Cloverdale Cash Spiel
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The Cloverdale Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel
, or curling
tournament, that takes place at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey
, British Columbia
. The tournament is held in a round robin format. The tournament was established in 2011 as one of the first events of the season. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System, which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
.
Bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, traditionally held outdoors on a frozen freshwater loch. The word comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means league match . Though not mandatory, curling teams involved in bonspiels often wear theme costumes...
, or curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
tournament, that takes place at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The tournament is held in a round robin format. The tournament was established in 2011 as one of the first events of the season. The event counts toward the Canadian Team Ranking System, which hands out points based on performances at CTRS events and deals with qualification to the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, also known since 2005 as the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, occur every four years, in the year preceding the Winter Olympic games. They are held to determine the men's and women's representative at the following Olympics. The system of qualification for the...
.
Men
Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (CAD) |
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2011 2011 Cloverdale Cash Spiel The 2011 Cloverdale Cash Spiel was an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey, British Columbia as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's and women's events was CAD$8,050 for both events.-Teams:-Round Robin... |
Alexey Tselousov Alexey Tselousov Alexey Tselousov is a Russian curler from Moscow.Tselousov has played in seven European Curling Championships , skipping all but two when he played second for the Russian team. While playing on the Russian team, their best performance was 2004 when Tselousov played second for Alexander Kirikov... |
Brent Pierce Brent Pierce Brent Pierce is a Canadian curler.Pierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing third for Greg McAulay. Pierce last represented BC at the Brier in 2009 with the Sean Geall team... |
$8,050 |
Women
Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (CAD) |
---|---|---|---|
2011 2011 Cloverdale Cash Spiel The 2011 Cloverdale Cash Spiel was an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey, British Columbia as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the men's and women's events was CAD$8,050 for both events.-Teams:-Round Robin... |
Kelley Law Kelley Law Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia... |
Liudmila Privivkova | $8,050 |