Prestige Hotels & Resorts
Curling Classic
Established2001
Host cityVernon, British Columbia
ArenaVernon Curling Club
Men's purse$28,500
Women's purse$28,500
Current champions (2023)
MenBritish Columbia Brent Pierce
WomenChina Wang Rui
Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is located in Canada
Vernon CC
Vernon CC
Location in Canada

The Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic is an annual curling tournament on the men's and women's curling tour. It is held at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. It was a part of the World Curling Tour until 2019 when it was discontinued. It is held at the beginning of October, with the beginning of the bonspiel sometimes occurring in September. The event has been held since 2001.[1]

Former event names

  • Asham Curling Supplies / Prestige Inns Classic: 2001, 2003
  • Prestige Inn & Twin Anchors Houseboats Vernon Curling Classic: 2002
  • Twin Anchors Houseboats Vacations / Prestige Inn Classic: 2004
  • Twin Anchors - Prestige Inn Curling Classic: 2005
  • Twin Anchors Houseboat / Prestige Inns Cashspiel: 2006
  • Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel: 2007–2008
  • Twin Anchors Invitational: 2009–2011
  • Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic: 2012–present

Past champions

Only skips names listed

Men

Year Winning skip Runner up skip Purse (CAD)
2001British Columbia Rick FolkManitoba Jeff Stoughton$36,000
2002Alberta Rob BucholzBritish Columbia Brent Pierce$36,000
2003Alberta Randy FerbeyBritish Columbia Greg McAulay$43,500
2004British Columbia Rick FolkAlberta J. D. Lind$43,000
2005British Columbia Bob UrselQuebec Pierre Charette$43,500
2006British Columbia Brent PierceAlberta Mark Johnson$45,000
2007British Columbia Bob UrselBritish Columbia Sean Geall$24,000
2008British Columbia Bob UrselBritish Columbia Sean Geall$24,000
2009Alberta Kevin KoeBritish Columbia Bob Ursel$25,000
2010Alberta Kevin KoeRussia Andrey Drozdov$37,000
2011Alberta Robert SchlenderBritish Columbia Brent Pierce$27,000
2012British Columbia Jim CotterAlberta Jamie King$26,000
2013Alberta Kevin KoeWashington (state) Brady Clark$35,000
2014British Columbia Grant DezuraBritish Columbia Brent Pierce$26,000
2015British Columbia Sean GeallBritish Columbia Dean Joanisse$17,000
2016[2]British Columbia Tyler TardiJapan Yusuke Morozumi$17,000
2017British Columbia Jeff GuignardBritish Columbia Adam Cseke$12,000
2018[3]Saskatchewan Matt DunstoneBritish Columbia Jim Cotter$18,000
2019[4]British Columbia Tyler TardiBritish Columbia Jim Cotter$18,000
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022[5]Japan Riku YanagisawaJapan Kohsuke Hirata$18,000
2023[6]British Columbia Brent PierceBritish Columbia Catlin Schneider$28,500

Women

Year Winning skip Runner up skip Purse (CAD)
2001[7]British Columbia Kelley LawBritish Columbia Marla Mallett
2002[8]British Columbia Kelly ScottBritish Columbia Kelley Law
2003[9]Alberta Shannon KleibrinkBritish Columbia Penny Shantz-Henderson
2004Alberta Cheryl BernardBritish Columbia Kelly Scott$15,000
2005Alberta Cheryl BernardBritish Columbia Kristy Lewis$21,000
2006British Columbia Kelley LawBritish Columbia Corrie Lubben$21,000
2007Alberta Heather RankinAlberta Shannon Kleibrink$29,200
2008Alberta Shannon KleibrinkBritish Columbia Kelly Scott$38,000
2009Japan Moe MeguroAlberta Cheryl Bernard$35,000
2010Alberta Cheryl BernardRussia Liudmila Privivkova$35,000
2011Alberta Amy NixonAlberta Lisa Eyamie$35,000
2012Alberta Heather NedohinRussia Anna Sidorova$35,000
2013China Wang BingyuSwitzerland Mirjam Ott$35,000
2014Japan Ayumi OgasawaraBritish Columbia Corryn Brown$37,000
2015Saskatchewan Stefanie LawtonAlberta Chelsea Carey$39,000
2016[10]British Columbia Marla MallettAlberta Cheryl Bernard$41,500
2017Ontario Rachel HomanSouth Korea Gim Un-chi$41,000
2018Russia Alina KovalevaAlberta Kelsey Rocque$41,000
2019[11]Alberta Kelsey RocqueAlberta Chelsea Carey$31,500
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022[12]British Columbia Corryn BrownJapan Ikue Kitazawa$31,500
2023[13]China Wang RuiBritish Columbia Corryn Brown$28,500

References

  1. "Brier champ heads field". Vernon Morning Star. September 16, 2001. p. A27. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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  7. "Classic cash goes to Law, Folk". Vernon Morning Star. October 3, 2001. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. "Bucholz, Scott snag curling cash". Vernon Morning Star. October 9, 2002. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  9. "Kleibrink well-prepared for ladies' final". Vernon Morning Star. October 8, 2003. p. B1. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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