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Players Open was held from October 12 to 15 at the
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and the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club in Dundas,
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. The event was held in a round-robin format with a $70,000 purse on both the men's and women's side. It was the first event held as part of the Players Tour during the 2023–24 season. The inaugural Players Open attracted a high calibre field of both national and international teams as it was held the weekend before the
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in
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.
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played in concert on the first night of the event. In the men's final, it was a battle of Alberta, with Team
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defeating the
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rink 5–4. The win put Bottcher in first place on the
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. The women's final was a battle of Sweden, with
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's team defeating the Isabella Wranå rink 9–3, avenging her loss to Wranå at the Swedish European Championship playdowns the previous month.


Men


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''


Round robin results

All draw times are listed in
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( UTC−04:00).
''Note: Sheets G 1 through 4 are at the
Dundas Granite Curling Club Curling Ontario (formerly the Ontario Curling Association and CurlON) is the governing body of curling in Southern Ontario. Northern Ontario is governed by the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA). The Curling Ontario sends a team to repr ...
. Sheets V5 is at the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club.''


Draw 1

''Thursday, October 12, 8:00 am''


Draw 2

''Thursday, October 12, 11:15 am''


Draw 3

''Thursday, October 12, 2:30 pm''


Draw 4

''Thursday, October 12, 5:45 pm''


Draw 6

''Friday, October 13, 8:00 am''


Draw 7

''Friday, October 13, 11:15 am''


Draw 8

''Friday, October 13, 2:30 pm''


Draw 9

''Friday, October 13, 5:45 pm''


Draw 10

''Friday, October 13, 9:00 pm''


Draw 11

''Saturday, October 14, 8:00 am''


Draw 12

''Saturday, October 14, 11:15 am''


Draw 13

''Saturday, October 14, 2:30 pm''


Draw 14

''Saturday, October 14, 5:45 pm''


Tiebreaker

''Saturday, October 14, 9:00 pm''


Playoffs

Source:


Quarterfinals

''Sunday, October 15, 9:30 am''


Semifinals

''Sunday, October 15, 1:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, October 15, 4:00 pm''


Women


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''


Round robin results

All draw times are listed in
Eastern Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behi ...
( UTC−04:00).
''Note: Sheets V 1 through 5 are at the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club.''


Draw 1

''Thursday, October 12, 8:00 am''


Draw 2

''Thursday, October 12, 11:15 am''


Draw 3

''Thursday, October 12, 2:30 pm''


Draw 4

''Thursday, October 12, 5:45 pm''


Draw 5

''Thursday, October 12, 9:00 pm''


Draw 6

''Friday, October 13, 8:00 am''


Draw 7

''Friday, October 13, 11:15 am''


Draw 8

''Friday, October 13, 2:30 pm''


Draw 9

''Friday, October 13, 5:45 pm''


Draw 10

''Friday, October 13, 9:00 pm''


Draw 11

''Saturday, October 14, 8:00 am''


Draw 12

''Saturday, October 14, 11:15 am''


Draw 13

''Saturday, October 14, 2:30 pm''


Draw 14

''Saturday, October 14, 5:45 pm''


Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 14, 9:00 pm''


Playoffs

Source:


Quarterfinals

''Sunday, October 15, 9:30 am''


Semifinals

''Sunday, October 15, 1:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, October 15, 4:00 pm''


Notes


References


External links


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