Edinburgh International
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.[1]
Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.[2]
| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (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 | ||
| 1953 | Willie Young | ||
| 1954 | James Sanderson | ||
| 1955 | J Hamilton | ||
| 1956 | J Neilson | ||
| 1957 | Willie Young | ||
| 1958 | R T Grierson | ||
| 1959 | William Henderson | ||
| 1960 | Willie Young | ||
| 1961 | R B Dick | ||
| 1962 | J Sellar | ||
| 1963 | J Neilson | ||
| 1964 | J Aitken | ||
| 1965 | Alex F. Torrance | ||
| 1966 | G McLaughlin | ||
| 1967 | Alex F. Torrance | ||
| 1968 | Alex F. Torrance | ||
| 1969 | William Muirhead | ||
| 1970 | Willie Young | ||
| 1971 | J Hutchinson | ||
| 1972 | J C Sanderson | ||
| 1973 | J C Sanderson | ||
| 1974 | J Whiteford | ||
| Edinburgh International Curling Championships | |||
| 1975 | J C Bryson | ||
| 1976 | William Muirhead | ||
| 1977 |  Peter Attinger | ||
| 1978 | K J Horton | ||
| 1979 | Willie Jamieson | ||
| 1980 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 1981 | G P Adam | ||
| 1982 | G P Adam | ||
| 1983 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 1984 | G P Adam | ||
| 1985 | Gordon Muirhead | ||
| 1986 | P Wilson | ||
| 1987 | G McPherson | ||
| 1988 |  Eigil Ramsfjell | ||
| 1989 | G McPherson | ||
| 1990 | K Prentice | ||
| 1991 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 1992 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 1993 | Mike Hay | ||
| 1994 | D Howden | ||
| 1995 | Warwick Smith | ||
| 1996 | Eigil Ramsfjell | ||
| 1997 | Moray Combe | ||
| 1998 | Warwick Smith | ||
| 1999 |  Ulrik Schmidt | ||
| 2000 | David Murdoch | ||
| 2001 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 2002 | Warwick Smith | ||
| 2003 | David Murdoch | ||
| 2004 | Colin Hamilton | ||
| 2005 | David Edwards | ||
| 2006 | Peter Loudon | ||
| 2007 | A Smith |  | |
| 2008 |  Andy Kapp |  Göran Carlsson | 12,500 |
| 2009 | David Murdoch | Peter Loudon | 10,000 |
| 2010 | Graham Shaw | Hammy McMillan | 10,000 |
| 2011 | Tom Brewster | Sandy Reid | 10,000 |
| 2012 | Tom Brewster | John Jahr | 10,000 |
| 2013 | David Edwards | Ross McCleary | 10,000 |
| 2014[3] |  Aku Kauste |  David Šik | 10,000 |
| 2015 | Kyle Smith |  Jaap van Dorp | 10,000 |