Curling Tour

World Curling Tour

Boston Pizza September Shoot-Out, Edmonton, Alta(Sept 21-23)

Prize Money--$15,000, 1st-$4,500, 2nd-$3,000, 3-4th-$1,750, 5-8th-$1,250

Featured rinks include--Randy Ferbey, Jamie King, Mark Johnson, Kevin Park, Pat Simmons,

10th Annual AMJ Shorty Jenkins Classic-Brockville, Ont.(Sept 20-23)

Prize Money--$36,000, 1st $9,000,2nd-$6,000,3-4th-$4,000,5-8th-$3,000 + $100 per in RR

Featured teams include--Kevin Martin, Robert Desjardins, Peter Corner, Wayne Middaugh, Jean Michel Menard, Glenn Howard, Guy Hemmings, Brad Gushue, Pete Fenson.

Women's Curling Tour

10th Annual AMJ Shorty Jenkins Classic-Brockville, Ont.(Sept 20-23)

Prize Money--$12,000. 1st-$5,000,2nd-$3,500, 3-4th-$2,250 + $100 per win in RR

Featured teams include--Marie France Larouche, Eve Belisle, Debbie McCormick, Patti Lank, Jenn Hanna, Luzia Ebnoether, Chantal Osborne.

http://www.brockvillecountryclub.com/Shorty/contact_us.htm

BDO Women's Galt Cashspiel, Cambridge, Ont.(Sept 19-23)

Featured teams include--Anne Dunn, Sherry Middaugh, Alison Goring, Julie Reddick.

Boston Pizza September Shoot-Out, Edmonton, Alta(Sept 21-23)

Prize Money--$11,500, 1st-$3,500, 2nd-$2,200, 3-4th-$1,250, 5-8th-$950

Featured rinks include--Cathy King, Bingyu Wang, Glenys Bakker, Deb Santos, Renee Sonnenberg.

Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, Oslo, Norway

Prize Money--90,000 NOK,1st-34,000,2nd-18,000,3-4th-9,000,5-8th-4,500

Featured teams include--Sherry Anderson, Linn Githmark, Anette Norberg, Liudmila Privivkova, Dordi Nordby, Kelley Wood, Manuela Kormann, Silvana Tirinzoni, Jennifer Jones.

Ontario Curling Tour

RCMP OVCT Fall Open, Ottawa, Ont(Sept 20-23)

Prize Money--$12,000, 2st-$3,000, 2nd-$2,000, 3-4th-$1,500, 5-8th-$1,000

Featured teams include--Howard Rajala, Bryan Cochrane, Don Westphal, Ted Butler, Dwayne Fowler, Tim Phillips.

BDO Men's Galt Cashspiel, Cambridge, Ont.(Sept 19-23)

Featured teams include--Mike Harris, Chad Allen, Dale Matchett.

Atlantic Curling Tour:

Sounds Fantantic Early Bird Challange, Moncton, NB(Sept 21-23)

Prize Money--$14,000, $4,800, $3,200, $1,850, $725

Featured teams include--Russ Howard, James Grattan, Jim Sullivan, Mark Kehoe, Shelley Bradley

European Curling Tour:

Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, Oslo, Norway

Prize Money--150,000 NOK,1st-54,000,2nd-32,000,3-4th-16,000,5-8th-8,000

Featured teams include--Thomas Ulsrud, Niklas Edin, Thomas Lovold, David Murdoch, Kevin Koe, Radek Klima, Paal Trulsen.

European Curling Event:

5th Madrid International Spiel, Madrid Spain(Sept 21-23)

Featured teams include--Stefan Karnusian, Brian Gray, Adrian Meikle.

Fussen Classic, Fussen, Germany(Sept 21-23)

European Curling Federation Event

European Mixed Curling Championship, Madrid Spain(Sept 24-29)http://www.emcc2007.es/

MANITOBA CURLING TOUR'S

17TH SEASON
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    (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)                              Sept.18th, 2007.
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        The Manitoba Curling Tour is set to move into its 17th season,
offering cash purses totalling $431,460 in 17 events. The schedule begins
in Selkirk with the newly-sponsored McMillan Insurance Classic (formerly the
Steeltown Classic) with men's and women's divisions, from September 28th to
October 1st.

        In other developments, the tour now has Canad Inns as a major
sponsor, joining Labatt Breweries Manitoba and Asham Curling Supplies, and a
new website has been created (www.mancurltour.ca) to provide improved local
information and liaison with MCT event operations.

        To avoid conflict with the Canada Cup qualifying bonspiels of the
Canadian Curling Association and the Continental Cup, the Manitoba Curling
Tour Championships will be shifted back to January 4th-6th, 2008, and will
be held once again at the Portage Curling Club with 24-team men's and
12-team women's divisions.

        In addition to the McMillan Insurance Classic, two other MCT events
will have new titles and sponsors this season. Beausejour's cashspiel
(October 11th-14th) now is known as the SICU Classic (South Interlake Credit
Union Classic), and in Morris, the former Enns Brothers Classic will be
called the Morris Curling Classic (November 30th-December 3rd).

        The sale of the Agricore United operation in Manitoba has resulted
in a one-year suspension of the long running Oiltown Classic in Virden, and
in another change the two Asham Open events (men's and women's) both will be
held on the Thanksgiving weekend (October 5th-9th) at the Thistle Curling
Club in Winnipeg.

        At its annual meeting in June, the Manitoba Curling Association
approved an MCT request to clarify the tour's representation of its men's
champion each year in the Safeway Championship. The highest ranking
eligible team in the men's MCT Championship will earn a provincial berth,
this season in Brandon in February.

        The complete 2007-08 schedule:
    Sept.28-Oct.1       Selkirk-McMillan Insurance Classic      (men-women)
    Oct. 5-9            Thistle-Asham 8-ender Men's Open        (men)
    Oct. 6-9            Thistle-Asham 8-ender Women's Open      (women)
    Oct.11-14           Beausejour-SICU Classic                 (men-women)
    Oct.19-22           Fort Rouge-Casinos of Wpg. Classic      (women)
    Oct.26-28           Hamiota-Hamiota Men's Cash Spiel        (men)
    Oct.26-29           Portage-Meyers Norris Penny Prairie Classic (men)
    Nov. 1-5            Rossmere-Kurbis Memorial Galaxy Bonspiel    (open)
    Nov. 6-12           East St. Paul-East St. Paul Cash Spiel (men-women)
    Nov. 9-12           Swan River-Whites' Drug Store Classic   (men)
    Nov.16-19           Gimli-Pharmasave Gimli Classic          (men)
    Nov.22-26           Stonewall-Interlake Pharmacy Classic    (men-women)
    Nov.30-Dec.3        Morris-Morris Curling Classic           (men)
    Nov.30-Dec.3        Dauphin-Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Cash Spiel (men)
    Dec. 5-9            Thistle-Thistle Integrity Stakes        (open)
    Dec.26-30           Fort Rouge-Labatt Fort Rouge Xmas Spiel (open)
    Jan.4-6/2008        Portage-MCT Championships               (men-women)
    F.M.I.-- Bob Picken, phone (204) 489-8642;
        E-mail -- bponsport@shaw.ca