St. Paul Cash Spiel

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The St. Paul Let's Cure Lupus Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is part of the World Curling Tour. The bonspiel takes place during the 6th/7th week of the Tour. In the past, the event has been held using a triple knockout format, but a round-robin tournament format has been used since the 2010 spiel. The men's tournament was started in 1994 and has been held every year since 1998 as part of the World Curling Tour. The women's tournament is due to begin in 2011.

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Past champions

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Men

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (USD)
1994 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Steve Brown Flag of Illinois.svg Greg Gallagher $2,000
1998 Flag of Ontario.svg Bruce Melville Flag of Minnesota.svg Paul Pustovar
1999 Flag of Minnesota.svg Tim Somerville Flag of Minnesota.svg John Medure
2000 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown Flag of Manitoba.svg David Bohn
2001 Flag of Minnesota.svg Paul Pustovar Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown
2002 Flag of Manitoba.svg Dave Smith Flag of Ontario.svg Ed Premo
2003 Flag of Minnesota.svg Paul Pustovar Flag of Minnesota.svg Mark Haluptzok $15,600
2004 Flag of Manitoba.svg Howard Restall Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown $16,000
2005 Flag of Minnesota.svg Paul Pustovar Flag of Minnesota.svg Rich Ruohonen $14,400
2006 Flag of Ontario.svg Bryan Burgess Flag of North Dakota.svg Craig Disher $14,400
2007 Flag of North Dakota.svg Craig Disher Flag of Ontario.svg Trevor Clifford $16,000
2008 Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson Flag of Ontario.svg Bryan Burgess $16,200
2009 Flag of Ontario.svg Mike Pozihun Flag of Ontario.svg Bryan Burgess $12,000
2010 Flag of Minnesota.svg Tyler George Flag of Ontario.svg Bryan Burgess $13,500
2011 Flag of Minnesota.svg Tyler George Flag of Ontario.svg Jeff Currie $13,500
2012 Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster Flag of Minnesota.svg Todd Birr $16,000
2013 Flag of Manitoba.svg Scott Ramsay Flag of Minnesota.svg Tyler George $16,000
2014 Flag of Minnesota.svg Mike Farbelow Flag of Minnesota.svg Korey Dropkin $16,000
2015 Flag of Minnesota.svg Todd Birr Flag of New York.svg Heath McCormick $12,000
2016 Flag of Minnesota.svg Heath McCormick Flag of Minnesota.svg Kroy Nernberger $12,400
2017 Flag of Minnesota.svg Heath McCormick Flag of Minnesota.svg Sean Murray$12,400
2018 Flag of Minnesota.svg Andrew Stopera Flag of Minnesota.svg Mark Fenner $12,000
2019 Flag of Minnesota.svg Rich Ruohonen Flag of Minnesota.svg Todd Birr $12,000
2020Cancelled

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (USD)
2011 Flag of New York.svg Patti Lank Flag of Minnesota.svg Aileen Sormunen $7,200
2012 Flag of New York.svg Patti Lank Flag of Minnesota.svg Margie Smith $7,200
2013 Flag of Manitoba.svg Michelle Montford Flag of Minnesota.svg Alexandra Carlson $7,200
2014 Flag of Minnesota.svg Aileen Sormunen Flag of Wisconsin.svg Debbie McCormick $7,200
2015 Flag of Minnesota.svg Cory Christensen Flag of Minnesota.svg Jamie Sinclair $6,000
2016 Flag of Minnesota.svg Cory Christensen Flag of Wisconsin.svg Nina Roth $6,450
2017 Flag of Minnesota.svg Jessica Schultz Flag of Minnesota.svg Cora Farrell
2018 Flag of Minnesota.svg Annmarie Duberstein Flag of Minnesota.svg Allison Pottinger $6,000
2019 Flag of Minnesota.svg Cora Farrell Flag of Minnesota.svg Kim Rhyme $6,000

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