2007–08 curling season

2007–08 curling season
Sport	Curling

The 2007-08 curling season began in September 2007 and ended in April 2008.

Season of Champions top three finishes

(Only team's skip listed)

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Canadian Mixed	Alberta (Ross)	Ontario (Turcotte)	Nova Scotia (Burgess)
TSN Skins Game	Kevin Martin	Wayne Middaugh	Glenn Howard Brad Gushue
Continental Cup	North America	Europe
Canadian Juniors (men's)	Quebec (Dion)	Ontario (Fanset)	Prince Edward Island (Gallant)
Canadian Juniors (women's)	Manitoba (Lawes)	Saskatchewan (McVicar)	Nova Scotia (Pearsons)
Scotties Tournament of Hearts	Manitoba (Jones)	Alberta (Kleibrink)	Ontario (S. Middaugh)
Tim Hortons Brier	Alberta (Martin)	Ontario (G. Howard)	Saskatchewan (Simmons)
World Junior Championships (men's)	United States (Plys)	Sweden (Eriksson)	Canada (Dion)
World Junior Championships (women's)	Scotland (Muirhead)	Sweden (Östlund)	Canada (Lawes)
Canada Cup (men's)	Kevin Koe	Kevin Martin	Brad Gushue
Canada Cup (women's)	Stefanie Lawton	Kelly Scott	Cheryl Bernard
Canadian Seniors (men's)	Saskatchewan (Hritzuk)	New Brunswick (R. Howard)	Nova Scotia (Rafuse)
Canadian Seniors (women's)	British Columbia (Sanders)	Ontario (Pearson)	Alberta (Turner)
Women's World Championships	Canada (Jones)	China (Wang B.)	Switzerland (Ott)
Men's World Championships	Canada (Martin)	Scotland (Murdoch)	Norway (Ulsrud)

Other events

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
European Mixed	Wales (Meikle)	Denmark (Ostrowski)	Germany (Schöpp)
Pacific Championships (men's)	China (Wang F.)	Australia (Millikin)	New Zealand (Becker)
Pacific Championships (women's)	China (Wang B.)	Japan (Meguro)	South Korea (Park)
European Championships (men's)	Scotland (Murdoch)	Norway (Ulsrud)	Denmark (Frederiksen)
European Championships (women's)	Sweden (Norberg)	Scotland (Wood)	Denmark (Nielsen)
European Junior Challenge (men's)	Czech Republic (Chaloupek)	Poland (Wachulak)	France (Vincent)
European Junior Challenge (women's)	Germany (Templin)	Italy (Apollonio)	Czech Republic (Kubeska)
Pacific Juniors (men's)	China (Zang)	Japan (Sakamoto)	South Korea (Lee)
Pacific Juniors (women's)	Japan (Fujiwasa)	China (Sun)	South Korea (Kim Y. M.)
World Wheelchair Championship	Norway (Lorentsen)	South Korea (Kim H. S.)	United States (Jiminez Perez)
Mixed Doubles	Switzerland Schori/Müller	Finland Malmi/J. Uusipaavalniemi	Sweden Persson/Carlsson
World Seniors (men's)	Canada (Ryan)	Sweden (Lindeman)	United States (Russell)
World Seniors (women's)	Canada (Foster)	Scotland (Letton)	Switzerland (Nedkoff)

