Mercure Perth Masters

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Mercure Perth Masters
Established1971
Host city Perth, Scotland
Arena Dewars Centre
Men's purse GBP 17,000
Women's purse GBP 10,000
Current champions (2024)
Men Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat
Women Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Clancy Grandy
Current edition

The Mercure Perth Masters is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. The tournament has been held in both a triple-knockout format and a round robin format. The tournament, started in 1971, and later became a part of the World Curling Tour (and has been since at least 2002). Curlers from outside Scotland have been dominant in this bonspiel.

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The event has also been known as the Cream of the Barley Perth Masters (1986) [1] Stakis Masters at Perth (1994 [2] & 1995), the Jarvis Masters @ Perth (2001), the Ramada Jarvis Masters @ Perth (2002) Ramada Jarvis Masters (2003) and the Ramada Perth Masters (2004-2011)

In 2020, the Women's World Curling Tour event, the City of Perth Ladies International, was renamed as the Mercure Perth Masters and will know be known under the new name.

Past champions

Men

Only skip's name is displayed. [3]

YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (GBP)
1971 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Muirhead Flag placeholder.svg
1972 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex F. Torrance Flag placeholder.svg
1973 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex F. Torrance Flag placeholder.svg
1974 Flag of Scotland.svg David Horton Flag placeholder.svg
1975 Flag of Scotland.svg Dave Porteous Flag placeholder.svg
1976 Flag of Scotland.svg Chuck Hay Flag placeholder.svg
1977 Flag of Scotland.svg Bob Martin Flag placeholder.svg
1978 Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Muirhead Flag placeholder.svg
1979 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Waddell Flag placeholder.svg
1980 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Jamieson Flag placeholder.svg
1981 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Hamilton Flag placeholder.svg
1982 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Markus Känzig Flag placeholder.svg
1983 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Glen Flag placeholder.svg
1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Henderson Flag placeholder.svg
1985 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Young Flag placeholder.svg
1986 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Gray Flag placeholder.svg
1987 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Young Flag placeholder.svg
1988–1993Not held [2]
1994 Flag of Scotland.svg David Smith Flag placeholder.svg
1995 [4] Flag of Scotland.svg Hammy McMillan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Markus Eggler 16,000
1996 Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Muirhead Flag placeholder.svg
1997 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Markus Eggler Flag placeholder.svg
1998 Flag of Scotland.svg Hammy McMillan Flag placeholder.svg
1999 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Guy Hemmings Flag placeholder.svg
2000 Flag of Norway.svg Pål Trulsen Flag placeholder.svg
2001 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ralph Stöckli [5] 11,100 [6]
2002 Flag of Scotland.svg Bob Kelly Flag of Scotland.svg Peter de Boer [7] $24,160 (CDN) [8]
2003 [9] Flag of Norway.svg Pål Trulsen Flag of Scotland.svg Warwick Smith
2004 [10] Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Kelly 26,800
2005 [11] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Randy Ferbey Flag of Scotland.svg Peter de Boer $30,000 [12]
2006 [13] Flag of Scotland.svg David Edwards Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster 29,000
2007 [14] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Randy Ferbey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Howard 32,500
2008 [15] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Howard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Burtnyk 32,500
2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Koe Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Ulsrud 32,500
2010 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Edin 32,500
2011 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike McEwen Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Fernie 15,000
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike McEwen Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Ulsrud 17,000 [16]
2013 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Ulsrud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike McEwen 17,000
2014 Flag of Scotland.svg Logan Gray Flag of Sweden.svg Oskar Eriksson 17,160
2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Gushue Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Smith 17,160
2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Koe Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Ulsrud 18,500
2017 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Brewster Flag of Norway.svg Steffen Walstad 18,500
2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Edin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter de Cruz 18,500
2019 [17] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat Flag of Scotland.svg Glen Muirhead 18,700
2020 [18] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike McEwen 17,000
2021Cancelled
2022Cancelled
2023 [19] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat Flag of Italy.svg Joël Retornaz 17,000
2024 [20] Flag of Scotland.svg Bruce Mouat Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Whyte 17,000

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (GBP)
2016 Flag of Scotland.svg Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Mairi Milne [21] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht 14,400
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allison Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Court Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht 15,800
2018 (Mar.–Apr.) Flag of Scotland.svg Hannah Fleming, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjöberg 15,800
2018 (Dec.) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michèle Jäggi (Fourth), Ursi Hegner (Skip), Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Irene Schori, Lara Stocker, Roxanne Heritier, Isabelle Maillard 10,500
2020 Flag of Scotland.svg Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Jennifer Dodds, Vicky Wright Flag of Scotland.svg Rebecca Morrison, Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall, Eilidh Yeats 10,000
2021Cancelled
2022Cancelled
2023 [22] Flag of Germany.svg Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Lena Kapp, Analena Jentsch Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Skaslien (Fourth), Marianne Rørvik (Skip), Mille Haslev Nordbye, Martine Rønning 7,200
2024 [23] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken Flag of Scotland.svg Jackie Lockhart, Mairi Milne, Wendy Johnston, Katie Loudon 10,000

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