The 2016

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was held from November 8 to 13 at the

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and the

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. This was the second

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of the

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. The men's tier 1 final was the first ever men's Grand Slam final to feature two non-Canadian teams, as Sweden's

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

rink defeated Scotland's Kyle Smith team.

Val Sweeting Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of H ...

defeated

Michelle Englot Michelle Englot (born January 22, 1964 in Montmartre, Saskatchewan; formerly known as Michelle Ridgway and Michelle Schneider); is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently plays second on Team Brooklyn Stevenson. She is a nine ...

in the women's tier 1 final to win her second grand slam event. The tier 2 winners

Greg Balsdon Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Curling career Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champion ...

and

Jacqueline Harrison Jacqueline Harrison (born July 28, 1978 in Niagara Falls, Ontario as Jacqueline Smith) is a Canadian curler from Waterdown, Ontario. Harrison currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Harrison's junior career involved reaching ...

qualified for the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open later in the season.

Men

Tier 1

Teams

Round Robin Standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

''Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, November 9, 8:30 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, November 9, 1:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, November 9, 4:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 9, 8:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, November 10, 8:30 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, November 10, 1:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, November 10, 4:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, November, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, November 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, November 11, 1:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, November 11, 4:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, November 11, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, November 12, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday November 12, 4:00pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday November 12, 8:00pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday November 13, 1:30pm''

Tier 2

Round Robin Standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Tiebreakers

Mark Bice Mark Bice (born October 10, 1984 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He used to skip a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Bice had a fairly successful junior career. Bice is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 2003 and 2 ...

7–4

Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He is an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Mouat had a very succ ...

Playoffs

Women

Tier 1

Teams

Round Robin Standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

''Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, November 9, 8:30 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, November 9, 1:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, November 9, 4:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 9, 8:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, November 10, 8:30 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, November 10, 1:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, November 10, 4:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, November 10, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, November 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, November 11, 1:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, November 11, 4:30 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Friday, November 11, 8:00 pm'' ''Saturday, November 12, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday November 12, 12:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday November 12, 8:00pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday November 13, 10:00am''

Tier 2

Round Robin Standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Tiebreakers

6–4

Hannah Fleming Hannah Fleming (born 3 October 1991 in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. She is a former World junior champion skip. Career Youth Fleming began her junior career by winning a gold medal at the 2009 European Youth O ...

Cory Christensen Cory Thiesse ( Christensen; born December 1, 1994) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She is currently the defending U.S. champion skip, and represented her country at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship. Christensen was one ...

2–5

Diane Gushulak Diane Gail Gushulak ( McLean; born May 27, 1969) is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Vernon. Career Early career in Ontario Gushulak's early curling career was spent in Ontario. In 1 ...

Playoffs

References

External links

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