The 2016
GSOC Tour Challenge was held from November 8 to 13 at the
Western Financial Place and the
Cranbrook Memorial Arena in
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Cranbrook ( ) is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 10 km southwest of the confluence of the Kootenay River and the St. Mary River (British Columbia), St. Mary's River. It is the largest urban centre in the region ...
. This was the second
Grand Slam of the
2016–17 curling season
The 2016–17 curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each w ...
.
The men's tier 1 final was the first ever men's Grand Slam final to feature two non-Canadian teams, as Sweden's
Niklas Edin
Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze ( ...
rink defeated Scotland's
Kyle Smith team.
Val Sweeting
Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of Heart ...
defeated
Michelle Englot in the women's tier 1 final to win her second grand slam event.
The tier 2 winners
Greg Balsdon and
Jacqueline Harrison qualified for the
2017 Meridian Canadian Open later in the season.
Men
Tier 1
Teams
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
Draw 1
''Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, November 9, 8:30 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, November 9, 1:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, November 9, 4:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, November 9, 8:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Thursday, November 10, 8:30 am''
Draw 7
''Thursday, November 10, 1:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Thursday, November 10, 4:30 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, November, 8:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Friday, November 11, 8:30 am''
Draw 11
''Friday, November 11, 1:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Friday, November 11, 4:30 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, November 11, 8:00 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, November 12, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday November 12, 4:00pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday November 12, 8:00pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday November 13, 1:30pm''
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Tiebreakers
*
Mark Bice 7–4
Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently skips his own team out of the Gogar Park Curling Club. Mouat has led his team to two world championship titles in and , four European championsh ...
Playoffs
Women
Tier 1
Teams
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
Draw 1
''Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, November 9, 8:30 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, November 9, 1:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, November 9, 4:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, November 9, 8:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Thursday, November 10, 8:30 am''
Draw 7
''Thursday, November 10, 1:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Thursday, November 10, 4:30 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, November 10, 8:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Friday, November 11, 8:30 am''
Draw 11
''Friday, November 11, 1:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Friday, November 11, 4:30 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Friday, November 11, 8:00 pm''
''Saturday, November 12, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday November 12, 12:00 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday November 12, 8:00pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday November 13, 10:00am''
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Tiebreakers
*
Jacqueline Harrison 6–4
Hannah Fleming
*
Cory Christensen 2–5
Diane Gushulak
Diane Gail Gushulak ( McLean; born May 27, 1969) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Vernon.
Career Early career in Ontario
Gushulak's early curling career was spent in Ontario. In 19 ...
Playoffs
References
External links
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{{2016–17 curling season
GSOC Tour Challenge
2016 in Canadian curling
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Curling competitions in British Columbia
2016 in sports in British Columbia
2016
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