flag of British Columbia.svg Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan Flag of British Columbia.svg Jeff Richard, Richard Krell, Daniel Wenzek, Connor Deane

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)
2013 [15] Flag of British Columbia.svg Roberta Kuhn, Karla Thompson, Brooklyn Leitch, Michelle Ramsay Flag of British Columbia.svg Kalia Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Sarah Daniels, Ashley Sanderson$11,400
2014 [16] Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Samantha Fisher, Sydney Fraser Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott, Shannon Aleksic, Karla Thompson, Sarah Pyke $9,600
2015 [17] Flag of British Columbia.svg Diane Gushulak, Grace MacInnes, Jessie Sanderson, Sandra Comadina Flag of British Columbia.svg Sarah Wark, Simone Brosseau, Michelle Allen, Rachelle Kallechy $8,100
2017 (Jan.) Flag of British Columbia.svg Karla Thompson, Kristen Recksiedler, Erin Pincott, Trysta Vandale Flag of Alberta.svg Shannon Kleibrink, Lisa Eyamie, Sarah Wilkes, Alison Thiessen $8,000 [18]
2017 (Sept.) Flag of British Columbia.svg Sarah Wark, Kristen Pilote, Stephanie Prinse, Michelle Dunn Flag of British Columbia.svg Kesa Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Kalia Van Osch, Amy Gibson$8,000
2018 Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk Flag of British Columbia.svg Diane Gushulak, Grace MacInnes, Jessie Sanderson, Ashley Sanderson$8,000
2019 [19] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kristen Ryan, Shannon Joanisse, Megan Daniels, Dawn Mesana Flag of British Columbia.svg Sarah Daniels, Kayla MacMillan, Holly Horvat, Sarah Loken $7,000
2020Cancelled
2021 [20] Flag of British Columbia.svg Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Cierra Fisher, Sydney Brilz Flag of British Columbia.svg Kristen Ryan, Megan Daniels, Kirsten Fox, Dawn Mesana $5,700
2022 [21] Flag of British Columbia.svg Stephanie Jackson-Baier, Kayla Wilson, Elizabeth Bowles, Carley Sandwith-Craig Flag of British Columbia.svg Shawna Jensen, Layna Pohlod, Sarah Wong, Amanda Wong$5,700
2023 [22] Flag of British Columbia.svg Holly Hafeli, Jorja Kopytko, Ella Casparis, Natalie Hafeli Flag of British Columbia.svg Kim Dennis, Layna Pohlod, Jessie Sanderson, Ashley Sanderson

Related Research Articles

The Kamloops Crown of Curling is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in October at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops. The purse for the event is CAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.

The Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is an annual curling tournament on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. It was a part of the World Curling Tour until 2019 when it was discontinued. It is held at the beginning of October, with the beginning of the bonspiel sometimes occurring in September. The event has been held since 2001.

The Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 as a skins tournament. The women's tournament started in 1999 as a separate event held a few weeks earlier and merged with the men's event in 2007. The event was held as a World Curling Tour event until 2019 and has been held nearly every year since 2007. Curlers from Alberta have dominated the event on both sides since its inception. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System, which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.

The Curl Mesabi Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at Curl Mesabi's venue, the Range Recreation and Civic Center, in Eveleth, Minnesota. The tournament is held in a round-robin format. The men's tournament, started c. 2003, and joined the World Curling Tour in 2007. Women were allowed to participate in the men's tournament until 2011, when a separate women's tournament was created. The women's event was not held in 2013. The event is part of the United States Order of Merit System, used to determine the teams which will directly qualify to the National Championships each year. The bonspiel is also part of the Great Lakes Curling Tour. The event's coordinator is Phill Drobnick.

Jennifer "Jenn" Baxter is a Canadian curler from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Christina Black.

The Stroud Sleeman Cashspiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament. It takes place at the Stroud Curling Club in Stroud, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and included on the World Curling Tour from 2013 to 2019.

Heather Heggestad is a Canadian curler from Barrie, Ontario. She currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Heggestad is originally from Gore Bay, Ontario.

The 2017 September King Cash Spiel was held from September 14 to 17 at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge, British Columbia as part of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events were held in a round robin format, and the purses for the men's event was $12,000 and women's event was CAD $8,000

The 2018–19 curling season began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019.

Christina Black is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

The 2019–20 curling season began in June 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 resulted in the cancellation of events and the premature ending of the season.

Erin Pincott is a Canadian curler from Kamloops. She is the longtime third for Corryn Brown, having played together since they were six years old.

Marie Christianson is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The 2020–21 curling season began in August 2020 and ended in May 2021.

Meaghan Hughes is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She is a four-time PEI junior champion skip and five-time PEI Scotties champion.

Michelle Dianne Shea is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She is a three-time PEI junior champion and five-time PEI Scotties champion.

The 2021–22 curling season began in June 2021 and ended in May 2022.

The Part II Bistro Ladies Classic is a bonspiel that is part of the women's Ontario Curling Tour. The event is an annual event held in November and takes place at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club in Wingham, Ontario. Prior to 2018 it was held at the Listowel Curling Club in Listowel, Ontario. The first event was held in 2015, and was sponsored by Libro Credit Union. In its latest season in 2019, it was part of the World Curling Tour.

The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023.

Karlee Everist is a Canadian curler from Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays lead on Team Christina Black.

References

  1. ↑ "Cashspiel Calendar - Curl BC".
  2. 1 2 "Pierce gains solace". The Province. March 3, 1981. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nova Scotia family leads after surprising Manitoba". Victoria Times-Colonist. March 2, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Owen wins Golden Ears bonspiel". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. November 22, 1988. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Moore wins Golden Ears bonspiel". Vancouver Sun. November 19, 1991. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gessner takes prize". Vancouver Sun. November 24, 1992. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  8. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  9. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  10. ↑ "King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone.
  11. ↑ "2019 King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Robillard Wins King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  13. ↑ "2022 King Cash Spiel – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "2023 King Cash Spiel – Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  15. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  16. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  17. ↑ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com.
  18. ↑ "King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone.
  19. ↑ "2019 King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Reese-Hansen Wins 2021 King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  21. ↑ "2022 King Cash Spiel – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  22. ↑ "2023 King Cash Spiel – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 23, 2023.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.