The 2018
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National was held from December 11 to 16 at the
Conception Bay South Arena
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in
Conception Bay South,
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. This will be the fourth
Grand Slam and second major of the
2018–19 curling season
The 2018–19 curling
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.
The first all-Scottish Grand Slam final saw
Ross Paterson
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of
Glasgow
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beat defending champions
Bruce Mouat of
Edinburgh
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4–3 in an extra end to win his team's first Grand Slam.
Rachel Homan
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beat
Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vi ...
4–1 in the women's final, to win her ninth slam.
The event was sold out all week, owing to the popularity of the hometown
Brad Gushue rink. The total attendance was 23,500 which was a Grand Slam record at the time.
Qualification
The top 14 men's and women's teams on the
World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of November 5, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete. The sponsor's exemption was not used, and the spot was allocated to the highest-ranked remaining team on the order of merit.
Men
Top Order of Merit men's teams as of November 5:
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Niklas Edin
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Brad Gushue
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Kevin Koe
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John Epping
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Bruce Mouat
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Reid Carruthers
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Brad Jacobs
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Peter de Cruz
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Jason Gunnlaugson
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Brendan Bottcher
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Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. He currently skips his own team.
Career Juniors
Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World J ...
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Matt Dunstone
Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia.
Career
Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curlin ...
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Glenn Howard
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John Shuster
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Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.
Career
Juniors
Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champ ...
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Scott McDonald
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Braden Calvert
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Thomas Ulsrud
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Ross Paterson
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Rich Ruohonen
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Kirk Muyres
Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of November 5:
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Anna Hasselborg
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Jennifer Jones
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Rachel Homan
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Kerri Einarson
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Tracy Fleury
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Silvana Tirinzoni
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Chelsea Carey
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Satsuki Fujisawa
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Casey Scheidegger
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Laura Walker
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Eve Muirhead
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Darcy Robertson
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Jamie Sinclair
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Nina Roth
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Isabella Wranå
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Allison Flaxey
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Anna Sidorova
Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova (russian: А́нна Влади́мировна Си́дорова; born 6 February 1991) is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team tha ...
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Kim Eun-jung
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Sayaka Yoshimura
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Jacqueline Harrison
Men
Teams
Round robin standings
''Final round robin standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Newfoundland Standard Time (
UTC−3:30).
Draw 1
''Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm''
Draw 7
''Thursday, December 13, 12:30 pm''
Draw 8
''Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, December 13, 8:30 pm''
Draw 11
''Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm''
Draw 12
''Friday, December 14, 4:30 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Friday, December 14, 8:30pm''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, December 15, 11:00 am''
Semifinals
''Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, December 16, 1:30 pm''
Women
Teams
Round robin standings
''Final round robin standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Newfoundland Standard Time (
UTC−3:30).
Draw 1
''Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm''
Draw 6
''Thursday, December 13, 9:00am''
Draw 8
''Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm''
Draw 10
''Friday, December 14, 9:00 am''
Draw 11
''Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, December 14, 8:30 pm''
Tiebreaker
''Saturday, December 15, 11:00am''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, December 15, 3:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, December 16, 5:30 pm''
References
External links
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{{2018–19 curling season
The National (curling)
December 2018 sports events in Canada
2018 in Canadian curling
Conception Bay South
Curling in Newfoundland and Labrador
2018 in Newfoundland and Labrador