2014–15 curling season

The 2014–15 curling season begins in August 2014 and will end in May 2015.

Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.

Curling Canada sanctioned events

This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association now known as Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by the Curling Canada as are part of the 2014–15 Season of Champions programme.^[1]

Event	Winning team		Runner-up team
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship North Bay, Ontario, Nov. 10–15	Saskatchewan		Northwest Territories
Travelers Curling Club Championship Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 24–29	Saskatchewan		Ontario
	Ontario		Prince Edward Island
Canada Cup Camrose, Alberta, Dec. 3–7	Mike McEwen		Brad Jacobs
	Valerie Sweeting		Rachel Homan
Continental Cup of Curling Calgary, Alberta, Jan. 8–11	Team Canada		Team Europe
Canadian Junior Curling Championships Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Jan. 24 – Feb. 1	Manitoba		Saskatchewan
	Alberta		Ontario
Winter Universiade Granada, Spain, Feb. 5–13	Norway		Russia
	Russia		Canada
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Lohja, Finland, Feb. 7–13	Russia		China
Tournament of Hearts Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Feb. 14–22	Manitoba		Alberta
Canada Winter Games Prince George, British Columbia, Feb. 14–28	Manitoba		Ontario
	Ontario		Nova Scotia
Tim Hortons Brier Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 28 – Mar. 8	Canada		Northern Ontario
World Junior Curling Championships Tallinn, Estonia, Feb. 28 – Mar. 8	Canada		Switzerland
	Canada		Scotland
Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials Ottawa, Ontario, Mar. 11–15	Thomas/Park		Abbis-Mills/Bobbie
World Women's Curling Championship Sapporo, Japan, Mar. 14–22	Switzerland		Canada
CIS/CCA University Curling Championships Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Mar. 18–22	Alberta Golden Bears		Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
	Alberta Pandas		Thompson Rivers WolfPack
Canadian Senior Curling Championships Edmonton, Alberta, Mar. 21–29	Manitoba		Quebec
	Alberta		Nova Scotia
CCAA Curling National Championships Olds, Alberta, Mar. 25–28	Fleming Knights		Fanshawe Falcons
	Fanshawe Falcons		Humber Hawks
World Men's Curling Championship Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mar. 28 – Apr. 5	Sweden		Norway
Canadian Masters Curling Championships Whitehorse, Yukon, Mar. 30 – Apr. 5	Manitoba		Northern Ontario
	British Columbia		Ontario
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Sochi, Russia, Apr. 18–25	Hungary		Sweden
World Senior Curling Championships Sochi, Russia, Apr. 18–25	United States		Canada
	Canada		Italy
Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Boucherville, Quebec, Apr. 27 – May 3	British Columbia		Quebec

Other events

Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on the CCA's final list for the 2014–15 curling season, it will be moved up to the "CCA-sanctioned events" section.

Event	Winning team		Runner-up team
European Mixed Curling Championship Tårnby, Denmark, Sep. 13–20	Sweden		Norway
European Curling Championships – Group C Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Oct. 6–11	C	Belgium	Israel
		Netherlands	Slovakia
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Lillehammer, Norway, Nov. 1–6	Norway		Germany
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Karuizawa, Japan, Nov. 8–16	China		Japan
	China		South Korea
European Curling Championships Champéry, Switzerland, Nov. 22–29	A	Sweden	Norway
		Switzerland	Russia
	B	Finland	Netherlands
		Norway	Hungary
European Junior Curling Challenge Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 3–8	Russia		Spain
	England		Turkey
Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game Banff, Alberta, Jan. 16–18	Team Brad Jacobs		Team John Morris
	Team Rachel Homan		Team Jennifer Jones
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships Naseby, New Zealand, Jan. 17–24	South Korea		China
	South Korea		China
Americas Challenge Blaine, Minnesota, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1	United States		Brazil

World Curling Tour

Grand Slam events in bold.^[2][3]

Note: More events may be posted as time progresses.

