The 2023 HearingLife

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was held from October 17 to 22 at the

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. It was the first Grand Slam event of the

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Qualification

The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the

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's world team rankings as of September 18, 2023 qualified. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete. For Tier 2, the next 16 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 18, 2023 were invited.

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams: #

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 ...

# Brendan Bottcher # Brad Gushue #

Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz (born 30 September 1983 in Chêne-Bougeries, Genève, Switzerland) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022. Retornaz gained sudden renown in Ital ...

# Niklas Edin #

Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

Matt Dunstone Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curling C ...

# Kevin Koe #

Ross Whyte Ross Whyte (born 31 August 1998) is a Scottish curler. He is a two-time European champion and an Olympic silver medallist. He lives in Stirling, Scotland. Personal life Whyte is currently studying Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. ...

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 ...

Magnus Ramsfjell Magnus Ramsfjell (born 17 July 1997 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian curler from Trondheim. Career Juniors Ramsfjell was the skip of the Norwegian junior men's team in four straight World Junior Curling Championships from 2016 to 2019. At the 201 ...

# Reid Carruthers #

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 Winte ...

Wouter Gösgens Wouter Gösgens (born 31 August 1998 in Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch curler from Zoetermeer Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which ...

# Aaron Sluchinski #

Riku Yanagisawa is a Japanese curler. He is a two-time Japanese men's champion skip. Career Yanagisawa played second on the Karuizawa SC team skipped by Yoshiro Shimizu 2018 Japan Curling Championships. The team finished the round robin portion of the tour ...

Tier 2

Cameron Bryce Cameron Bryce (born 20 July 1995) is a Scottish curler from Kelso. He currently skips his own team out of Stirling. Career Bryce has twice skipped Scotland at the World Mixed Curling Championship. He and teammates Katie Murray, Bobby Lammie ...

Karsten Sturmay Karsten Sturmay (born November 7, 1996 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler originally from Leduc, Alberta. He is formerly the skip of the Alberta Golden Bears men's curling team in university curling and on the World Curling Tour. C ...

# James Craik # Mike McEwen # Marco Hösli # John Epping #

Michael Brunner Michael Brunner (born 11 February 1995 in St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = ...

# Ryan Wiebe # Daniel Casper # Félix Asselin Félix Asselin (born November 17, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He currently skips his own team out of Montreal, Quebec. Career Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships during his junior career in 2012, ...
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# Catlin Schneider # Kelly Knapp Kelly may refer to: Art and entertainment * Kelly (Kelly Price album) * Kelly (Andrea Faustini album) * ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap * "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland * ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...
# Yusuke Morozumi # Sam Mooibroek # 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 ...
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Jeong Byeong-jin Jeong Byeong-jin (born October 25, 1996, in Chuncheon) is a South Korean male curler from Namyangju-si Namyangju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. To the east is Gapyeong County, to the west is Guri City, and to the north is P ...

Rylan Kleiter Rylan Kleiter (born July 4, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently skips his own team. Team Kleiter is known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants. Career Kleiter and his rink of Trevor Johnson, Joshua ...

Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams: # Silvana Tirinzoni #

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 ...

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 Cana ...

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 the ...

Gim Eun-ji Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi (born January 23, 1990) is a Korean curler from Gyeonggi-do. She currently skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team. Career Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the 2011 Capital One World ...

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 ...

Anna Hasselborg Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling, and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous ho ...

# Isabella Wranå #

Tabitha Peterson Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a two-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team ...

Clancy Grandy Clancy Grandy (born December 27, 1990 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian curler originally from Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Juniors Grandy's junior career was highlighted by winning ...

# Kate Cameron # Kaitlyn Lawes #

Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik (born 2 August 1983) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team. Rørvik has played in nine straight (1997–2005) World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing t ...

Ha Seung-youn Ha Seung-youn (born May 19, 2000) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She is the skip of the Chuncheon City Hall curling team. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Caree ...

Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi ...

# Rebecca Morrison

Tier 2

Christina Black Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Career Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014� ...

# Corrie Hürlimann # Ikue Kitazawa # Delaney Strouse #

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 ...

Isabelle Ladouceur Isabelle Ladouceur (born c. 2000) is a Canadian curler. She is a former Canadian U18 champion, and skipped the Canadian junior team at the 2021 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Junior Ladouceur played in the 2016 Nova Scotia Junior ...

# Kim Eun-jung #

Kayla Skrlik Kayla Skrlik (born September 10, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Garrison Curling Club. Career Skrlik broke onto the junior scene when she skipped Team Alberta at the 2016 U18 Inte ...

Jessie Hunkin Jessica "Jessie" Hunkin (born August 24, 1988, née Kaufman) is a Canadian curler from Parkland County, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Spruce Grove. Career Until joining the Robyn Silvernagle rink in 2018, Hunkin skipped or ...

Madeleine Dupont Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont (Madele ...

# Serena Gray-Withers #

Danielle Inglis Danielle Inglis (born February 26, 1988) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Whitby, Ontario. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team. Career Juniors As a junior curler, Inglis and her Burlington Curling Club rink of Chantal ...

# Michèle Jäggi #

Jolene Campbell Jolene Campbell (born Jolene McIvor on August 12, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Winnipeg. Curling career Junior career Born in Saskatoon, Campbell won a provincial junior title i ...

Nancy Martin Nancy Faye Martin (born February 17, 1973 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career Martin has been playing on the World Curling Tour since the 2004-05 season. In the 2014-15 season, she joined the Ji ...

# 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 represent ...
# Sarah Anderson

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 2

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 11:30 am''

=Draw 4

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 3:30 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am''

=Draw 11

= ''Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm''

=Draw 14

= ''Friday, October 20, 11:30 am''

=Draw 16

= ''Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 3:30 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 22, 3:00 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, October 17, 8:30 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 3:30 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 12

= ''Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 13

= ''Friday, October 20, 8:30 am''

=Draw 15

= ''Friday, October 20, 4:00 pm''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 22, 3:00 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, October 17, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 3:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am''

=Draw 8

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am''

=Draw 12

= ''Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm''

=Draw 13

= ''Friday, October 20, 8:00 am''

=Draw 15

= ''Friday, October 20, 3:30 pm''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 11:30 am''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am''

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 2

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, October 19, 8:30 am''

=Draw 11

= ''Thursday, October 19, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 14

= ''Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 16

= ''Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am''

Notelist

References

External links

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