The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the

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in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second

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event of the 2019–20 season. In the men's tier 1 final,

Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier champions ...

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defeated

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to win his 5th Grand Slam. In the tier 2 final,

Korey Dropkin Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. Curling career Juniors As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen ...

defeated

Tanner Horgan Tanner Horgan (born February 12, 1998 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team. Career Juniors As a bantam aged curler, Horgan won three Northern Ontario titles (2010, 2013 and 2015). In 2012, he won a provin ...

to earn a spot at the 2020 Canadian Open in January. In the women's tier 1 final, Anna Hasselborg of Sundbyberg, Sweden defeated

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...

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to win her 3rd Grand Slam. In the tier 2 final, Kim Min-ji defeated

Jestyn Murphy Jestyn Murphy (born September 21, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Mississauga, Ontario. She currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour. Career Youth Murphy won the Ontario Bantam championship in 2013, skipping a team out of the Listowel ...

to earn a spot at the Canadian Open.

Qualification

The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers. For the Tier 1, the top 15 teams on the

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Order of Merit rankings as of October 1, 2019 are invited. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete. For the Tier 2, 16 teams are invited including the next top ranked OOM teams and regional teams.

Men

Tier 1

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of October 1: #

Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Originally from Yellowknife ...

John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...

Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory ...

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 ...

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 su ...

Peter de Cruz Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his ...

# ~~Ross Paterson~~ #

# Matt Dunstone # Yannick Schwaller #

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straigh ...

Scott McDonald Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer and is the current head coach for National Premier Leagues club Gold Coast Knights. Originally a striker, McDonald could also play as an attacking m ...

John Shuster John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Wi ...

# Mike McEwen #

Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announce ...

Tier 2

Order of Merit teams: * Cameron Bryce *

Braden Calvert Braden Calvert (born July 16, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Carberry, Manitoba. He currently skips his own team out of Winnipeg. He is a former World Junior curling champion and two-time Canadian junior champion. Career Calvert, originally f ...

* Mike Fournier *

Kirk Muyres Kirk Lyle Muyres (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler. He is a former Canadian junior champion. Career Juniors As a youth, Muyres was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where he played 5th. For much of his ...

Rich Ruohonen Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships. Career Ruohonen ...

* Karsten Sturmay * Jaap van Dorp Regional teams: * James Grattan * Scott Jones * Jamie Murphy * Greg Smith * Chad Stevens * Kendal Thompson *

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Women

Tier 1

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of October 1: #

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...

# Anna Hasselborg #

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career ...

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curl ...

Satsuki Fujisawa is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at t ...

# Robyn Silvernagle #

Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curli ...

# Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the br ...
#

Sayaka Yoshimura is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the skip of the FORTIUS curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in both 2015 and 2021. At the international level, she has represented Japan twice at the World Women's Curling ...

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# ~~Anna Sidorova~~ #

Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...

# ~~Seina Nakajima~~ #

Isabella Wranå Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of F ...

# ~~Mei Jie~~ # Jiang Yilun Jiang Yilun (; born 12 February 1993) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide Career She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Chinese team participated in the women's cur ...
# ~~Gim Un-chi~~ #

Nina Roth Nina Marie Roth ( Spatola; born July 21, 1988) is a retired American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin. She was the skip of the American women's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the third at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Roth began cur ...

Tier 2

Order of Merit teams: * Megan Balsdon *

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and repres ...

Hollie Duncan Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rin ...

* Binia Feltscher *

Daniela Jentsch Daniela Jentsch (born 15 January 1982), previously known as Daniela Driendl, is a German curler from Füssen. She is the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team. Career Jentsch played in her first international competition in 1997 at ...

* Kim Min-ji *

Beth Peterson Beth Peterson (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently skips her own team out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg. Career Peterson won the 2015 Manitoba Junior provincial championship s ...

Laurie St-Georges Laurie St-Georges (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Laval, Quebec. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. St-Georges represented Quebec at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and led her team to a 6–6 re ...

* Laura Walker Regional teams: *

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling C ...

* Suzanne Birt *

Jill Brothers Jillian Brothers (born May 20, 1983 as Jill Mouzar ronounced "MOW-zer" is a Canadian curler. Brothers was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and now resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She currently plays second on Team Andrea Kelly out of New Bru ...

Andrea Crawford Andrea Kelly (born July 31, 1985), previously known as Andrea Crawford, is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team out of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton. She is a nine-time New Brunswick Scot ...

* Mackenzie Glynn * Tanya Hilliard

Men

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm''

=Draw 2

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Thursday, November 7, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Thursday, November 7, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Friday, November 8, 8:00 am''

=Draw 11

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

=Draw 12

= ''Friday, November 8, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 13

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

=Tiebreakers

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 4:30 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, November 10, 4:30 pm''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm''

=Draw 2

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Thursday, November 7, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Thursday, November 7, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Friday, November 8, 8:00 am''

=Draw 11

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

=Draw 12

= ''Friday, November 8, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 13

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

=Tiebreakers

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 am'' ''Saturday, November 9, 12:30 pm''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 4:30 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, November 10, 4:30 pm''

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm''

=Draw 2

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Thursday, November 7, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Thursday, November 7, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Friday, November 8, 8:00 am''

=Draw 11

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

=Draw 12

= ''Friday, November 8, 4:00 pm''

=Tiebreakers

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

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 12:30 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, November 10, 12:30 pm''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm''

=Draw 2

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Thursday, November 7, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Thursday, November 7, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, November 7, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Friday, November 8, 8:00 am''

=Draw 11

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

=Draw 12

= ''Friday, November 8, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 13

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

=Tiebreakers

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 12:30 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, November 9, 8:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, November 10, 12:30 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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