Teams

Men's events

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
1	Baden Masters Baden, Switzerland, Aug. 29–31	Thomas Ulsrud	Peter de Cruz
2	StuSells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 4–7	Mike McEwen	John Epping
3	HDF Insurance Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sep. 11–14	Brendan Bottcher	Steve Laycock
4	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sep. 18–21	Brad Jacobs	Adam Casey
	Twin Cities Open Blaine, Minnesota, Sep. 19–21	Korey Dropkin	Nina Spatola^1
	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sep. 19–21	Grant Dezura	Sean Geall
5	Point Optical Curling Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sep. 26–29	Mike McEwen	John Epping
	KW Fall Classic Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Sep. 25–28	Scott McDonald	Richard Krell
	Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sep. 25–28	Sean Grassie	Steve Irwin
	Gibson's Cashspiel Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Sep. 25–28	Jamie Danbrook	Chad Stevens
6	Swiss Cup Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 3–5	Tom Brewster	Sven Michel
	Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Vernon, British Columbia, Oct. 3–6	Grant Dezura	Brent Pierce
	Avonair Cash Spiel Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 3–5	Kim Soo-hyuk	Daylan Vavrek
7	Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 10–13	Kevin Koe	Steve Laycock
	StuSells Toronto Tankard Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 10–13	Reid Carruthers	Brad Jacobs
	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 10–12	Mike Farbelow	Korey Dropkin
	KMC Rocktoberfest Regina, Saskatchewan, Oct. 10–13	Randy Bryden	Jamie Schneider
	Alexander Keith's Men's Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 10–13	Ian Fitzner-Leblanc	Tommy Sullivan
8	Canad Inns Men's Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 17–20	Mike McEwen	Jeff Stoughton
	Kamloops Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 17–20	Brent Pierce	Sean Geall
	Medicine Hat Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 17–20	Sean O'Connor	Scott Bitz
	Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario, Oct. 16–19	Colin Dow	Scott McDonald
	Thompson Curling Challenge Urdorf, Switzerland, Oct. 16–19	Evgeniy Arkhipov	Kevin Wunderlin
9	Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau Gatineau, Quebec, Oct. 22–26	Mike McEwen	Jean-Michel Ménard
	Curling Masters Champéry Champéry, Switzerland, Oct. 24–26	Tom Brewster	Marc Pfister
	Bernick's Miller Lite Open Bemidji, Minnesota, Oct. 25–27	Korey Dropkin	Al Hackner
	McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Airdrie, Alberta, Oct. 24–26	Aaron Sluchinski	Cam Culp
	Moose Jaw Cash Spiel Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Oct. 24–26	Brent Gedak	Jamie Schneider
10	The Masters Grand Slam of Curling Selkirk, Manitoba, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2	Brad Gushue	Mike McEwen
	Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mike Flemming	Adam Casey
	Shamrock Shotgun Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mick Lizmore	Robert Schlender
	Swift Current Cash Spiel Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Josh Heidt	Chris Haichert
11	Whites Drug Store Classic Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 7–10	Jeff Stoughton	David Murdoch
	Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 7–9	Brock Virtue	Robert Schlender
	Edinburgh International Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 7–9	Aku Kauste	David Šik
	Coronation Business Group Classic Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Nov. 7–10	Neil Dangerfield	Sebastien Robillard
	CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. Cookstown, Ontario, Nov. 6–9	Pat Ferris	Adam Casey
12	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 14–17	Josh Heidt	Brendan Bottcher
	Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Dauphin, Manitoba, Nov. 14–17	Randy Bryden	Scott Ramsay
	Gord Carroll Curling Classic Whitby, Ontario, Nov. 13–16	John Epping	Chris Gardner
	Copenhagen International Hvidovre, Denmark, Nov. 14–16	Stefan Stähli	Bo Jensen
13	The National Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 19–23	Mike McEwen	Brad Jacobs
	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 20–24	Matt Dunstone	Scott Ramsay
	Vancouver Island Shootout Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 21–23	Dean Joanisse	Sean Geall
	Spruce Grove Cashspiel Spruce Grove, Alberta, Nov. 21–23	Kim Seung Min	Mike Hutchings
14	Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Clermont, Quebec, Nov. 27–30	Jean-Michel Ménard	Don Bowser
	Weatherford Curling Classic Estevan, Saskatchewan, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Steve Laycock	Brent Pierce
	Coors Light Cash Spiel Duluth, Minnesota, Nov. 28–30	Heath McCormick	Al Hackner
	The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Sean Grassie	Ryan Bay
	Black Diamond/High River Cash Black Diamond/High River, Alberta, Nov. 28 – 30	Brock Virtue	Kim Seung Min
15	Jim Sullivan Curling Classic St. John, New Brunswick, Dec. 5–7	Wayne Tallon	Jeremy Mallais
16	Canadian Open of Curling Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Dec. 10–14	Brad Gushue	Steve Laycock
	Truro Cash Spiel Truro, Nova Scotia, Dec. 11–14	Jamie Murphy	Mike Kennedy
	BV Inn Curling Classic Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dec. 12–14	Drew Heidt	Jason Ackerman
17	Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Japan, Dec. 18–21	Kevin Koe	Seong Se Hyeon
	Curl Mesabi Classic Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 19–21	Mike Farbelow	Al Hackner
	Dumfries Curling Challenge Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 19–21	Tom Brewster	Kyle Smith
19	U.S. Open of Curling Blaine, Minnesota, Jan. 2–4	Steve Laycock	Reid Carruthers
	Saskatchewan Players' Championship North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Jan. 2–4	Kevin Marsh	Jason Ackerman
20	Mercure Perth Masters Perth, Scotland, Jan. 8–11	Brad Gushue	Kyle Smith
22	German Masters Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 23–25	Brendan Bottcher	Sven Michel
23	Red Square Classic Moscow, Russia, Jan. 29 – Feb. 2	Alexander Krushelnitsky	Craig Brown
29	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 12–15	Mike McEwen	Niklas Edin
30	Elite 10 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Mar. 18–22	Mike McEwen	Niklas Edin
33	The Players' Championship Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 7–12	Brad Jacobs	Mike McEwen
34	European Masters St. Gallen, Switzerland, Apr. 15–18	Niklas Edin	Kyle Smith

