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Tour Challenge
The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season. The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2. From 2022 to 2023, the format consisted of four pools, where each team played all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall made the playoffs. In 2023, tiebreakers were dropped. In 2024, the event became a Tournament#Knockout_tournaments, triple knockout event for the first time. The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open (curling), Canadian Open. Past champions Men Tier 1 Tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisku, Alberta
Nisku is a hamlet (place), hamlet and an industrial/business park in Alberta, Canada, within Leduc County. It has an elevation of . The hamlet and industrial/business park are located in census division Division No. 11, Alberta, No. 11 and in the federal riding of Edmonton—Wetaskiwin. The word Nisku means "goose" in Cree. The Hamlet of Nisku is located east of the intersection of Alberta Highway 2, Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2) and Alberta Highway 625, Highway 625, between the cities of Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton and Leduc, Alberta, Leduc. More specifically, the hamlet is located within an industrial/business park on the north side of Highway 625 (20 Avenue) between Sparrow Drive and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway. Nisku Industrial Park The Nisku Industrial Park or Nisku Business Park, according to Leduc County and the Nisku Business Association, respectively, surrounds the hamlet. The park stretches from Edmonton's southern city limits to Leduc's nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |