King Cash Spiel

King Cash Spiel
Established	1981
Host city	Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Arena	Golden Ears Curling Club
Men's purse	$12,800
Women's purse	$9,600
Current champions (2024)
Men	Jason Montgomery
Women	Kristen Ryan

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.

Past champions

Men

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
1981 [2]	Glen Pierce, Wayne Matthewson, Bruce Davey, Fuji Miki	Glen Hillson	$30,000
1982 [3]	Rick Folk	Keith Switzer	$38,000
1988 [4]	Terry Owen	Steve Skillings
1991 [5]	Al Moore	Brent Pierce	$15,000
1992 [6]	Brian Gessner	Milt Sinclair	$23,000
1994 [7]	Al Moore, Ross Graham, Peter VanLeeuwen, Kieron Hunt	Ed Dezura	$22,000
2013 [8]	Sean Geall, Ken Maskiewich, Sebastien Robillard, Kent Bird	Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura (skip), Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler	$7,500
2014 [9]	Neil Dangerfield, Denis Sutton, Darren Boden, Glen Allen	Sebastien Robillard, Tyler Klymchuk, Dylan Somerton, Chris Brezina	$6,900
2017 (Jan.)	Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen	Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Ken Trask, Steve Lundeen	$3,000 [10]
2017 (Sept.)	Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper	Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen	$12,000
2018	Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath	Josh Barry, Sebastien Robillard, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen	$9,600
2019 [11]	Sean Geall, Jared Kolomaya, Sebastien Robillard, Nicholas Meister	Jim Cotter, Steve Laycock, Andrew Nerpin, Rick Sawatsky	$11,500
2020	Cancelled
2021 [12]	Sébastien Robillard, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Cody Tanaka, Nathan Small	Dean Joanisse, Daniel Wenzek, Cody Johnston, Jeff Guignard	$11,400
2022 [13]	Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi	Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Jared Kolomaya, Nicholas Meister	$11,400
2023 [14]	Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan	Jeff Richard, Richard Krell, Daniel Wenzek, Connor Deane	$12,800
2024 [15]	Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan	Cameron de Jong, Corey Chester, Alex Horvath, Brayden Carpenter	$12,800

Women

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2013 [16]	Roberta Kuhn, Karla Thompson, Brooklyn Leitch, Michelle Ramsay	Kalia Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Sarah Daniels, Ashley Sanderson	$11,400
2014 [17]	Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Samantha Fisher, Sydney Fraser	Kelly Scott, Shannon Aleksic, Karla Thompson, Sarah Pyke	$9,600
2015 [18]	Diane Gushulak, Grace MacInnes, Jessie Sanderson, Sandra Comadina	Sarah Wark, Simone Brosseau, Michelle Allen, Rachelle Kallechy	$8,100
2017 (Jan.)	Karla Thompson, Kristen Recksiedler, Erin Pincott, Trysta Vandale	Shannon Kleibrink, Lisa Eyamie, Sarah Wilkes, Alison Thiessen	$8,000 [19]
2017 (Sept.)	Sarah Wark, Kristen Pilote, Stephanie Prinse, Michelle Dunn	Kesa Van Osch, Marika Van Osch, Kalia Van Osch, Amy Gibson	$8,000
2018	Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk	Diane Gushulak, Grace MacInnes, Jessie Sanderson, Ashley Sanderson	$8,000
2019 [20]	Kristen Ryan, Shannon Joanisse, Megan Daniels, Dawn Mesana	Sarah Daniels, Kayla MacMillan, Holly Horvat, Sarah Loken	$7,000
2020	Cancelled
2021 [21]	Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Cierra Fisher, Sydney Brilz	Kristen Ryan, Megan Daniels, Kirsten Fox, Dawn Mesana	$5,700
2022 [22]	Stephanie Jackson-Baier, Kayla Wilson, Elizabeth Bowles, Carley Sandwith-Craig	Shawna Jensen, Layna Pohlod, Sarah Wong, Amanda Wong	$5,700
2023 [23]	Holly Hafeli, Jorja Kopytko, Ella Casparis, Natalie Hafeli	Kim Dennis, Layna Pohlod, Jessie Sanderson, Ashley Sanderson	$9,600
2024 [24]	Kristen Ryan, Shannon Joanisse, Megan Yamamoto, Kirsten Fox	Shiella Cowan, Jody Maskiewich, Stephanie Whittaker-Kask, Sandra Comadina	$9,600

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