Notes

1. ^ The finalist, Nina Spatola, skipped a women's team. The event was open to both men's and women's teams.

Women's events

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
2	StuSells Oakville Tankard Oakville, Ontario, Sep. 4–7	Silvana Tirinzoni	Alina Pätz
3	HDF Insurance Shoot-Out Edmonton, Alberta, Sep. 11–14	Chelsea Carey	Valerie Sweeting
4	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, Sep. 18–21	Sherry Middaugh	Eve Muirhead
	Cloverdale Cash Spiel Surrey, British Columbia, Sep. 19–21	Liu Sijia	Sarah Wark
5	Stockholm Ladies Cup Stockholm, Sweden, Sep. 26–28	Margaretha Sigfridsson	Rachel Homan
	KW Fall Classic Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Sep. 25–28	Julie Hastings	Jacqueline Harrison
	Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sep. 25–28	Kristy McDonald	Colleen Kilgallen
	Gibson's Cashspiel Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Sep. 25–28	Mary-Anne Arsenault	Mary Fay
6	Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Vernon, British Columbia, Oct. 3–6	Ayumi Ogasawara	Valerie Sweeting
	Avonair Cash Spiel Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 3–5	Mari Motohashi	Tiffany Game
7	Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 10–13	Jennifer Jones	Rachel Homan
	Women's Masters Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 10–12	Binia Feltscher	Silvana Tirinzoni
	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 10–12	Aileen Sormunen	Debbie McCormick
	Skyy Vodka Ladies Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 10–13	Emily Dwyer	Mary-Anne Arsenault
8	Kamloops Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Oct. 17–20	Ayumi Ogasawara	Kelly Scott
	Medicine Hat Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 17–20	Casey Scheidegger	Brett Barber
	Atkins Curling Supplies Women's Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 16–20	Janet Harvey	Colleen Kilgallen
	Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel Stroud, Ontario, Oct. 16–19	Julie Hastings	Sherry Middaugh
9	Canad Inns Women's Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 24–27	Jennifer Jones	Jill Thurston
	Crestwood Ladies' Fall Classic Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 24–26	Gim Un-chi	Nicky Kaufman
10	The Masters Grand Slam of Curling Selkirk, Manitoba, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2	Valerie Sweeting	Margaretha Sigfridsson
	Shamrock Shotgun Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Nicky Kaufman	Michèle Jäggi
	Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2	Mary-Anne Arsenault	Kathy O'Rourke
11	Colonial Square Ladies Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov. 7–10	Eve Muirhead	Sherry Middaugh
	Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Kemptville, Ontario, Nov. 6–9	Cathy Auld	Julie Hastings
	Coronation Business Group Classic Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Nov. 7–10	Corryn Brown	Kelly Scott
	CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. Cookstown, Ontario, Nov. 7–9	Patti Lank	Marilyn Bodogh
12	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 14–17	Alina Pätz	Trish Paulsen
	International ZO Women's Tournament Wetzikon, Switzerland, Nov. 14–16	Anna Sidorova	Briar Hürlimann
	Gord Carroll Curling Classic Whitby, Ontario, Nov. 13–16	Susan McKnight	Sherry Middaugh
13	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 20–24	Tracy Horgan	Jennifer Jones
	Vancouver Island Shootout Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov. 21–23	Sarah Wark	Diane Gushulak
	Spruce Grove Cashspiel Spruce Grove, Alberta, Nov. 21–23	Shannon Kleibrink	Heather Nedohin
14	Boundary Ford Curling Classic Lloydminster, Alberta, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Chelsea Carey	Jolene Campbell
	Molson Cash Spiel Duluth, Minnesota, Nov. 28–30	Cory Christensen	Kendra Lilly
	The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1	Michelle Montford	Barb Spencer
16	Canadian Open of Curling Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Dec. 9–14	Eve Muirhead	Rachel Homan
17	Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Japan, Dec. 18–21	Jennifer Jones	Kim Eun-jung
	Curl Mesabi Classic Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 19–21	Tracy Horgan	Erika Brown
	Dumfries Curling Challenge Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 19–21	Melanie Barbezat	Gina Aitken
20	International Bernese Ladies Cup Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 8–11	Alina Pätz	Silvana Tirinzoni
21	Glynhill Ladies International Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 16–18	Anna Sidorova	Kim Eun-jung
29	Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Grande Prairie, Alberta, Mar. 12–15	Rachel Homan	Silvana Tirinzoni
33	The Players' Championship Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 7–12	Eve Muirhead	Anna Sidorova

