The Edinburgh International is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late November at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tournament is held in a round robin format.
History The tournament was started in 1922 as the Worlds Curling Championship, an open competition between Scottish curlers held at the Haymarket Ice Rink. The tournament was renamed the Edinburgh International Curling Championship in 1975 in order for the International Curling Federation to reserve the name "World Curling Championship" for the Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship at the time. It became an invitational tournament, inviting the semifinalists of the same year's World Championships, and moved venues to the Murrayfield Curling Rink. A period of decreased interest in the tournament led to the event's relegation from a highly respected international tournament to a domestic circuit tournament. In 2007, the tournament became part of the World Curling Tour and the Curling Champions Tour, the European portion of the World Curling Tour, and was slotted to be held in late November. The event was dropped from the tour after 2016, and currently only consists of a senior men's and senior women's tournament.
Past champions Only skip's name is displayed before 1952. Team line-up order: skip, third, second, lead. YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (GBP)Worlds Curling Championship 1922 W K Jackson 1923 W C Johnstone 1924 Robin Welsh 1925 H McCall 1926 W K Jackson 1927 Thomas Murray 1928 E Cowper 1929 W K Jackson 1930 E Cowper 1931 L Jackson 1932 W K Jackson 1933 J Hay 1934 W K Jackson 1935 A W Keanie 1936 H Wakelin 1937 H Wakelin 1938 M Mather Not held 1939–1946 1947 J Robertson 1948 W Scobie 1949 J Walker 1950 Willie Young 1951 J McWhirter 1952 Willie Young, Robert Young (?), John B. Pearson, J Scott 1953 Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young 1954 James Sanderson, J Cooper, A Allison, R Moffat 1955 J Hamilton, W Archibald, G Baxter, J Leadbetter 1956 J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, W Macgregor 1957 Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young 1958 R T Grierson, J Agnew, J McColm, S McColm 1959 William Henderson, L Tod, H Hay, N Tod 1960 Willie Young, John B. Pearson, Robert Young, J Young 1961 R B Dick, R B Dick Jnr, T L Morrison, A D Blair 1962 J Sellar, A M Sellar, J Young Jnr, A G Harvey 1963 J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, J Gilchrist 1964 J Aitken, W Sanderson, W Carsewell, A Graham 1965 Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell 1966 Gerry McLaughlin, Joe Klein, Ron Taylor, Don McLeod 1967 Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell 1968 Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell 1969 William Muirhead, George Haggart, Derek Scott, Alex Young 1970 Willie Young, H Colville, W Kerr, J Young 1971 J Hutchinson, E Johnston, M Brown, J Prentice 1972 James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter 1973 James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter 1974 J Whiteford, R Whiteford, P Aitken, D Adam Edinburgh International Curling Championships 1975 J C Bryson, J Caldwell, G Connell, J Brown 1976 William Muirhead, Derek Scott, Len Dudman, Roy Sinclair 1977 Peter Attinger, Bernhard Attinger, Mattias Neuenschwander, Ruedi Attinger 1978 Ken J. Horton, Willie Jamieson, Keith Douglas, S Cullen 1979 Willie Jamieson, R W Kelly, Keith Douglas, S Cullen 1980 Colin Hamilton, W M Dick, David Ramsay, L Pretsel 1981 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Robert A Cowan, Robin G Copland 1982 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Andrew McQuistin, Robert A Cowan 1983 Colin Hamilton, James C. Sanderson, W M Dick, S Cobb 1984 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Grant McPherson, Robert Wilson 1985 Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, K Graham, R G Copland 1986 Peter Wilson, Norman R Brown, Hugh Aitken, Roger McIntyre 1987 Grant McPherson, R Gray, David Howie, Robert Wilson 1988 Eigil Ramsfjell, Sjur Loen, Dagfinn Loen, Morten Skaug 1989 Grant McPherson, Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, Robert Wilson 1990 K Prentice, J Muir, R Aitken, B Stewart 1991 Colin Hamilton, R W Kelly, V Moran, T Dodds 1992 Colin Hamilton, Ms V Gumley, T Dodds, Ms E Butler 1993 Mike Hay, Ms K Hay, Grant McPherson, Ms S Harvey 1994 D Howden, T Manuel, W Clark, L Summers 1995 Warwick Smith, David Smith, Peter Smith, David Hay 1996 Eigil Ramsfjell, Jan Thoresen, Anthon Grimsmo, Tore Torvbråten 1997 Moray Combe, A Hannah, R Dickson, S Stewart 1998 Warwick Smith, Hammy C McMillan, Ewan MacDonald, Ross Hepburn 1999 Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, B Hansen, C Svengaard 2000 David Murdoch, N Murdoch, G McKay, S Reid 2001 Colin Hamilton, Brian Binnie, David Ramsay, G Craik 2002 Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald, A Smith, Peter Loudon 2003 David Murdoch, Craig Wilson, Neil Murdoch, Euan Byers 2004 Colin Hamilton, G Patrick, S Murphy, J Boyd 2005 David Edwards, P Westwood, Ross Paterson, S Gilmour 2006 Peter Loudon, Graeme Connal, David Hay, M Fraser 2007 A Smith, N McArthur, D Reid, M Fraser 2008 Andy Kapp, Andreas Lang, Holger Höhne, Andreas Kempf Göran Carlsson 12,500 2009 David Murdoch, Ewan MacDonald, Peter Smith (curler), Euan Byers Peter Loudon 10,000 2010 Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven Hammy McMillan 10,000 2011 Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow Sandy Reid 10,000 2012 Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow John Jahr 10,000 2013 David Edwards, John Penny, Scott Macleod, Colin Campbell Ross McCleary 10,000 2014CurlingZone Aku Kauste, Pauli Jäämies, Leo Mäkelä, Janne Pitko David Šik 10,000 2015 Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith Jaap van Dorp 10,000 2016 Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Jurík, Lukáš Klíma Bruce Mouat 10,300
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