The 2023 Saville Shootout was held from September 8 to 11 at the

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. The event was held in a round robin format with a $25,000 purse on both the men's and women's sides. The men's event was held for the first time since 2015.

Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory ...

and his team of

Marc Kennedy Marc Kennedy (born February 5, 1982) is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist from St. Albert, Alberta. He currently plays third on Team Brad Jacobs. In 2019, Kennedy was named the greatest Canadian male second ...

Brett Gallant Brett Philip Gallant (born February 18, 1990, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Chestermere, Alberta. He is a former World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist. He currently plays second on Team Brad Jacobs. ...

and

Ben Hebert Benjamin "Ben" Hebert (born March 16, 1983) is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist, 2008 and 2016 World Champion, and Five time Brier Champion from Chestermere, Alberta. He currently plays lead on Team Brad Jaco ...

out of Calgary won the men's title, defeating Catlin Schneider's

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based rink 4–2 in the final. Bottcher scored two in the second end which ended up being the only deuce of the game. The two teams traded singles through the second half with the Alberta side running Schneider out of rocks in the eighth end. To reach the final, Team Bottcher finished 4–1 through the round robin. They then won 9–0 over Aaron Sluchinski in the quarterfinal and 5–3 against

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in the semifinal. Team Schneider also finished 4–1 before defeating Ryan Wiebe 8–6 in the quarterfinal and Mike McEwen 6–5 in the semifinal.

Karsten Sturmay Karsten Sturmay (born November 7, 1996, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler originally from Leduc, Alberta. He is formerly the skip of the Alberta Golden Bears men's curling team in university curling and on the World Curling Tour. ...

and Yusuke Morozumi rounded out the playoff picture. The women's final saw a rematch of the 2022 final between Homan and Jones, however, with alternate skips leading their lineups. Heather Nedohin skipped the Homan rink with

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 ...

on maternity leave while

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...

filled in for

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. The Jones rink had early control of the match, leading 5–2 after five. Costly mistakes down the stretch, however, allowed Homan to pull ahead with a steal of two in the seventh, eventually going on to win 7–6 in an extra end. Nedohin, skipping the Homan rink of

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournament of ...

Emma Miskew Emma Kathryn Miskew (born February 14, 1989) is a Canadian curler. She is a three-time World and five-time Canadian champion curler as a member of the Rachel Homan rink. She was Homan's longtime third until 2022 when she moved to second, when ...

and

Sarah Wilkes Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She is currently the lead for Team Rachel Homan, the 2024 Scotties, 2025 Scotties, 2024 World and 2025 World Champions. She previously won the ...

went an undefeated 8–0 through the weekend, scoring playoff wins over Jessie Hunkin and Kate Cameron in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Carey led the Jones team of

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, Emily Zacharias and

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to the playoffs with a 4–1 record where they won 7–1 over Satsuki Fujisawa in the quarters and edge Serena Gray-Withers 9–6 in the semis.

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represen ...

and

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...

both lost in the quarterfinals.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times listed in

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( UTC−06:00).

Draw 2

''Friday, September 8, 11:00 am''

Draw 3

''Friday, September 8, 12:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Friday, September 8, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, September 8, 8:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Saturday, September 9, 11:00 am''

Draw 10

''Saturday, September 9, 12:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Saturday, September 9, 7:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Saturday, September 9, 8:30 pm''

Draw 16

''Sunday, September 10, 2:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Quarterfinals

''Monday, September 11, 8:30 am''

Semifinals

''Monday, September 11, 12:00 pm''

Final

''Monday, September 11, 3:30 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times listed in

( UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

''Friday, September 8, 8:30 am''

Draw 4

''Friday, September 8, 3:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Friday, September 8, 4:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Saturday, September 9, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

''Saturday, September 9, 3:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Saturday, September 9, 4:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Sunday, September 10, 9:00 am''

Draw 17

''Sunday, September 10, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Quarterfinals

''Monday, September 11, 8:30 am''

Semifinals

''Monday, September 11, 12:00 pm''

Final

''Monday, September 11, 3:30 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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