2016 Humpty's Champions Cup
The 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 26 to May 1 at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta. This was the final Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season and is the seventh men's Grand Slam and the sixth women's Grand Slam of the season. The teams were split into 3 round-robin pools of 5 teams each, and the top eight teams overall will qualify for the playoff round.
Teams from the Winnipeg area won both the men's and women's events, with Reid Carruthers winning his first slam as a skip on the men's side and Jennifer Jones winning her 12th slam on the women's side. Both Carruthers and Jones happened to qualify for the Champions Cup by winning the same event, the DeKalb Superspiel.
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Reid Carruthers | Braeden Moskowy | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Brady Clark | Greg Persinger | Colin Hufman | Philip Tilker | Seattle, Washington |
Benoît Schwarz | Claudio Pätz | Peter de Cruz | Valentin Tanner | Geneva, Switzerland |
Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Kristian Lindström | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
John Epping | Mat Camm | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Mick Lizmore | Daylan Vavrek | Tom Appelman | Carter Lautner | Edmonton, Alberta |
Mike McEwen | Jon Mead | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Shaun Meachem | Catlin Schneider | Brady Scharback | Aaron Shutra | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Bruce Mouat | Bobby Lammie | Gregor Cannon | Angus Dowell | Edinburgh, Scotland |
David Murdoch | Greg Drummond | Scott Andrews | Michael Goodfellow | Stirling, Scotland |
John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | Chris Plys | Duluth, Minnesota |
Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Tom Sallows | Nolan Thiessen | Calgary, Alberta |
Round Robin Standings
Draw 1
Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 pmDraw 2
Wednesday, April 27, 8:30 amDraw 3
Wednesday, April 27, 12:00 pmDraw 4
Wednesday, April 27, 3:30 pmDraw 5
Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 pmDraw 6
Thursday, April 28, 8:30 amDraw 7
Thursday, April 28, 12:30 pmDraw 8
Thursday, April 28, 4:00 pmDraw 9
Thursday, April 28, 7:30 pmDraw 10
Friday, April 29, 8:30 amDraw 11
Friday, April 29, 12:30 pmDraw 12
Friday, April 29, 4:00 pmDraw 13
Friday, April 29, 7:30 pmTiebreakers
Saturday, April 30, 9:00 amPlayoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 30, 5:00 pmSemifinals
Saturday, April 30, 8:30 pmFinal
Carruthers wins his first Slam as a skip in a rare second extra end.Sunday, May 1, 6:00 pm
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
Chelsea Carey | Amy Nixon | Jocelyn Peterman | Laine Peters | Calgary, Alberta |
Kerri Einarson | Selena Kaatz | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Kristin Clarke | Sarah Daniels | Karlee Burgess | Janique LeBlanc | Chester, Nova Scotia |
Allison Flaxey | Clancy Grandy | Lynn Kreviazuk | Morgan Court | Caledon, Ontario |
Satsuki Fujisawa | Mari Motohashi | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Kitami, Japan |
Jacqueline Harrison | Janet Murphy | Stefanie Matheson | Melissa Foster | Mississauga, Ontario |
Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Stefanie Lawton | Beth Iskiw | Sherri Singler | Marliese Kasner | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Krista McCarville | Kendra Lilly | Ashley Sippala | Sarah Potts | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Eve Muirhead | Nadine Lehmann | Vicki Adams | Sarah Reid | Stirling, Scotland |
Ayumi Ogasawara | Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Sapporo, Japan |
Kelsey Rocque | Laura Crocker | Taylor McDonald | Jen Gates | Edmonton, Alberta |
Valerie Sweeting | Lori Olson-Johns | Dana Ferguson | Rachelle Brown | Edmonton, Alberta |
Silvana Tirinzoni | Manuela Siegrist | Esther Neuenschwander | Marlene Albrecht | Aarau, Switzerland |
Round Robin Standings
Draw 1
Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 pmDraw 2
Wednesday, April 27, 8:30 amDraw 3
Wednesday, April 27, 12:00 pmDraw 4
Wednesday, April 27, 3:30 pmDraw 5
Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 pmDraw 6
Thursday, April 28, 8:30 amDraw 7
Thursday, April 28, 12:30 pmDraw 8
Thursday, April 28, 4:00 pmDraw 9
Thursday, April 28, 7:30 pmDraw 10
Friday, April 29, 8:30 amDraw 11
Friday, April 29, 12:30 pmDraw 12
Friday, April 29, 4:00 pmTiebreaker
Friday, April 29, 7:30 pmPlayoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 30, 12:30 pmSemifinals
Saturday, April 30, 8:30 pmFinal
Sunday, May 1, 2:30 pmQualification process
The Champions Cup will involve 15 men's and 15 women's winners on the Pinty's GSOC season plus champions from select events, including the Tim Hortons Brier, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, World/Regional Championships, and other highly ranked competitive events on the World Curling Tour.The winning teams at the events listed below will receive invites to the Champions Cup.
