Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 5 to 10 at the Co-operators Centre at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewan. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2017–18 curling season.
There were two tiers in each of the men's and women's events.
The winning tier 1 teams get a direct bye into the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup, the last grand slam event of the season. The winning tier 2 teams get a bye into the 2017 Masters, the next grand slam event of the season.
On the men's side, the defending World Champion Brad Gushue rink from St. John's, Newfoundland defeated the defending Norwegian champion Steffen Walstad rink in the final. It would be Gushue's 8th career grand slam win. Team Gushue went undefeated in the tournament and took home $20,000 for the win.[1]
On the women's side, the defending Tour Challenge champion Val Sweeting from Edmonton, Alberta rink made it two in a row when they defeated the Swedish Anna Hasselborg rink in the final, also taking home $20,000.[2] It was Sweeting's third career Slam title.
Men
Tier 1
Teams
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Reid Carruthers | Braeden Moskowy | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson |  Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Benoît Schwarz | Claudio Pätz | Peter de Cruz (skip) | Valentin Tanner |  Geneva, Switzerland |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren |  Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Mat Camm | Pat Janssen | Tim March |  Toronto, Ontario |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker |  St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Glen Muirhead[a] | David Mathers | Scott Howard | Penetanguishene, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert |  Calgary, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Matt Dunstone | Dallan Muyres |  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Heath McCormick | Christopher Plys | Korey Dropkin | Thomas Howell |  Blaine, Minnesota |
| Jim Cotter | John Morris (skip) | Catlin Schneider[b] | Tyrel Griffith |  Vernon, British Columbia |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Pat Simmons | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Kyle Smith | Thomas Muirhead | Kyle Waddell | Cammy Smith |  Stirling, Scotland |
| Steffen Walstad | Markus Høiberg | Magnus Nedregotten | Magnus Vågberg |  Oppdal, Norway |
Round-robin standings
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Sept 9, 3:30pm [4]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Steffen Walstad  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | X | 11 |
| Pat Simmons | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Semifinals
Saturday, Sept 9, 8:00pm[5]
Final
Sunday, Sept 10, 10:30am
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
Playoffs
Women
Tier 1
Teams
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Michelle Englot | Kate Cameron | Leslie Wilson-Westcott | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Allison Flaxey | Clancy Grandy | Lynn Kreviazuk | Morgan Court | Caledon, Ontario |
| Tracy Fleury | Crystal Webster | Jenna Walsh | Amanda Gates | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Jacqueline Harrison | Janet Murphy | Stephanie Matheson | Nicole Westlund Stewart | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Anna Hasselborg | Sara McManus | Agnes Knochenhauer | Sofia Mabergs | Sundbyberg, Sweden |
| Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Sherry Middaugh | Jo-Ann Rizzo | Lee Merklinger | Leigh Armstrong | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Adams | Lauren Gray | Stirling, Scotland |
| Alina Pätz | Nadine Lehmann | Marisa Winkelhausen | Nicole Schwägli | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Casey Scheidegger | Cary-Anne McTaggart | Jessie Scheidegger | Kristie Moore | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Val Sweeting | Lori Olson-Johns | Dana Ferguson | Rachelle Brown | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Julie Tippin | Chantal Duhaime | Rachelle Vink | Tess Bobbie | Woodstock, Ontario |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | Manuela Siegrist | Esther Neuenschwander | Marlene Albrecht | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Wang Bingyu | Zhou Yan | Liu Jinli | Ma Jingyi |  Harbin, China |
Round-robin standings
| Key |
| | Teams to Playoffs |
| | Teams to Tiebreakers |
Tiebreaker
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Sept 9, 11:30am [6]
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jacqueline Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Semifinals
Saturday, Sept. 9, 8:00pm[7]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Val Sweeting | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jennifer Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Final
Sunday, Sept 10, 2:30pm
Tier 2
Round-robin standings
| Key |
| | Teams to Playoffs |
| | Teams to Tiebreakers |
Tiebreakers
- Silvernagle 5-4 Martin
Kim 5-6 Rocque - Fleming 5-6 Lawton
- Scotland 5-7 Silvernagle
Playoffs
Notes
References
- ^ "Gushue wins 8th GSOC title at Tour Challenge". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12.
- ^ "Sweeting steals to retain Tour Challenge title". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12.
- ^ "Morris in Regina Tour Challenge". September 2017.
- ^ CurlingZone
- ^ CurlingZone
- ^ CurlingZone
- ^ CurlingZone
External links
- Official website
- Men's results from the CurlingZone database
- Women's results from the CurlingZone database
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Team Gushue
Steffen Walstad
Team Sweeting
Anna Hasselborg
Steve Laycock 
Brad Jacobs 
John Shuster 
Pat Simmons 
Liu Rui 
Eve Muirhead 
Alina Pätz 
Anna Sidorova 
