Week 7:
World Curling Tour:
McCain Superspiel WEST, Portage,
Manitoba
32 team triple knockout--opening round
Friday 8:30 a.m.--Final Monday 4 p.m.
Prize Money--$50,000, 1st-$15,000,
2nd-$9,000, 3-4th-$6,000, 5-8th-$3,500
Featured rinks include--Jeff Stoughton, Randy
Ferbey, Vic Peters, Doran Johnson, Kevin Martin, Brad Heidt, John
Morris(Calgary), Rob Johnson(Calgary)
I Love NY Open Classic, Utica, NY, USA
24 team--4 divisions--Round
Robin--opening round Thursday 3 p.m.--Final Sunday 1 p.m.
Prize
Money--($40,000usd)--1st-$13,000, 2nd-$8,000, 3-4th-$5,000, 5-8th-$3,000
Featured rinks include-- Markku Uusipaavalniemi,
Tom Brewster, Hugh Millikin, Bryan Cochrane, Chris Galbraith, Wayne
Middaugh, Martin Ferland, Criag Brown, Andi Schwaller, Glenn Howard, Dave
Smith.
50th Annual Don's Drywall Rainbow
Charity Classic, Lethbridge, Alta
32 triple knockout--opening round 9
a.m. Friday--Final Monday
Prize Money--$26,000--1st-$7,500,
2nd-$4,500, 3-4th-$3,000, 5-8th-$2,000
Featured rinks include--Kory Kohuch, Shane
Park, Trent McQuarrie, Frank Morrisette(Calgary), Rob Armitage, Bob Ursel,
Jamie King, Jamie Schneider.
Women's Curling Tour:
Park Town Hotel Classic, Saskatoon,
SK.
32 team triple knockout--opening round
10 a.m. Friday--Final Monday 3:30 p.m.
Prize Money--$31,000, 1st-$9,000,
2nd-$5,000, 3-4th-$3,500, 5-8th-$2,500
Featured rinks include--Sherry Anderson,
Michelle Englot, Lois Fowler, Diana Gaspari(Italy), Rhona Martin(Scotland),
Sherry Middaugh, Stefanie Miller, Deb Santos, Bronwen Saunders(Calgary)
50th Annual Don's Drywall Pot-O-Gold
Classic, Lethbridge, Alta.($11,000)
16 team double knockout with
Consolation--opening round 2 p.m.Friday--Final Sunday
Prize Money--1st-$4,000, 2nd-$2,500,
304th-$2,000, 5-6th-$1,400, consolation--$700
Featured rinks include--Heather Rankin(Calgary),
Ladawn Funk, Diane Foster(Calgary).
Bacardi Rum Cashspiel, Brampton,
Ont.($20,000)
24 team divisional round robin-4
sections--opening round Oct 25th
Featured rinks include--Marilyn Bodogh, Anne
Dunn, Alison Goring, Brenda Nicholls, Elaine Uhryn.
Dooly's Atlantic Curling Tour:
Travel Spiel, St.John's, Nfld/Lab
Ottawa Valley Curling Tour:
Carleton Place Masters, Ottawa, Ont.
20 teams 4 pools round robin--Opening
round Thursday 7 p.m.--Final Sunday 5 p.m.
Prize Money--1st--$2,500, 2nd-$1,500,
3-4th-$1,000, 5-8th-$500--$50 per win in RR
Featured rinks include--Jeff McCrady, Howard
Rajala, Lee Merklinger, Cheryl McBain
Ontario Curling Tour:
Bacardi Rum Cash Spiel,
Brampton($20,000)
24 team round robin 4
sections--opening Monday 6:30 p.m.-Final Oct 31
Prize Money--
Featured rinks include--Greg Balsdon, Peter
Corner, Garth Mitchell, Nick Rizzo, Bob Turcotte, Ed Werenich.
Manitoba Curling Tour:
Hamiota Men's Cash, Hamiota, Man.
10 team triple knockout
Prize Money--$5,000--1st-$2,500,
2nd-$1,000, 3-4th-$750
Featured rinks include--Murray Warren, Brent
Strachen, Cam Thompson.
Rossmere Kurbis Galaxy Spiel,
Winnipeg, Man.
32 teams double knockout with
consolation
Prize Money--$9,660--1st-$4,000,
2nd-$2,000, 3-4th-$830, 5-8--$500
Saskatchewan Curling Tour:
Prince Albert Men's Cash Spiel, Prince
Albert, SK
European Curling Event:
8th Grand Prix International, Berne,
Switzerland
32 team triple knockout with a
consolation round
Featured rinks include--Luzia Ebnother,
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Manuela Kormann, Bernhard Werthemann, Yannick
renggli, Sebastien Stock, Ralph Stockli.
Alspitz-Pokal, Garmisch, Germany
Quebec Curling Tour:
Port-Alfred Spiel, Port-Alfred, Quebec
Zurich, Switzerland Super
League(58,900 swiss francs)
The price sum is Swissfrancs 58'900.The best
teams of Zurich will play there. A team get for each point Swissfrancs
175.00, after 8 rounds the leader get SFr. 1'000/Runer up SFr. 800/Third
SFr. 600.