The Western Showdown, known as the

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Ag Solutions Western Showdown for sponsorship reasons, is an annual international

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tournament held at the

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. The combined purse for both the men's and women's events is $100,000. It features some of the top teams in the world, as well as local Saskatchewan teams. The event began in 2021 as a men's only event, as a way to give back to the curling community in Swift Current for supporting the Swift Current Curling Club during the

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. It featured 24 teams, and a $50,000 purse. A women's event was added in 2022, but held two weeks before the men's event. The women's event featured 30 teams and a purse of $45,000, while the men's event featured 16 teams and a purse of $36,000. In 2023, the events were combined. In 2023, the event featured 43 teams (18 men's and 25 women's). The men played a tournament, triple-knockout, while the women's event was a round robin.

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