WCT Order of Merit rankings

Men[4] Standings after Week 22 # Skip Points 1 Mike McEwen 472.410 2 Brad Jacobs 446.000 3 Brad Gushue 357.083 4 Kevin Koe 260.375 5 Thomas Ulsrud 246.925 6 Glenn Howard 238.750 7 Niklas Edin 229.024 8 Steve Laycock 227.270 9 John Morris 226.195 10 John Epping 192.519

Women[5] Standings after Week 22 # Skip Points 1 Jennifer Jones 431.285 2 Eve Muirhead 334.757 3 Rachel Homan 333.154 4 Silvana Tirinzoni 261.055 5 Valerie Sweeting 251.918 6 Binia Feltscher 247.060 7 Margaretha Sigfridsson 246.345 8 Anna Sidorova 223.885 9 Sherry Middaugh 203.090 10 Alina Pätz 158.919

WCT Money List

Men[6] Standings after Week 22 # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Mike McEwen 114,000 2 Brad Gushue 83,298 3 Brad Jacobs 69,500 4 Steve Laycock 62,766 5 Kevin Koe 60,201 6 Brendan Bottcher 44,750 7 Glenn Howard 42,600 8 Reid Carruthers 41,023 9 John Epping 38,750 10 Tom Brewster 36,163

Women[7] Standings after Week 22 # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Jennifer Jones 72,855 2 Valerie Sweeting 69,950 3 Rachel Homan 65,608 4 Eve Muirhead 47,024 5 Margaretha Sigfridsson 35,747 6 Silvana Tirinzoni 35,473 7 Heather Nedohin 35,250 8 Sherry Middaugh 34,135 9 Binia Feltscher 31,535 10 Alina Pätz 29,077

Curling Canada MA Cup

The MA Cup is awarded to the Curling Canada Member Association (MA) who has had the most success during the season in Curling Canada-sanctioned events. Events included the Canadian mixed championship, men's and women's juniors championships, the Scotties, the Brier, the men's and women's senior championships and the national wheelchair championship. Points were awarded based on placement in each of the events, with the top association receiving 14 points and each association under receiving points in decrements of one point.

Standings

Final standings

Rank	Member Association	CMCC	CWJCC	CMJCC	Scotties	Brier	CWSCC	CMSCC	CWhCC	Total Pts.	Avg. Pts.
1	Saskatchewan	14	9	13	11	12	11	7	11	88	11.000
2	Alberta	6	14	10	13	10	14	11	9	87	10.875
3	Manitoba	8	10	14	14	5	9	14	12	86	10.750
4	British Columbia	11	12	8	3	8	12	8	14	76	9.500
5	Ontario	12	13	7	9	7	6	10	10	74	9.250
6	Quebec	9	7	11	4	9	7	13	13	73	9.125
7	Northern Ontario	10	3	9	10	13	10	5	7	67	8.375
8	Nova Scotia	7	11	5	8	1	13	9	5	59	7.375
9	New Brunswick	4	8	12	5	4	5	12	6	56	7.000
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	2	2	4	7	11	8	3	8	45	5.625
11	Prince Edward Island	3	6	6	6	6	3	6	N/A	36	5.143
12	Northwest Territories	13	5	2	2	3	4	4	N/A	33	4.714
13	Yukon	5	4	3	1	2	N/A	1	N/A	16	2.667
14	Nunavut	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	2	2	N/A	7	1.400

References

1. "Championship Events". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
2. "WCT Men's Events". World Curling Tour.
3. "WCT Women's Events". World Curling Tour.
4. "WCT Order of Merit – Men". World Curling Tour.
5. "WCT Order of Merit – Women". World Curling Tour.
6. "WCT Money List – Men". World Curling Tour.
7. "WCT Money List – Women". World Curling Tour.

External links

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