World Curling Tour winners

Event	Date	Location	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
Baden Masters	Sept. 7-9	Baden, Switzerland	Brad Gushue	Andy Kapp
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup	Sept. 20-23	Oslo, Norway	Kevin Koe	Pål Trulsen
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic	Sept. 20-23	Brockville, Ontario	Glenn Howard	Brad Gushue
Boston Pizza September Shoot-Out	Sept. 21-23	Edmonton, Alberta	Pat Simmons	Brent MacDonald
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel	Sept. 27-30	Vernon, British Columbia	Bob Ursel	Sean Geall
Mac Ice Classic	Oct. 4-8	Ottawa, Ontario	Jean-Michel Ménard	Greg Richardson
Swiss Cup Basel	Oct. 5-8	Basel, Switzerland	David Murdoch	Stefan Karnusian
PriceWaterHouseCoopers Westcoast Curling Classic	Oct. 5-9	New Westminster, British Columbia	Kevin Koe	Bob Ursel
Valour Road Open	Oct. 5-8	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Allan Lyburn	Peter Nicholls
Don Bartlett Classic	Oct. 11-14	Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador	Shawn Adams	Randy Ferbey
St. Paul Cashspiel	Oct. 12-15	St. Paul, Minnesota	Craig Disher	Trevor Clifford
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic	Oct. 12-15	Medicine Hat, Alberta	James Pahl	Pat Simmons
Coupe Quebec La Cage aux Sports	Oct. 18-21	Quebec, Quebec	François Gagné	Bryan Cochrane
Bern Open	Oct. 19-22	Bern, Switzerland	Russ Howard	Ralph Stöckli
Strauss Crown of Curling	Oct. 19-22	Kamloops, British Columbia	Bryan Miki	Greg McAulay
Flint Energy Curling Classic	Oct. 19-22	Bonnyville, Alberta	Kevin Martin	Randy Ferbey
Meyers Norris Penny Prairie Classic	Oct. 26-29	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba	Glenn Howard	Joel Jordison
Red Deer Curling Classic	Nov. 1-4	Red Deer, Alberta	Kurt Balderston	Rob Armitage
Cactus Pheasant Classic	Nov. 1-4	Brooks, Alberta	Kevin Martin	Wayne Middaugh
Yukon Title Curling Classic	Nov. 8-11	Fairbanks, Alaska	Jason Larway	Stu Harris
Duluth Cash Spiel	Nov. 9-12	Duluth, Minnesota	Jeff Currie	Craig Brown
Whites Drug Store Classic	Nov. 9-12	Swan River, Manitoba	Joel Jordison	Darrell McKee
Best Western Wayside Inn Curling Classic	Nov. 9-12	Lloydminster, Alberta	Jeff Stoughton	Glenn Howard
Lucerne Curling Trophy	Nov. 15-18	Luzern, Switzerland	Thomas Ulsrud	Tom Brewster
Pharmasave Gimli Classic	Nov. 16-18	Gimli, Manitoba	Chris Galbraith	Daley Peters
Roaming Buffalo Classic	Nov. 16-18	Wainwright, Alberta	Adrian Bakker	Shane Park
McDonald's Invitational	Nov. 16-19	Brantford, Ontario	Glenn Howard	Kirk Ziola
Challenge Casino De Charlevoix	Nov. 21-25	Clermont, Quebec	Peter Steski	Robert Desjardins
Skookum/WCT Yukon Cash Spiel	Nov. 22-25	Whitehorse, Yukon	Steve Waatainen	Ron Chrenek
Interlake Pharmacy Classic	Nov. 22-26	Stonewall, Manitoba	Kerry Burtnyk	Vic Peters
BDO Classic Canadian Open	Nov. 28-Dec. 2	Quebec, Quebec	Kevin Martin	Shawn Adams
Grande Prairie Cash Spiel	Nov. 30-Dec. 2	Grande Prairie, Alberta	Jeff Erickson	James Pahl
Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Cash Spiel	Nov. 30-Dec. 3	Dauphin, Manitoba	Chris Galbraith	Reid Carruthers
Morgan Stanley Curling Classic	Nov. 30-Dec. 2	Madison, Wisconsin	Craig Brown	Trevor Bonot
Point Optical Charity Curling Classic	Dec. 7-10	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Randy Woytowich	Darrell McKee
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier	Dec. 12-16	Ottawa, Ontario	Kevin Koe	Mike McEwen
Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel	Dec. 14-16	Eveleth, Minnesota	Pete Fenson	Craig Brown
The National	Dec. 20-23	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia	Kevin Martin	Kevin Koe
Ramada Perth Masters	Jan. 3-6	Perth, Scotland	Glenn Howard	Kerry Burtnyk
Masters of Curling	Jan. 23-27	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Glenn Howard	Kevin Koe
Prague Grand Prix	Jan. 31-Feb. 1	Prague, Czech Republic	Stefano Ferronato	Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Bear Mountain Arena Classic	Apr. 3-6	Victoria, British Columbia	Bob Ursel	Wayne Middaugh
Tylenol Players Championship	Apr. 15-20	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Glenn Howard	Kevin Martin

