The 2012
Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is an annual women's World Curling Tour event held at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event of the season from 2006 to 2014, but is no ...
was held from October 5 to 8 at the
Calgary Curling Club
The Calgary Curling Club is a curling club located in Calgary, Alberta.
History
The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to Victoria Park in 1909, and moved from there to its current l ...
in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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as part of the
2012–13 World Curling Tour
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. It was the first women's
Grand Slam
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* ...
event of the
2012–13 curling season, and this edition marked the twenty-seventh time the tournament has been held. The event was held in a 32-team triple-knockout event, and the purse for the event was
CAD
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$54,000. In the final,
Sherry Middaugh
Sherry L. Middaugh (née Hamel, born October 11, 1966, in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich. She is a five-time ...
defeated
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
with a score of 8–4.
Teams
Knockout Brackets
A Event
B Event
C Event
Playoffs
References
External links
Event Home Page
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Autumn Gold Curling Classic
2012 in Canadian curling
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October 2012 sports events in Canada