2008–09 curling season

2008–09 curling season
Sport	Curling

The 2008-09 curling season began in September 2008 and ended in April 2009.

Season of Champions top three finishes

(Only team's skip listed)

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Canadian Mixed	Manitoba (Grassie)	Ontario (Tuck)	Saskatchewan (McKee)
Continental Cup	World	North America
TSN Skins Game	Randy Ferbey	Glenn Howard	Jennifer Jones Kevin Martin
Canadian Juniors (men's)	Prince Edward Island (Gallant)	Northern Ontario (Johnston)	Alberta (Yablonski)
Canadian Juniors (women's)	Manitoba (Lawes)	Ontario (Homan)	Alberta (Scheidegger)
Scotties Tournament of Hearts	Canada (Jones)	British Columbia (Mallett)	Quebec (Larouche)
Tim Hortons Brier	Alberta (Martin)	Manitoba (Stoughton)	Ontario (G. Howard)
World Junior Championships (men's)	Denmark (Stjern)	Canada (Gallant)	United States (Plys)
World Junior Championships (women's)	Scotland (E. Muirhead)	Canada (Lawes)	Switzerland (Baumann)
Canada Cup (men's)	Kevin Martin	Randy Ferbey	Jeff Stoughton
Canada Cup (women's)	Shannon Kleibrink	Marie-France Larouche	Cheryl Bernard
Canadian Seniors (men's)	Ontario (Delaney)	New Brunswick (R. Howard)	Prince Edward Island (M. Bernard)
Canadian Seniors (women's)	Nova Scotia (Pinkney)	British Columbia (Smiley)	Manitoba (Fowler)
Women's World Championships	China (Wang B.)	Sweden (Norberg)	Denmark (Jensen)
Men's World Championships	Scotland (Murdoch)	Canada (Martin)	Norway (Ulsrud)

Other events

Event	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
European Mixed	Germany (Schöpp)	Czech Republic (Snítil)	Sweden (Edin)
Pacific Championships (men's)	China (Wang F.)	Japan (Morozumi)	New Zealand (Becker)
Pacific Championships (women's)	China (Wang B.)	South Korea (Kim MY)	Japan (Meguro)
World Wheelchair Qualification	Germany (Jäger)	China (Wang H.)	Russia (Romanov)
European Championships (men's)	Scotland (Murdoch)	Norway (Ulsrud)	Germany (Kapp)
European Championships (women's)	Switzerland (Ott)	Sweden (Norberg)	Denmark (Jensen)
European Junior Challenge (men's)	Scotland (G. Muirhead)	Russia (Drosdov)	France (Vincent)
European Junior Challenge (women's)	France (Coulout)	Czech Republic (Kubeskova)	Italy (Apollonio)
Pacific Juniors (men's)	China (Zang)	South Korea (Kim HT)	New Zealand (Miller)
Pacific Juniors (women's)	Japan (Fujiwasa)	China (Liu)	South Korea (Gim)
USA-Brazil Challenge	United States (Birr)	Brazil (Mello)
European Youth Olympic Festival (men's)	Switzerland (Gulka)	United Kingdom (Dick)	Norway (Rølvåg)
European Olympic Youth Festival (women's)	United Kingdom (Sloan)	Switzerland (Iten)	Denmark (de Neergaard)
Winter Universiade (men's)	Sweden (Edin)	Norway (Løvold)	China (Wang F.)
Winter Universiade (women's)	China (Wang B.)	Canada (Nicol)	Russia (Privivkova)
World Wheelchair Championship	Canada (Armstrong)	Sweden (Jungell)	Germany (Jäger)
Mixed Doubles	Switzerland (Müller, Schori)	Hungary (Nagy, Szekeres)	Canada (Grassie, Nimik)
World Seniors (men's)	Canada (Hritzuk)	United States (Pustovar)	Scotland (Prentice)
World Seniors (women's)	Canada (Sanders)	Switzerland (Nedkoff)	Sweden (Meldahl)

