Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic

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Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic
Established2012
Host city Collingwood, Ontario
Arena Collingwood Curling Club
Purse$14,000
2023 champion Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping
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The Stu Sells Living Waters Collingwood Classic, formerly the Stu Sells Cookstown Classic, and the CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. is an annual curling tournament that was part of the World Curling Tour, the highest-level curling tour in the world. The event was introduced in 2012 and was held on the first weekend in November, at the Cookstown Curling Club in Cookstown, Ontario. The event was moved to the Collingwood Curling Club in Collingwood, Ontario in 2023. [1] Originally just part of the Ontario Curling Tour, it was part of the World Curling Tour from 2014 to 2017. After a five-year pause, the event returned in 2022 as part of the Stu Sells series.

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Team Heather Heggestad was the last women's team to win the event, in 2016. [2]

Past champions

Men

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)
2012 [3] Flag of Ontario.svg Pat Ferris, Andrew Fairfull, Craig Fairfull, Rob Larmer Flag of Ontario.svg Dennis Moretto, Paul Attard, Howard Steele, Mike Nelson$12,000
2013 [4] Flag of Ontario.svg Peter Corner, Graeme McCarrel, Scott Foster, Ken McDermot Flag of Alberta.svg Charley Thomas, Colin Hodgson, Matthew Ng, Mike Westlund $14,500
2014 [5] Flag of Ontario.svg Pat Ferris, Andrew Fairfull, Craig Fairfull, Nathan Small Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Adam Casey, Josh Barry, Viktor Kjäll, Robbie Doherty $22,500
2015 [6] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benoît Schwarz, Claudio Pätz, Peter de Cruz, Valentin Tanner Flag of Ontario.svg Brent Ross, Adam Spencer, Ryan Werenich, Shawn Kaufman $21,835
2016 [7] Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benoît Schwarz, Claudio Pätz, Peter de Cruz (skip), Valentin Tanner $22,500
2017 Flag of Ontario.svg Mark Kean, Colin Dow, Brad Kidd, Scott Brandon Flag of Ontario.svg Tanner Horgan, Jacob Horgan, Nicholas Bissonnette, Maxime Blais $11,200
2022 [8] Flag of Ontario.svg Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton Flag of Ontario.svg Pat Ferris, Connor Lawes, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly $14,000
2023 [9] Flag of Ontario.svg John Epping, Aaron Squires, Pat Janssen, Jason Camm Flag of Ontario.svg Sam Mooibroek, Scott Mitchell, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr$14,000

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CAD)
2013 [10] Flag of Ontario.svg Heather Graham, Margie Hewitt, Amy Balsdon, Abbie Darnley Flag of Ontario.svg Sarah Picton, Lynne Flegel, Claire Archer, Marit Lee$6,000
2014 [11] Flag of the United States.svg Patti Lank, Maureen Stolt, Anna Bauman, Madisson Lank Flag of Ontario.svg Marilyn Bodogh, Colleen Madonia, Jane Hooper-Perroud $7,400
2015 [12] Flag of Ontario.svg Julie Tippin, Chantal Lalonde, Rachelle Vink, Tessa Bobbie Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs $6,200
2016 [13] Flag of Ontario.svg Heather Heggestad, Ginger Coyle, Michelle Smith, Lauren Harrison Flag of Ontario.svg Mallory Kean, Carly Howard, Kerilynn Mathers, Megan Arnold $5,400

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