Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season.
In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in the final 6–5. Team Bottcher was playing in their first Grand Slam final. In Tier 2, Kirk Muyres defeated Scott McDonald's team in the final to secure a spot in the 2019 Canadian Open.
The women's Tier 1 competition saw Rachel Homan defeat Tracy Fleury 8–4. In the Tier 2 final, Elena Stern beat Sayaka Yoshimura 6–5, qualifying for the 2019 Canadian Open.
Qualification
The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 15 teams. For Tier 1, the top 15 teams on the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of October 1, 2018. If any teams declined, the next highest team was invited until the field of 15 teams was complete. For Tier 2, the next 10 teams on the OOM rankings are invited. The final 5 teams in Tier 2 are filled by regional invitations extended by the Grand Slam of Curling.[1]
Men
Top Order of Merit men's teams as of October 1:[2]
Brad Gushue
Niklas Edin
Kevin Koe
Bruce Mouat
Brad Jacobs
Reid Carruthers
John Epping
Jason Gunnlaugson
Peter de Cruz
Glenn Howard
Steffen Walstad
Brendan Bottcher
John Shuster
Thomas Ulsrud
Rich Ruohonen
Ross Paterson
Yannick Schwaller
Matt Dunstone
Braden Calvert
Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of October 1:[3]
Anna Hasselborg
Jennifer Jones
Rachel Homan
Tracy Fleury
Laura Walker
Eve Muirhead
Jamie Sinclair
Nina Roth
Silvana Tirinzoni
Satsuki Fujisawa
Kim Eun-jung
Kerri Einarson
Darcy Robertson
Casey Scheidegger
Chelsea Carey
Isabella Wranå
Allison Flaxey
Anna Sidorova
Cory Christensen
Krista McCarville
Men
Tier 1
Teams
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Edmonton, Alberta |
Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Mike McEwen (Fourth) | Reid Carruthers (Skip) | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) | Sven Michel | Peter de Cruz (Skip) | Valentin Tanner | Geneva, Switzerland |
Matt Dunstone | Braeden Moskowy | Catlin Schneider | Dustin Kidby | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
John Epping | Mat Camm | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Toronto, Ontario |
Jason Gunnlaugson | Alex Forrest | Denni Neufeld | Connor Njegovan | Morris, Manitoba |
Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Glenn Howard | Scott Howard | David Mathers | Tim March | Penetanguishene, Ontario |
Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
Kevin Koe | B. J. Neufeld | Colton Flasch | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
Ross Paterson | Kyle Waddell | Duncan Menzies | Michael Goodfellow | Glasgow, Scotland |
Greg Persinger (Fourth) | Rich Ruohonen (Skip) | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Chaska, United States |
John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, United States |
[4]
Round-robin standings
Key |
| Teams to playoffs |
| Teams to tiebreakers |
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).
Draw 1
Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 pm
Draw 2
Wednesday, November 7, 8:00 am
Draw 3
Wednesday, November 7, 11:30 am
Draw 4
Wednesday, November 7, 3:00 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am
Draw 7
Thursday, November 8, 11:30 am
Draw 8
Thursday, November 8, 3:00 pm
Draw 9
Thursday, November 8, 7:00 pm
Draw 10
Friday, November 9, 8:00 am
Draw 11
Friday, November 9, 11:30 am
Draw 12
Friday, November 9, 3:00 pm
Draw 13
Friday, November 9, 7:00 pm
Tiebreaker
Saturday, November 10, 8:30 am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, November 10, 4:00 pm
Semifinals
Saturday, November 10, 8:00 pm
Final
Sunday, November 11, 4:00 pm
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
Key |
| Teams to playoffs |
| Teams to tiebreakers |
Tiebreakers
Muirhead 5-2 Stopera ![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
van Dorp 7-4 Lyburn ![Manitoba](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png)
Playoffs
Women
Tier 1
Teams
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Chelsea Carey | Sarah Wilkes | Dana Ferguson | Heather Rogers | Edmonton, Alberta |
Cory Christensen | Vicky Persinger | Jenna Martin | Madison Bear | Chaska, United States |
Kerri Einarson | Val Sweeting | Shannon Birchard | Briane Meilleur | Gimli, Manitoba |
Allison Flaxey | Kate Cameron | Taylor McDonald | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Tracy Fleury | Selena Njegovan | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | East St. Paul, Manitoba |
Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jocelyn Peterman | Dawn McEwen | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Krista McCarville | Kendra Lilly | Ashley Sippala | Sarah Potts | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Darcy Robertson | Karen Klein | Vanessa Foster | Theresa Cannon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | Chaska, United States |
Casey Scheidegger | Cary-Anne McTaggart | Jessie Haughian | Kristie Moore | Lethbridge, Alberta |
Jamie Sinclair | Alex Carlson | Sarah Anderson | Monica Walker | Chaska, United States |
Alina Pätz (Fourth) | Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) | Esther Neuenschwander | Melanie Barbezat | Aarau, Switzerland |
Laura Walker | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Lori Olson-Johns | Laine Peters | Edmonton, Alberta |
Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg | Stockholm, Sweden |
[5]
Round-robin standings
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).
Draw 1
Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 pm
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Laura Walker | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
Krista McCarville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
Draw 2
Wednesday, November 7, 8:00 am
Draw 3
Wednesday, November 7, 11:30 am
Draw 4
Wednesday, November 7, 3:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Jennifer Jones | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Isabella Wranå | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Tracy Fleury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
Laura Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
Draw 5
Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Laura Walker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Darcy Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 7
Thursday, November 8, 11:30 am
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Jennifer Jones | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
Allison Flaxey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Draw 8
Thursday, November 8, 3:00 pm
Draw 9
Thursday, November 8, 7:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Jennifer Jones | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Nina Roth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 10
Friday, November 9, 8:00 am
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Laura Walker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Casey Scheidegger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Draw 11
Friday, November 9, 11:30 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Jennifer Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 7 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Draw 12
Friday, November 9, 3:00 pm
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, November 10, 12:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Nina Roth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Jennifer Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Rachel Homan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
Laura Walker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
Semifinals
Saturday, November 10, 8:00 pm
Final
Sunday, November 11, 12:00 pm
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
Key |
| Teams to playoffs |
| Teams to tiebreakers |
Tiebreakers
Froud 2-8 Rocque ![Alberta](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png)
Streifel 10-3 Brunton ![Ontario](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png)
Harrison 4-7 Tippin ![Ontario](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png)
Playoffs
References
- ^ "Qualification for the Tour Challenge". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ CurlingZone
- ^ CurlingZone
- ^ Brazeau, Jonathan (October 17, 2018). "2018 Tour Challenge Tier 1: Men's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Brazeau, Jonathan (October 17, 2018). "2018 Tour Challenge Tier 1: Women's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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