The Atkins Curling Supplies Classic (formerly the Atkins Curling Supplies Women's Classic and the Atkins Curling Supplies Charity Classic) is an annual
bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held outdoors, on a frozen freshwater loch. Today almost all bonspiels are held indoors on specially prepared ar ...
, or
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 with four players, take t ...
tournament, that takes place at the
Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...
,
Manitoba
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. The event has also been hosted by the
Charleswood Curling Club
Charleswood Curling Club is located in the southwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of Charleswood. The club was founded in 1946 as a three sheet rink, although expansion to five sheets was completed in 1956. It was the home club of the Jef ...
in Winnipeg and the
East St. Paul Curling Club in
East St. Paul, Manitoba. The tournament is held in a
round-robin format and was part of the
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
from 2012 to 2019. It began in 2007.
CurlingZone
/ref> Prior to this it was just part of the Manitoba Curling Tour.
A men's event was added for 2017.
While the 2020 event still occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, it was discontinued as a World Curling Tour event.
Past champions
Women
''Only skip's name is displayed.
Men's
References
External links
Atkins Classic Home Page
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Curling competitions in Winnipeg
2009 establishments in Manitoba