The Capital Curling Fall Open (known as the Moosehead Fall Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual bonspiel on the men's
Ontario Curling Tour The Ontario Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels, which takes places in Ontario, Canada and attracts some of the top male and female curlers in the province, and from across the country and world. The OCT was designed to promote competitive ...
. It is held annually in September at the
RCMP Curling Club
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in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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. A women's event was held from 2010 to 2013, and women have participated in the men's event in other years.
Past Champions
Men
After going 3–0 in the women's draw in 2004,
Anne Merklinger
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and her rink of
Theresa Breen,
Susan Froud and
Audrey Reddick
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entered the open playoffs, and won that event too.
Women
Past Open event Champions
(Open to both genders)
External links
Official site
References
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Ontario Curling Tour events
Curling in Ottawa