North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic

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North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic
Established2006
Host city Kemptville, Ontario
Arena North Grenville Curling Club
Purse$25,000
2023 champion Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Constantini
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The North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic is an annual women's bonspiel held in Kemptville, Ontario. It is typically held in early November and is put on by the North Grenville Curling Club. It was a World Curling Tour event from 2010 to 2019.

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The event began in 2006 as the Scotiabank OVCA Women's Fall Classic. From 2007 to 2019 the event was known as the Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic and the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic. The bonspiel was cancelled in 2019 and 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. In 2022 and 2023 the event operated without a title sponsor. The event was put on hiatus in 2024 due to insufficient sponsorship.[ citation needed ]

Past champions

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CAD)
2006 Flag of Ontario.svg Janet McGhee, Pascale Letendre, Lee Merklinger, Breanne Merklinger Flag of Quebec.svg Karo Gagnon, Brenda Nicholls (skip), Kimberly Mastine, Julie Rainville $10,000
2007 Flag of Ontario.svg Jenn Hanna, Chrissy Cadorin, Stephanie Hanna, Lee Merklinger Flag of Ontario.svg Tracy Samaan, Patricia Hill, Kathy Kerr, Monique Robert $12,000
2008 Flag of Ontario.svg Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lynn Kreviazuk Flag of Ontario.svg Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Kim Moore, Andra Harmark $12,000
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson Flag of Ontario.svg Lisa Farnell, Erin Morrissey, Kim Brown, Ainsley Galbraith $12,000
2010 Flag of Ontario.svg Christine McCrady, Kellie Buchanan, Lisa Paddle, Adrey Frey Flag of Ontario.svg Tracy Horgan, Jenn Seabrook, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates $15,000
2011 Flag of Ontario.svg Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong Flag of Ontario.svg Jenn Hanna, Pascale Letendre, Stephanie Hanna, Trish Scharf $15,000
2012 Flag of Ontario.svg Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle Flag of Ontario.svg Allison Nimik, Katie Pringle, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Court $15,000
2013 Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Suzanne Birt, Shelley Bradley, Michelle McQuaid, Susan McInnis Flag of Manitoba.svg Darcy Robertson, Tracey Lavery, Vanessa Foster, Michelle Kruk $16,000
2014 Flag of Ontario.svg Cathy Auld, Julie Reddick, Holly Donaldson, Carly Howard Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Collins $16,000
2015 Flag of Ontario.svg Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht $17,500
2016 [1] Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Robyn MacPhee, Sarah Fullerton, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle McQuaid Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Ogasawara, Yumie Funayama, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya $17,500
2017 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Kristen MacDiarmid, Marie Christianson, Liz Woodworth, Julia Williams Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjöberg $20,000
2018 Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Kerry Galusha, Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran, Shona Barbour Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Mary-Anne Arsenault, Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Kristin Clarke $21,000
2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Almida de Val, Fanny Sjöberg Flag of Ontario.svg Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts $21,000
2020Cancelled
2021Cancelled
2022 [2] Flag of Ontario.svg Isabelle Ladouceur, Jamie Smith, Grace Lloyd, Rachel Steele Flag of Ontario.svg Danielle Inglis, Kira Brunton, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Cassandra de Groot $25,000
2023 [3] Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Constantini, Elena Mathis, Marta Lo Deserto, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, Angela Romei Flag of Ontario.svg Hailey Armstrong, Jessica Humphries, Michaela Robert (3 player team)$25,000
2024Cancelled

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