The Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (formerly the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau and the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy) is an annual

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, or

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tournament, on the

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. It is held annually in late October in the City of

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. The men's tournament was started in 2009, while the women's tournament was started in 2011, but discontinued after 2013. Beginning in 2011, the event shifted venues to the Centre Sportif Robert Rochon in Masson, Quebec in the

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sector of the city and the

Buckingham Curling Club The Buckingham Curling Club (French: ''Club de curling Buckingham'') is an historic curling club located in Buckingham, Quebec. It is the only curling club located within the city limits of Gatineau. Despite only having two sheets of ice and sma ...

in the

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sector.

Past champions

''Only skip's name is displayed.''

Men

Women

Open

The open event is part of the

Ontario Curling Tour The Ontario Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels, which takes places in Ontario, Canada and attracts some of the top male and female curlers in the province, and from across the country and world. The OCT was designed to promote competitive ...

only and is open to teams with men and women.

Past events

2009 event

Former Brier champion

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 202 ...

defeated

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curling silver medalist

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to win $8,000 for his team. The total pot was $31,000.

Playoffs

2010 event

The total purse of the 2010 event is $37,500. The winner,

Serge Reid Serge Reid (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec. Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial champions ...

, upset defending championship

and earned the right to play at the

2010 Canada Cup of Curling The 2010 Canada Cup of Curling was held December 1–5, 2010 at the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Glenn Howard rink won their first Canada Cup on the men's side while Stefanie Lawton won her second cup. Glenn Howard's win mark ...

Playoffs

References

External links

Official site
{{World Curling Tour events World Curling Tour events Sport in Gatineau Curling competitions in Quebec Ontario Curling Tour events 2009 establishments in Quebec Recurring sporting events established in 2009