Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

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Prestige Hotels & Resorts
Curling Classic
Established2001
Host city Vernon, British Columbia
Arena Vernon Curling Club
Men's purse$28,500
Women's purse$28,500
Current champions (2023)
Men Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce
Women Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Rui
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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. [1]

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Former event names

Past champions

Only skips names listed

Men

YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (CAD)
2001 Flag of British Columbia.svg Rick Folk Flag of Manitoba.svg Jeff Stoughton $36,000
2002 Flag of Alberta.svg Rob Bucholz Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce $36,000
2003 Flag of Alberta.svg Randy Ferbey Flag of British Columbia.svg Greg McAulay $43,500
2004 Flag of British Columbia.svg Rick Folk Flag of Alberta.svg J. D. Lind $43,000
2005 Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel Flag of Quebec.svg Pierre Charette $43,500
2006 Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce Flag of Alberta.svg Mark Johnson $45,000
2007 Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall $24,000
2008 Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall $24,000
2009 Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel $25,000
2010 Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Drozdov $37,000
2011 Flag of Alberta.svg Robert Schlender Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce $27,000
2012 Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Cotter Flag of Alberta.svg Jamie King $26,000
2013 Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe Flag of Washington.svg Brady Clark $35,000
2014 Flag of British Columbia.svg Grant Dezura Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce $26,000
2015 Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse $17,000
2016 [2] Flag of British Columbia.svg Tyler Tardi Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Morozumi $17,000
2017 Flag of British Columbia.svg Jeff Guignard Flag of British Columbia.svg Adam Cseke$12,000
2018 [3] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Matt Dunstone Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Cotter $18,000
2019 [4] Flag of British Columbia.svg Tyler Tardi Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Cotter $18,000
2020Cancelled
2021Cancelled
2022 [5] Flag of Japan.svg Riku Yanagisawa Flag of Japan.svg Kohsuke Hirata $18,000
2023 [6] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce Flag of British Columbia.svg Catlin Schneider $28,500

Women

YearWinning skipRunner up skipPurse (CAD)
2001 [7] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelley Law Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett
2002 [8] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelley Law
2003 [9] Flag of Alberta.svg Shannon Kleibrink Flag of British Columbia.svg Penny Shantz-Henderson
2004 Flag of Alberta.svg Cheryl Bernard Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott $15,000
2005 Flag of Alberta.svg Cheryl Bernard Flag of British Columbia.svg Kristy Lewis $21,000
2006 Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelley Law Flag of British Columbia.svg Corrie Lubben $21,000
2007 Flag of Alberta.svg Heather Rankin Flag of Alberta.svg Shannon Kleibrink $29,200
2008 Flag of Alberta.svg Shannon Kleibrink Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott $38,000
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Moe Meguro Flag of Alberta.svg Cheryl Bernard $35,000
2010 Flag of Alberta.svg Cheryl Bernard Flag of Russia.svg Liudmila Privivkova $35,000
2011 Flag of Alberta.svg Amy Nixon Flag of Alberta.svg Lisa Eyamie $35,000
2012 Flag of Alberta.svg Heather Nedohin Flag of Russia.svg Anna Sidorova $35,000
2013 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Bingyu Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mirjam Ott $35,000
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Ogasawara Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown $37,000
2015 Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Stefanie Lawton Flag of Alberta.svg Chelsea Carey $39,000
2016 [10] Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett Flag of Alberta.svg Cheryl Bernard $41,500
2017 Flag of Ontario.svg Rachel Homan Flag of South Korea.svg Gim Un-chi $41,000
2018 Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva Flag of Alberta.svg Kelsey Rocque $41,000
2019 [11] Flag of Alberta.svg Kelsey Rocque Flag of Alberta.svg Chelsea Carey $31,500
2020Cancelled
2021Cancelled
2022 [12] Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown Flag of Japan.svg Ikue Kitazawa $31,500
2023 [13] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Rui Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown $28,500

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