For Men's Qualifying, the top 3 ranked WCT event winners will be invited.
For Women's Qualifying the top 4 ranked WCT event winners will be invited.
In the event a team wins more than one qualifying event, the winner of the next highest ranked World Curling Tour event based on Strength of Field Multiplier, that has not qualified through another path, will be invited to complete the 15-team lineup.
Men
WCT events ranked by Strength of field multiplier
Women
WCT events ranked by Strength of field multiplier
# | Event | SFM | Winner | Notes |
1 | 11.3942 | Rachel Homan | Qualified as winner of the Masters | |
2 | Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic | 9.8287 | Rachel Homan | Qualified as winner of the Masters |
3 | Stockholm Ladies Cup | 9.3825 | Rachel Homan | Qualified as winner of the Masters |
4 | Stu Sells Oakville Tankard | 9.2888 | Rachel Homan | Qualified as winner of the Masters |
5 | Canad Inns Women's Classic | 8.9805 | Kim Eun-jung | |
6 | DEKALB Superspiel | 8.3844 | Jennifer Jones | |
7 | Women's Masters Basel | 7.9080 | Anna Sidorova | Qualified as winner of the European Championships |
8 | Colonial Square Ladies Classic | 7.8630 | Krista McCarville | |
9 | International Bernese Ladies Cup | 7.6385 | Silvana Tirinzoni | Qualified as winner of the GSOC Tour Challenge |
10 | Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic | 7.0452 | Stefanie Lawton | |
11 | CCT Uiseong Masters | 6.7763 | Kelsey Rocque | Also won Red Deer Curling Classic |
12 | City of Perth Ladies International | 6.3695 | Eve Muirhead | Qualified as winner of the Players' Championship |
13 | GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 | 6.3163 | Kerri Einarson | |
14 | ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling | 5.8912 | Krista McCarville | Also won Colonial Square Ladies Classic |
15 | Red Deer Curling Classic | 5.8630 | Kelsey Rocque | |
16 | Karuizawa International | 5.6963 | Ayumi Ogasawara | |
17 | HDF Insurance Shoot-Out | 5.5352 | Valerie Sweeting | |
18 | Glynhill Ladies International | 5.3796 | Silvana Tirinzoni | Qualified as winner of the GSOC Tour Challenge |
19 | Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic | 4.9870 | Jacqueline Harrison | |
20 | AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic | 4.9281 | Kim Eun-jung | Also won Canad Inns Women's Classic |
21 | 4.7595 | Binia Feltscher | Also won World Championship | |
22 | 4.7580 | Jenn Hanna | ||
23 | Hub International Crown of Curling | 4.6459 | Gim Un-chi | |
24 | StuSells Toronto Tankard | 4.2152 | Erika Brown | Qualified as U.S Champion |
25 | Mother Club Fall Curling Classic | 4.2120 | Michelle Montford | |
26 | KW Fall Classic | 4.1840 | Allison Flaxey |