The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is an annual women's
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 ...
event held at the
Calgary Curling Club
The Calgary Curling Club is a curling club located in Calgary, Alberta.
History
The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to Victoria Park in 1909, and moved from there to its current l ...
in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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. It was the first
Grand Slam
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* Grand slam, winning category terminology originating in contract bridge and other whist card games
Athletics
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* ...
event of the season from 2006 to 2014, but is no longer considered one of the official Grand Slams.
The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the time only had a total purse of $10,500, with the winning team receiving $4,000. At the time, it had the largest purse for a women's curling tournament in Canada. Its main sponsor in 1978 was JoAnne's Fashions.
The event began seeing international teams in 1987, thanks in part to the sport being added as a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
The 1996 and 2000 events were qualifiers for the
1997
Events January
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* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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and
2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from December 1 to 9 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Men
Teams
Final standings
...
respectively.
The 2001 event was the first televised tournament on the Women's World Curling Tour, with the semifinals and finals shown on
WTSN.
Between 2004 and 2018, the total prize money given out has been in excess of $50,000. In 2019, the purse was $44,000, with the winning team receiving $12,000.
The
2010 Classic saw the first non-Canadian team to win a Grand Slam of Curling event, the
Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese curling, curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European ...
rink from China.
In
2024
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, Korea's Team
Gim Eun-ji
Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi (born January 23, 1990) is a Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team.
Career
Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the 2011 Capital One World W ...
became the first rink to win three consecutive titles at the event, also winning in
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
and
2023
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.
Sponsors
*JoAnne's Fashions (1978–1980)
*
Labatt
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In 1995, it was purchased by Belgian brewer Interbrew. In 2004, Interb ...
(1985–1990)
*
Husky Oil
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(1991–2002)
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Trail Appliances (2003–2009)
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Curlers Corner (2010–present)
Past champions
Past champions are as follows:
References
External links
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{{World Curling Tour events
Former Grand Slam (curling) events
Curling competitions in Calgary
1978 establishments in Alberta
Annual sporting events in Canada
Recurring sporting events established in 1978