The Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel , or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta . The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started in 1992 as a skins tournament.[ 1] The women's tournament started in 1999 as a separate event held a few weeks earlier and merged with the men's event in 2007. The event was held as a World Curling Tour event until 2019 and has been held nearly every year since 2007. Curlers from Alberta have dominated the event on both sides since its inception. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System , which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials .
The 2018 edition of the event made headlines for the ejection of Team Jamie Koe for "unacceptable behaviour", which included arriving to compete while clearly intoxicated.[ 2]
Event names
Men's
1992: Wheaton Chev-Olds Skins Invitational
1993: Scottsville Skins Game
1994–1995: Scottsville Classic
1996–2004: Terroco Classic
2005–2006: Meyers Norris Penny Cash Spiel
Women's
1999–2000: Parkland Savings Ladies Classic
2001–2006: Community Savings Ladies Classic
Combined
2007–2019: Red Deer Curling Classic
2021: Vesta Energy Curling Classic
2022: Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic
2023: Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic
Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.
Men
Year
Winning team
Runner up team
Purse (CAD)
1992[ 3]
Lowell Peterman
Ed Lukowich
$18,600
1993[ 4]
Mickey Pendergast
Marv Wirth
$17,500
1994[ 5]
Adrian Bakker
Gary Scheirich
$25,000
1995[ 6]
Kevin Martin
Lorne Howard
$25,000
1996[ 7]
Ken Hunka
Tracy Telford
$25,000
1997[ 8]
Ken Hunka
Rob Schlender
$25,000[ 9]
1998
Brent MacDonald
Terry Meek [ 10]
$25,000[ 11]
1999[ 12]
Terry Meek
Brad Hannah
$28,200
2000[ 13]
James Pahl
Adrian Bakker
$45,000
2001[ 14]
Jamie King
Brent MacDonald
$45,000
2002[ 15]
Adrian Bakker
Craig Lepine
$45,000
2003[ 16]
Shane Park
Ted Appelman
$45,000[ 17]
2004[ 18]
Mark Johnson
Rob Schlender
$45,000[ 19]
2005[ 20]
Mark Johnson
Darren Moulding
$32,000
2006[ 21]
Jamie King
Mark Johnson
$36,000
2007[ 22]
Kurt Balderston
Rob Armitage
$32,000
2008
Ted Appelman
Dan Petryk
$26,800
2009
Randy Ferbey
Rob Armitage
$32,000
2010
Jason Montgomery
Brent Bawel
$32,000
2011
Jamie King
Jamie Koe
$32,000
2012
Brendan Bottcher
Kevin Koe
$33,000
2013
Brock Virtue
Jeff Richard
$38,000
2014[ 23]
Josh Heidt
Brock Virtue
$41,000
2015
Mick Lizmore
Jason Ackerman
$39,000
2016
Kevin Koe
Ted Appelman
$39,000
2017
Brendan Bottcher
Ted Appelman
$39,000
2018
Kody Hartung
Brendan Bottcher
$35,000
2019
James Pahl
Tyler Tardi
$35,000
2020
Cancelled
2021[ 24]
Ryan Jacques
Colton Flasch
$35,000
2022[ 25]
Matt Dunstone
Kevin Koe
$35,000
2023[ 26]
Kevin Koe
Rylan Kleiter
$35,000
2024[ 27]
Matt Dunstone
John Epping
$46,000
Women
Year
Winning team
Runner up team
Purse (CAD)
1999[ 28]
Sherry Anderson
Shannon Kleibrink
$30,000
2000[ 29]
Sherry Anderson
Michelle Ridgway
$30,000[ 30]
2001[ 31]
Amber Holland
Glenys Bakker
$30,000
2002[ 32]
Heather Nedohin
Cheryl Bernard
$30,000[ 33]
2003[ 34]
Kelly Scott
Renelle Bryden
$30,000[ 35]
2004
Renelle Bryden
Shannon Kleibrink
$30,000
2005
Cathy King
Lawnie MacDonald
$30,000
2006
Sherry Anderson
Patti Knezevic
$30,000
2007
Jennifer Jones
Kristie Moore
$32,000
2008
Cheryl Bernard
Shannon Kleibrink
$32,000
2009
Jennifer Jones
Shannon Kleibrink
$33,000
2010
Shannon Kleibrink
Jessie Kaufman
$34,000
2011
Silvana Tirinzoni
Kelley Law
$34,000
2012
Chelsea Carey
Kaitlyn Lawes
$36,000
2013
Binia Feltscher-Beeli
Kristie Moore
$38,000
2014[ 36]
Alina Pätz
Trish Paulsen
$39,000
2015
Kelsey Rocque
Alina Pätz
$31,000
2016
Nadine Chyz
Hannah Fleming
$29,000
2017[ 37]
Delia DeJong
Satsuki Fujisawa
$30,000
2018
Robyn Silvernagle
Mei Jie
$35,000
2019
Jamie Sinclair
Brette Richards
$35,000
2020
Cancelled
2021[ 38]
Satsuki Fujisawa
Gim Un-chi
$35,000
2022[ 39]
Tracy Fleury
Casey Scheidegger
$35,000
2023[ 40]
Rachel Homan
Selena Sturmay
$35,000
2024[ 41]
Miku Nihira
Satsuki Fujisawa
$39,000
References
^ "Lukowich confirms Skins game entry" . Red Deer Advocate . October 8, 1992. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ " 'Extremely drunk' Canadian curling team gets banned from tour event - The Washington Post" .
