World Curling Tour event
CS Robert Rochon (finals location)
The Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (formerly the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau and the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy ) is an annual bonspiel , or curling tournament, on the World Curling Tour . It is held annually in late October in the City of Gatineau , Quebec . The men's tournament was started in 2009, while the women's tournament was started in 2011, but discontinued after 2013.
Beginning in 2011, the event shifted venues to the Centre Sportif Robert Rochon in Masson, Quebec in the Masson-Angers sector of the city and the Buckingham Curling Club in the Buckingham sector.
Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.
Men
Year
Winning team
Runner up team
Purse (CAD)
2009
Jean-Michel Ménard
Neil Sinclair
$31,000
2010
Serge Reid
Jean-Michel Ménard
$37,500
2011
Jean-Michel Ménard
Brad Jacobs
$36,500
2012
Mark Dacey
Brad Gushue
$36,500
2013
Brad Gushue
Robert Rumfeldt
$45,400
2014[ 1]
Mike McEwen
Jean-Michel Ménard
$42,500
2015
Brad Gushue
Mark Bice
$45,000
2016
John Epping
Matt Dunstone
$45,000
2017[ 2]
Liu Rui
Peter de Cruz
$41,000
2018
Scott McDonald
Charley Thomas
$37,000
Women
Open
The open event is part of the Ontario Curling Tour only and is open to teams with men and women.
Year
Winning team
Runner up team
Purse (CAD)
2015
Roger Bertrand
Steven Munroe
$10,500
2016
Adam Freilich
Colin Dow
$12,850
2017[ 3]
Sylvain Dicaire
Brian Lewis
$12,850
2018
Colin Dow
Noemie Verreault
$13,300
Past events
2009 event
Former Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard defeated 2007 Canada Games curling silver medalist Neil Sinclair to win $8,000 for his team. The total pot was $31,000.
Playoffs
2010 event
The total purse of the 2010 event is $37,500. The winner, Serge Reid , upset defending championship Jean-Michel Ménard and earned the right to play at the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling .
Playoffs
References
External links
Men's Tour Women's Tour Mixed Doubles Tour