World Curling Tour winners

Event	Date	Location	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
Baden Masters	Sept 5-7	Baden, SUI	Thomas Ulsrud	David Murdoch
Boston Pizza Shootout	Sept 18-21	Edmonton, Alta	Ted Appelman	Pat Simmons
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic	Sept 18-21	Brockville, Ont	Richard Hart	Kerry Burtnyk
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup	Sept 25-28	Oslo, NOR	Thomas Ulsrud	Kevin Martin
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cash Spiel	Oct 2-5	Vernon, BC	Bob Ursel	Sean Geall
Swiss Cup Basel	Oct 3-6	Basel, SUI	Brad Gushue	Ralph Stöckli
Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic	Oct 10-13	Brandon, Man.	Jeff Stoughton	Joel Jordison
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Westcoast Curling Classic	Oct 10-13	New Westminster, BC	Kevin Martin	Randy Ferbey
BDO Curling Classic	Oct 10-13	Oakville, Ont.	Glenn Howard	Mark Bice
St. Paul Cashspiel	Oct 17-20	St. Paul, MN	Pete Fenson	Bryan Burgess
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic	Oct 17-20	Medicine Hat, Alta.	Ted Appelman	Randy Bryden
Bern Open	Oct 17-29	Bern, SUI	Andy Kapp	Ralph Stöckli
Strauss Crown of Curling	Oct 17-20	Kamloops, BC	Rick Folk	Kevin Koe
Coupe Quebec	Oct 23-27	Quebec City, Que	Guy Hemmings	Bryan Cochrane
Meyers Norris Penny Prairie Classic	Oct 24-27	Portage la Prairie, Man.	Glenn Howard	Brad Heidt
Flint Energy Classic	Oct 24-27	Bonnyville, Alta	Kevin Martin	Jamie King
Cactus Pheasant Classic	Oct 30-Nov 2	Brooks, Alta	Glenn Howard	Kevin Martin
Red Deer Curling Classic	Oct 30-Nov 2	Red Deer, Alta	Ted Appelman	Dan Petryk
Yukon Title Curling Classic	Nov 6-9	Fairbanks, AK	Leland Rich	Greg Persinger
Duluth Cash Spiel	Nov 7-10	Duluth, MN	Craig Brown	Randy Neufeld
Best Western Wayside Inn Curling Classic	Nov 7-10	Lloydminster, Alta	Kevin Martin	Warren Hassall
Whites Drug Store Curling Classic	Nov 7-10	Swan River, Man.	Allan Lyburn	Kelly Skinner
Lucerne Curling Trophy	Nov 13-16	Lucerne, SUI	Andi Schwaller	Stefan Karnusian
Masters of Curling	Nov 14-16	Waterloo, Ont	Glenn Howard	Kevin Koe
Interlake Pharmacy Classic	Nov 20-24	Stonewall, Man.	Jeff Stoughton	Allan Lyburn
Skookum WCT Cash Spiel	Nov 20-23	Whitehorse, Yukon	Chris Schille	Jason Larway
Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic	Nov 21-24	Wainwright, Alta	Shane Park	Ted Appelman
SunLife Financial Invitational Classic	Nov 21-24	Brantford, Ont.	Glenn Howard	Jean-Michel Ménard
Challenge Casino de Charlevoix	Nov 26-30	Clermont, Que.	Wang Fengchun	Peter Steski
Seattle Cash Spiel	Nov 28-30	Seattle, WA	Mark Johnson	Ken Watson
Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic	Nov 28-Dec 1	Dauphin, Man.	Brendan Taylor	Terry McNamee
PointOptical Curling Classic	Nov 28-Dec 1	Saskatoon, Sask.	Eugene Hritzuk	Joel Jordison
Scottish Open	Nov 28-30	Edinburgh, SCO	Andy Kapp	Goran Carlsson
The Korbel Championship	Dec 5-7	Madison, WI	Greg Romaniuk	Pete Fenson
The National	Dec 5-7	Quebec City, Que.	Wayne Middaugh	Brad Gushue
Diversified Transportation Canada Cup Qualifier	Dec 11-15	Edmonton, Alta.	Bob Ursel	Kevin Martin
Super One Shoot-out @ Curl Mesabi	Dec 19-21	Eveleth, MN	Tyler George	Cassandra Potter
Ramada Perth Masters	Jan 8-11	Perth, SCO	Kevin Koe	Thomas Ulsrud
BDO Canadian Open of Curling	Jan 22-25	Winnipeg, Man.	Glenn Howard	Kevin Martin
Prague Grand Prix	Jan 30-Feb 1	Prague, CZE	Chris Schille	Jan Hauser
DeKalb Superspiel	Mar 19-23	Morris, Man.	Vic Peters	Randy Dutiaume
Bear Mountain Arena Classic	Mar 26-29	Victoria, BC	Wayne Middaugh	Mike McEwen
Grey Power Players' Championship	Apr 14-19	Grande Prairie, Alta.	Randy Ferbey	Glenn Howard

