The 2015
GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 8 to 13 at the
Paradise Double Ice Complex in
Paradise
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,
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It was the first
Grand Slam
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event of the
2015–16 curling season for both the men's and women's World Curling Tour.
In the tier 1 events,
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
...
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 ...
on the men's side, Koe's fourth slam title. On the women's side,
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 ...
won her first slam by upsetting
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 ...
in the final.
the tier 2 winners
Jim Cotter and
Kerri Einarson
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both qualified for the
2015 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling.
Men
Tier I
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in
Newfoundland Time Zone
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.
=Draw 1
=
''Tuesday, September 8, 7:00 pm''
=Draw 2
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 9:00 am''
=Draw 3
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 4
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 5
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 pm''
=Draw 6
=
''Thursday, September 10, 9:00 am''
=Draw 7
=
''Thursday, September 10, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 8
=
''Thursday, September 10, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 9
=
''Thursday, September 10, 7:30 pm''
=Draw 10
=
''Friday, September 11, 9:00 am''
=Draw 11
=
''Friday, September 11, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 12
=
''Friday, September 11, 4:00 pm''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 11:00 am''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 7:00 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, September 13, 6:30 pm''
Tier II
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Tiebreaker
''Friday, September 11, 8:30 pm''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 11:30 am''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 7:00 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, September 13, 6:00 pm''
Women
Tier I
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
The draw is listed as follows:
=Draw 1
=
''Tuesday, September 8, 7:00 pm''
=Draw 2
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 9:00 am''
=Draw 3
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 4
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 5
=
''Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 pm''
=Draw 6
=
''Thursday, September 10, 9:00 am''
=Draw 7
=
''Thursday, September 10, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 8
=
''Thursday, September 10, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 9
=
''Thursday, September 10, 7:30 pm''
=Draw 10
=
''Friday, September 11, 9:00 am''
=Draw 11
=
''Friday, September 11, 12:30 pm''
=Draw 12
=
''Friday, September 11, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 13
=
''Friday, September 11, 7:30 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, September 12, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 2:30 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 5:30 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, September 13, 11:30 am''
Tier II
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, September 12, 8:30 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 3:00 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, September 12, 7:00 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, September 13, 11:30 am''
References
External links
*
{{2015–16 curling season
2015 in Canadian curling
Curling in Newfoundland and Labrador
Tour Challenge
September 2015 sports events in Canada
2015 in Newfoundland and Labrador