The Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 as a skins tournament. The women's tournament started in 1999 as a separate event held a few weeks earlier and merged with the men's event in 2007. The event was held as a World Curling Tour event until 2019 and has been held nearly every year since 2007. Curlers from Alberta have dominated the event on both sides since its inception. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System, which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.
The 2018 edition of the event made headlines for the ejection of Team Jamie Koe for "unacceptable behaviour", which included arriving to compete while clearly intoxicated.
Event names Men's 1992: Wheaton Chev-Olds Skins Invitational 1993: Scottsville Skins Game 1994–1995: Scottsville Classic 1996–2004: Terroco Classic 2005–2006: Meyers Norris Penny Cash Spiel
Women's 1999–2000: Parkland Savings Ladies Classic 2001–2006: Community Savings Ladies Classic
Combined 2007–2019: Red Deer Curling Classic 2021: Vesta Energy Curling Classic 2022: Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic 2023: Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic 2024–present: Red Deer Curling Classic
Past champions Only skip's name is displayed.
Men Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD) 1992 Lowell Peterman Ed Lukowich $18,600 1993 Mickey Pendergast Marv Wirth $17,500 1994 Adrian Bakker Gary Scheirich $25,000 1995 Kevin Martin Lorne Howard $25,000 1996 Ken Hunka Tracy Telford $25,000 1997 Ken Hunka Rob Schlender $25,000 1998 Brent MacDonald Terry Meek $25,000 1999 Terry Meek Brad Hannah $28,200 2000 James Pahl Adrian Bakker $45,000 2001 Jamie King Brent MacDonald $45,000 2002 Adrian Bakker Craig Lepine $45,000 2003 Shane Park Ted Appelman $45,000 2004 Mark Johnson Rob Schlender $45,000 2005 Mark Johnson Darren Moulding $32,000 2006 Jamie King Mark Johnson $36,000 2007 Kurt Balderston Rob Armitage $32,000 2008 Ted Appelman Dan Petryk $26,800 2009 Randy Ferbey Rob Armitage $32,000 2010 Jason Montgomery Brent Bawel $32,000 2011 Jamie King Jamie Koe $32,000 2012 Brendan Bottcher Kevin Koe $33,000 2013 Brock Virtue Jeff Richard $38,000 2014 Josh Heidt Brock Virtue $41,000 2015 Mick Lizmore Jason Ackerman $39,000 2016 Kevin Koe Ted Appelman $39,000 2017 Brendan Bottcher Ted Appelman $39,000 2018 Kody Hartung Brendan Bottcher $35,000 2019 James Pahl Tyler Tardi $35,000 2020 Cancelled 2021 Ryan Jacques Colton Flasch $35,000 2022 Matt Dunstone Kevin Koe $35,000 2023 Kevin Koe Rylan Kleiter $35,000 2024 Matt Dunstone John Epping $46,000 2025 Evan van Amsterdam Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi $46,000
Women Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD) 1999 Sherry Anderson Shannon Kleibrink $30,000 2000 Sherry Anderson Michelle Ridgway $30,000 2001 Amber Holland Glenys Bakker $30,000 2002 Heather Nedohin Cheryl Bernard $30,000 2003 Kelly Scott Renelle Bryden $30,000 2004 Renelle Bryden Shannon Kleibrink $30,000 2005 Cathy King Lawnie MacDonald $30,000 2006 Sherry Anderson Patti Knezevic $30,000 2007 Jennifer Jones Kristie Moore $32,000 2008 Cheryl Bernard Shannon Kleibrink $32,000 2009 Jennifer Jones Shannon Kleibrink $33,000 2010 Shannon Kleibrink Jessie Kaufman $34,000 2011 Silvana Tirinzoni Kelley Law $34,000 2012 Chelsea Carey Kaitlyn Lawes $36,000 2013 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Kristie Moore $38,000 2014 Alina Pätz Trish Paulsen $39,000 2015 Kelsey Rocque Alina Pätz $31,000 2016 Nadine Chyz Hannah Fleming $29,000 2017 Delia DeJong Satsuki Fujisawa $30,000 2018 Robyn Silvernagle Mei Jie $35,000 2019 Jamie Sinclair Brette Richards $35,000 2020 Cancelled 2021 Satsuki Fujisawa Gim Eun-ji $35,000 2022 Tracy Fleury Casey Scheidegger $35,000 2023 Rachel Homan Selena Sturmay $35,000 2024 Miku Nihira Satsuki Fujisawa $39,000 2025 Silvana Tirinzoni Miku Nihira $39,000
References
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