Women's World Curling Tour winners

Event	Date	Location	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
BDO Galt Curling Classic	Sept. 17-23	Cambridge, Ontario	Julie Reddick	Colleen Madonia
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup	Sept. 20-23	Oslo, Norway	Jennifer Jones	Sherry Anderson
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic	Sept. 20-23	Brockville, Ontario	Debbie McCormick	Ève Bélisle
Boston Pizza September Shoot-Out	Sept. 21-23	Edmonton, Alberta	Wang Bingyu	Glenys Bakker
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel	Sept. 27-30	Vernon, British Columbia	Heather Rankin	Shannon Kleibrink
Trail Appliances Autumn Gold	Oct. 5-9	Calgary, Alberta	Jennifer Jones	Shannon Kleibrink
Women's Masters Basel	Oct. 12-14	Basel, Switzerland	Anette Norberg	Edith Loudon
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic	Oct. 12-15	Medicine Hat, Alberta	Moe Meguro	Carly Quigley
Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel	Oct. 12-15	London, Ontario	Rachel Homan	Ève Bélisle
Coupe Quebec La Cage aux Sports	Oct. 18-21	Quebec, Quebec	Ève Bélisle	Veronique Brassard
Casinos of Winnipeg Classic	Oct. 19-22	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Shannon Kleibrink	Jennifer Jones
Zurich Women's Masters	Oct. 19-21	Zurich, Switzerland	Irene Schori	Binia Feltscher-Beeli
Strauss Crown of Curling	Oct. 19-22	Kamloops, British Columbia	Kelly Scott	Marla Mallett
Colonial Square Ladies Classic	Oct. 26-29	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Stefanie Lawton	Cathy King
Stockholm Ladies Cup	Nov. 1-4	Stockholm, Sweden	Anette Norberg	Anna Hasselborg
Red Deer Curling Classic	Nov. 1-4	Red Deer, Alberta	Jennifer Jones	Kristie Moore
Royal Lepage OVCA Women's Fall Classic	Nov. 2-4	Ottawa, Ontario	Jenn Hanna	Tracy Samaan
Duluth Cash Spiel	Nov. 9-12	Duluth, Minnesota	Patti Lank	Patti Burtnyk
Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic	Nov. 16-19	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Kelly Scott	Stefanie Lawton
Sun Life Invitational	Nov. 16-19	Brantford, Ontario	Julie Hastings	Krista McCarville
Interlake Pharmacy Classic	Nov. 22-26	Stonewall, Manitoba	Joelle Brown	Barb Spencer
CUETS Schmirler Charity Classic	Nov. 23-26	Regina, Saskatchewan	Jolene McIvor	Michelle Englot
International ZO Women's Tournament	Nov. 23-25	Wetzikon, Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	Ludmila Privivkova
Sobeys Slam	Nov. 29-Dec. 2	New Glasgow, Nova Scotia	Sherry Middaugh	Marie-France Larouche
Boundary Ford Classic	Nov. 30-Dec. 3	Lloydminster, Alberta	Faye White	Chana Martineau
Diversified Transportation Canada Cup Qualifier	Dec. 12-16	Edmonton, Alberta	Cheryl Bernard	Sherry Middaugh
International Ladies Bernese Cup	Jan. 11-13	Bern, Switzerland	Kelly Scott	Kelly Wood
Braehead Ladies International	Jan. 18-20	Glasgow, Scotland	Gail Munro	Kelly Wood
Tylenol Players Championship	Apr. 15-20	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Amber Holland	Krista McCarville

Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.

WCT Money Ranking

#	Men's teams	$ (CAD)
1	Kevin Martin	127,000
2	Glenn Howard	126,795
3	Kevin Koe	109,785
4	Wayne Middaugh	83,500
5	Randy Ferbey	76,750
6	Kerry Burtnyk	73,729
7	Jeff Stoughton	71,000
8	Pat Simmons	55,000
9	Shawn Adams	43,000
10	Bob Ursel Greg McAulay	42,500

Sources

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