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) 1974 Brent Giles Tom Kroeger $10,500 1975 Bernie Sparkes Tom Kroeger 1976 Bob Pickering Bernie Sparkes $15,500 1977 Roy Vinthers Glen Hillson $18,500 1978 Tony Eberts Steve Skillings $25,000 1979 Jack Hockey Brent Giles 1980 Kerry Burtnyk Ed Lukowich $30,000 1981 Frank Bailey Bert Gretzinger $35,000 1982 Wayne Sokolosky Dave Simpson $35,000 1983 Paul Gowsell Bert Gretzinger $35,000 1984 Dennis Graber Gary Sigurdson 1986 Craig Lepine Kurt Balderston 1987 Mike Chernoff 1988 Dan Cleutinx Eric Wiltzen $55,000 1989 Earl Blom Jim Armstrong 1990 Al Moore Eric Wiltzen 1991 Michael Vavrek Al Lind 1992 Mickey Pendergast Adrian Bakker $33,250 1993 Al Moore Rob Kuroyama 1994CurlingZone Al Hackner Sandy MacDonald $36,000 1995 Ed Dezura Brad Clark 1996 Peja Lindholm Terry Meek $34,400 1997 Bert Gretzinger Mickey Pendergast 1998CurlingZone Randy Ferbey Greg McAulay 1999CurlingZone Greg McAulay Brent Giles 2000CurlingZone Dennis Graber Barry McPhee 2001CurlingZone Adrian Bakker Bert Gretzinger $57,700 2002CurlingZone Mike Wood Bert Gretzinger $35,800 2003CurlingZone Bert Gretzinger Rick Folk $40,700 2004CurlingZone Bob Ursel Brian Windsor $40,700 2005CurlingZone Bert Gretzinger Pete Fenson $48,000 2006CurlingZone Kerry Burtnyk Bob Ursel $50,000 2007 Bryan Miki Greg McAulay $50,000CurlingZone 2008 Rick Folk Kevin Koe $50,000CurlingZone 2009CurlingZone Ted Appelman Chris Schille $34,000 2010CurlingZone Jim Cotter Steve Petryk $34,000 2011CurlingZone Andrew Bilesky Grant Olsen $32,000 2012CurlingZone Brent Pierce Jamie King $32,000 2013CurlingZone Grant Dezura Dean Joanisse $25,000 2014CurlingZone Brent Pierce Sean Geall $30,000 2015CurlingZone Sean Geall Dean Joanisse $26,000 2016CurlingZone Dean Joanisse Kim Soo-hyuk $26,000 2017 Event cancelled 2018 Sean Geall Josh Barry $16,000 2019CurlingZone Yuta Matsumura Tyler Tardi $16,000 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia 2021 Kim Soo-hyuk Jeff Richard $12,200 2022 Hayato Sato Brent Pierce $15,000 2023 Brent Pierce Kyler Kleibrink $16,000 2024 Jeff Richard Rob Nobert $9,000 2025 Richard Krell Mitch Young $9,000
Women Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse (CAD) 1986 Phyl Raymond Judy Pendergast 1987 Carol Davis Sandra Risebrough 1988 Julie Sutton Sheril Becker 1989 Wendy Conn Susan Seitz 1990 Connie Laliberte Sue Garvey 1991 Julie Sutton Cyndra McKinnon 1992 Kelley Owen 1993 Sheril Becker Allison MacInnes 1994 Sherry Heath Kelley Owen 1995 Sue Garvey Linda Kirton 1996 Pat Sanders Kelly MacKenzie $20,000 1997 Sue Garvey Georgina Wheatcroft 1998 Sheila Heath Sherry Heath 1999 Allison MacInnes Chris Makarowski 2000 Shannon Kleibrink Sherry Heath 2001 Shelley MacDonald 2002 Kelly Scott Marla Mallett 2003 Kelly Scott Tracey Jones 2004CurlingZone Moe Meguro Colleen Hannah 2005CurlingZone Toni Wells Ayumi Onodera $24,000 2006CurlingZone Pat Sanders Wang Bingyu $34,000 2007 Kelly Scott Marla Mallett $34,000 2008 Kim Mi-Yeon Marla Mallett $34,000CurlingZone 2009CurlingZone Colleen Hannah Faye White $34,000 2010CurlingZone Allison MacInnes Marla Mallett $34,000 2011CurlingZone Michèle Jäggi Olga Zyablikova $34,000 2012CurlingZone Wang Bingyu Lene Nielsen $34,000 2013CurlingZone Allison Pottinger Ayumi Ogasawara $35,000 2014CurlingZone Ayumi Ogasawara Kelly Scott $30,000 2015CurlingZone Gim Un-chi Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000 2016CurlingZone Kim Min-ji Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000 2017CurlingZone Dailene Pewarchuk Patti Knezevic $12,000 2018CurlingZone Sarah Wark Kim Slattery $9,950 2019CurlingZone Corryn Brown Han Siyu $9,950 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia 2021 Event cancelled 2022 Corryn Brown Diane Gushulak $11,000 2023 Corryn Brown Kim Dennis $10,000 2024 Steph Jackson-Baier Yuina Miura $8,000 2025 Miyu Ueno Kelsey Powell $9,000
References
External links Kamloops Curling Club website