Women's World Curling Tour winners

Event	Date	Location	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
Boston Pizza Shootout	Sept. 18-21	Edmonton, AB	Mirjam Ott	Wang Bingyu
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic	Sept. 18-21	Brockville, ON	Marie-France Larouche	Ève Bélisle
Radisson SAS Oslo Cup	Sept. 25-28	Oslo, Norway	Kelly Wood	Anette Norberg
CUETS Schmirler Curling Classic	Sept 26-29	Regina, SK	Shannon Kleibrink	Krista McCarville
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cashspiel	Oct. 2-5	Vernon, BC	Shannon Kleibrink	Kelly Scott
RE/MAX Women's Masters Basel	Oct. 10-12	Basel, Switzerland	Anette Norberg	Edith Loudon
Trail Appliances Curling Classic	Oct. 10-13	Calgary, AB	Shannon Kleibrink	Cheryl Bernard
Strauss Crown of Curling	Oct. 17-20	Kamloops, BC	Kim Mi-Yeon	Marla Mallett
Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic	Oct. 17-20	Medicine Hat, AB	Casey Scheidegger	Lisa Johnson
Zurich Women's Masters	Oct 17-19	Zürich, Switzerland	Andrea Schöpp	Michèle Jäggi
Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel	Oct 17-20	London, ON	Rachel Homan	Wang Bingyu
Coupe Quebec	Oct. 23-27	Quebec City, QC	Marie-France Larouche	Allison Ross
Casinos of Winnipeg Classic	Oct. 24-27	Winnipeg, MB	Michelle Englot	Kelly Scott
Stockholm Ladies Cup	Oct. 30-Nov. 2	Stockholm, Sweden	Stina Viktorsson	Binia Feltscher-Beeli
Red Deer Curling Classic	Oct. 30-Nov. 2	Red Deer, AB	Cheryl Bernard	Shannon Kleibrink
Duluth Cash Spiel	Nov. 7-10	Duluth, MN	Krista McCarville	Amy Wright
Colonial Square Ladies Classic	Nov. 7-10	Saskatoon, SK	Stefanie Lawton	Michelle Englot
Royal Lepage OVCA Women's Fall Classic	Nov. 7-9	Kemptville, ON	Rachel Homan	Sherry Middaugh
Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic	Nov. 14-17	Winnipeg, MB	Jennifer Jones	Stefanie Lawton
Interlake Pharmacy Classic	Nov. 20-24	Stonewall, MB	Kim Link	Kerri Flett
SunLife Financial Invitational Classic	Nov. 21-24	Brantford, ON	Marie-France Larouche	Jacqueline Harrison
Sobeys Slam	Nov. 27-30	New Glasgow, NS	Marie-France Larouche	Stefanie Lawton
VCC Ladies Totem Cashspiel	Nov. 28-30	Vancouver, BC	Marla Mallett	Ashleigh Clark
International ZO Women's Tournament	Nov. 28-30	Wetzikon, Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	Marlene Albrecht
Boundary Ford Curling Classic	Nov. 28-Dec. 1	Lloydminster, AB	Kristie Moore	Andrea McCutcheon
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup Qualifier	Dec. 11-15	Ottawa, ON	Marie-France Larouche	Amber Holland
International Bernese Ladies Cup	Jan. 9-11	Bern, Switzerland	Shannon Kleibrink	Andrea Schöpp
Glynhill Ladies International	Jan. 16-19	Glasgow, Scotland	Jennifer Jones	Binia Feltscher-Beeli
DEKALB Superspiel	Mar. 13-19	Morris, MB	Crystal Webster	Ève Bélisle
Players' Championships	Apr. 14-19	Grande Prairie, AB	Jennifer Jones	Shannon Kleibrink

WCT Money Ranking

#	Men's teams	$ (CAD)
1	Glenn Howard	140,400
2	Kevin Martin	132,553
3	Randy Ferbey	92,000
4	Wayne Middaugh	76,594
5	Brad Gushue	75,624
6	Mike McEwen	62,100
7	Jeff Stoughton	62,000
8	Kevin Koe	60,366
9	Kerry Burtnyk	51,052
10	Chris Schille	45,417