The North Grenville Women's Fall Curling Classic is an annual women's
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 ...
held in
Kemptville, Ontario
Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and ...
. It is typically held in early November and is put on by the
North Grenville Curling Club. It was a
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 from 2010 to 2019.
The event began in 2006 as the
Scotiabank
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OVCA Women's Fall Classic. From 2007 to 2019 the event was known as the
Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic and the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic. The bonspiel was cancelled in 2019 and 2020 due to
COVID-19 restrictions
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of non-pharmaceutical interventions, particularly lockdowns (encompassing stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, and similar societal restrictions), were implemented in numero ...
. In 2022 and 2023 the event operated without a title sponsor. The event was put on hiatus in 2024 due to insufficient sponsorship.
Past champions
References
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External links
Official site
Leeds and Grenville United Counties
Ontario Curling Tour events
Women's curling competitions in Canada