^ "Innisfail's Peterman escapes with the curling cash" . Red Deer Advocate . October 19, 1992. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Skinning the field" . Red Deer Advocate . October 18, 1993. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Tough road to pay" . Red Deer Advocate . October 18, 1994. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Dream team fills pockets" . Red Deer Advocate . October 17, 1995. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Hunka takes hunk of cash" . Red Deer Advocate . October 15, 1996. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Johnson wins $1250" . Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . October 14, 1997. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Peterman triumphs, earn cash, day off" . Red Deer Advocate . October 12, 1997. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Hunka a great add for MacDonald rink" . Red Deer Advocate . October 13, 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Game plan works for Row" . Red Deer Advocate . October 10, 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Meek foursome takes giant stride" . Red Deer Advocate . October 12, 1999. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Pahl foursome wins a Hunka cash" . Red Deer Advocate . December 5, 2000. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Blake wins battle of brothers" . Red Deer Advocate . December 4, 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Brier or Grand Slam? Teams left to choose" . Vancouver Sun . December 4, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Germsheid sweeps to Terroco victory" . Red Deer Advocate . December 2, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Cashspiel Update" . Vancouver Sun . November 27, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Johnson rink rolls to victory after shaky start" . Red Deer Advocate . November 30, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Joanisse feels isolated on island" . Red Deer Advocate . November 27, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Johnson wins cashspiel—again" . Red Deer Advocate . November 29, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "King rink captures cashspiel" . Red Deer Advocate . November 28, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" . Edmonton Journal . November 7, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2020 .
^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" . www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved 9 January 2019 .
^ "2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
^ "2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 22, 2022 .
^ "2023 Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 21, 2023 .
^ "2024 Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 25, 2024 .
^ "Anderson's rink weary winners" . Red Deer Advocate . November 6, 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Anderson's cleaning up" . Calgary Herald . November 7, 2000. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Sali foursome chases money" . Calgary Herald . November 4, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2020 .
^ "Holland's rink had all the makings" . Red Deer Advocate . November 6, 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Nedohin wraps up classic" . Red Deer Advocate . November 12, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Ladies classic has star-studded cast of curlers" . Red Deer Advocate . November 7, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Scott pulls away with Ladies Classic victory" . Red Deer Advocate . November 11, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Trowell triumphs" . Calgary Herald . November 4, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" . www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved 9 January 2019 .
^ "Red Deer Curling Classic" . www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved 9 January 2019 .
^ "2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
^ "2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 22, 2022 .
^ "2023 Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 21, 2023 .
^ "2024 Red Deer Curling Classic" . CurlingZone . Retrieved November 25, 2024 .
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