Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kamloops Crown of Curling
Established1974
Host cityKamloops, British Columbia
ArenaKamloops Curling Club
Men's purse$9,000
Women's purse$9,000
Current champions (2025)
MenBritish Columbia Richard Krell
WomenJapan Miyu Ueno
Kamloops Crown of Curling is located in Canada
Kamloops CC
Kamloops CC
Location in Canada

The Kamloops Crown of Curling (formerly the Hub International Crown of Curling, Valley First Crown of Curling, Strauss Crown of Curling, Labatt's Crown of Curling, Labatt Crown of Curling, Thompson Crown of Curling, Thompson Hotel Crown of Curling, and Barton Insurance Crown of Curling) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in October at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops. The purse for the event is CAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.

The event has been held since 1974.

Past champions

Men

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD)
1974British Columbia Brent GilesAlberta Tom Kroeger$10,500
1975British Columbia Bernie SparkesAlberta Tom Kroeger
1976Saskatchewan Bob PickeringBritish Columbia Bernie Sparkes$15,500
1977British Columbia Roy VinthersBritish Columbia Glen Hillson$18,500
1978British Columbia Tony EbertsBritish Columbia Steve Skillings$25,000
1979British Columbia Jack HockeyBritish Columbia Brent Giles
1980Manitoba Kerry BurtnykAlberta Ed Lukowich$30,000
1981Alberta Frank BaileyBritish Columbia Bert Gretzinger$35,000
1982Alberta Wayne SokoloskyBritish Columbia Dave Simpson$35,000
1983British Columbia Paul GowsellBritish Columbia Bert Gretzinger$35,000
1984Alberta Dennis GraberBritish Columbia Gary Sigurdson
1986British Columbia Craig LepineAlberta Kurt Balderston
1987British Columbia Mike Chernoff
1988British Columbia Dan CleutinxBritish Columbia Eric Wiltzen$55,000
1989British Columbia Earl BlomBritish Columbia Jim Armstrong
1990British Columbia Al MooreBritish Columbia Eric Wiltzen
1991British Columbia Michael VavrekSaskatchewan Al Lind
1992Alberta Mickey PendergastAlberta Adrian Bakker$33,250
1993British Columbia Al MooreBritish Columbia Rob Kuroyama
1994Ontario Al HacknerBritish Columbia Sandy MacDonald$36,000
1995British Columbia Ed DezuraBritish Columbia Brad Clark
1996Sweden Peja LindholmAlberta Terry Meek$34,400
1997British Columbia Bert GretzingerAlberta Mickey Pendergast
1998Alberta Randy FerbeyBritish Columbia Greg McAulay
1999British Columbia Greg McAulayBritish Columbia Brent Giles
2000Alberta Dennis GraberBritish Columbia Barry McPhee
2001Alberta Adrian BakkerBritish Columbia Bert Gretzinger$57,700
2002British Columbia Mike WoodBritish Columbia Bert Gretzinger$35,800
2003British Columbia Bert GretzingerBritish Columbia Rick Folk$40,700
2004British Columbia Bob UrselBritish Columbia Brian Windsor$40,700
2005British Columbia Bert GretzingerUnited States Pete Fenson$48,000
2006Manitoba Kerry BurtnykBritish Columbia Bob Ursel$50,000
2007British Columbia Bryan MikiBritish Columbia Greg McAulay$50,000
2008British Columbia Rick FolkAlberta Kevin Koe$50,000
2009Alberta Ted AppelmanAlberta Chris Schille$34,000
2010British Columbia Jim CotterAlberta Steve Petryk$34,000
2011British Columbia Andrew BileskyBritish Columbia Grant Olsen$32,000
2012British Columbia Brent PierceAlberta Jamie King$32,000
2013British Columbia Grant DezuraBritish Columbia Dean Joanisse$25,000
2014British Columbia Brent PierceBritish Columbia Sean Geall$30,000
2015British Columbia Sean GeallBritish Columbia Dean Joanisse$26,000
2016British Columbia Dean JoanisseSouth Korea Kim Soo-hyuk$26,000
2017 Event cancelled
2018British Columbia Sean GeallBritish Columbia Josh Barry$16,000
2019Japan Yuta MatsumuraBritish Columbia Tyler Tardi$16,000
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021South Korea Kim Soo-hyukBritish Columbia Jeff Richard$12,200
2022Japan Hayato SatoBritish Columbia Brent Pierce$15,000
2023British Columbia Brent PierceBritish Columbia Kyler Kleibrink$16,000
2024British Columbia Jeff RichardBritish Columbia Rob Nobert$9,000
2025British Columbia Richard KrellBritish Columbia Mitch Young$9,000

Women

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD)
1986Alberta Phyl RaymondAlberta Judy Pendergast
1987Alberta Carol DavisAlberta Sandra Risebrough
1988British Columbia Julie SuttonBritish Columbia Sheril Becker
1989Alberta Wendy ConnAlberta Susan Seitz
1990Manitoba Connie LaliberteBritish Columbia Sue Garvey
1991British Columbia Julie SuttonBritish Columbia Cyndra McKinnon
1992British Columbia Kelley Owen
1993British Columbia Sheril BeckerBritish Columbia Allison MacInnes
1994British Columbia Sherry HeathBritish Columbia Kelley Owen
1995British Columbia Sue GarveyBritish Columbia Linda Kirton
1996British Columbia Pat SandersBritish Columbia Kelly MacKenzie$20,000
1997British Columbia Sue GarveyBritish Columbia Georgina Wheatcroft
1998Alberta Sheila HeathBritish Columbia Sherry Heath
1999British Columbia Allison MacInnesBritish Columbia Chris Makarowski
2000Alberta Shannon KleibrinkBritish Columbia Sherry Heath
2001British Columbia Shelley MacDonald
2002British Columbia Kelly ScottBritish Columbia Marla Mallett
2003British Columbia Kelly ScottBritish Columbia Tracey Jones
2004Japan Moe MeguroBritish Columbia Colleen Hannah
2005British Columbia Toni WellsJapan Ayumi Onodera$24,000
2006British Columbia Pat SandersChina Wang Bingyu$34,000
2007British Columbia Kelly ScottBritish Columbia Marla Mallett$34,000
2008South Korea Kim Mi-YeonBritish Columbia Marla Mallett$34,000
2009British Columbia Colleen HannahAlberta Faye White$34,000
2010British Columbia Allison MacInnesBritish Columbia Marla Mallett$34,000
2011Switzerland Michèle JäggiRussia Olga Zyablikova$34,000
2012China Wang BingyuDenmark Lene Nielsen$34,000
2013United States Allison PottingerJapan Ayumi Ogasawara$35,000
2014Japan Ayumi OgasawaraBritish Columbia Kelly Scott$30,000
2015South Korea Gim Un-chiJapan Satsuki Fujisawa$26,000
2016South Korea Kim Min-jiJapan Satsuki Fujisawa$26,000
2017British Columbia Dailene PewarchukBritish Columbia Patti Knezevic$12,000
2018British Columbia Sarah WarkBritish Columbia Kim Slattery$9,950
2019British Columbia Corryn BrownChina Han Siyu$9,950
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021 Event cancelled
2022British Columbia Corryn BrownBritish Columbia Diane Gushulak$11,000
2023British Columbia Corryn BrownBritish Columbia Kim Dennis$10,000
2024British Columbia Steph Jackson-BaierJapan Yuina Miura$8,000
2025Japan Miyu UenoBritish Columbia Kelsey Powell$9,000

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