The St. Paul Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel

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 St. Paul Curling Club

St. Paul Curling Club

The St. Paul Curling Club is an historic curling club located in St. Paul, MN on Selby Avenue. It is the curling club with the largest active membership in the United States at over 1200 members. It was first established in 1885, and the present St. Paul CC was established when the Capitol City...

 in St. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. It is part of the World Curling Tour

World Curling Tour

The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

. The bonspiel takes place during the 6th/7th week of the Tour. In the past, the event has been held using a triple knockout format, but a round-robin

Round-robin

The term round-robin was originally used to describe a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified...

 tournament format is being used for the 2010

2010 St. Paul Cash Spiel

The 2010 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota from October 15–17, 2010 as a part of the World Curling Tour. The tournament included 24 teams participating in round-robin play, and included 8 playoff games. The purse is $13,500 USD...

 spiel. The men's tournament was started in 1994 and has been held every year since 1998 as part of the World Curling Tour

World Curling Tour

The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

. The women's tournament is due to begin in 2011. The bonspiel will also be part of the upcoming Great Lakes Curling Tour.

Men

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (USD)
1994	Steve Brown	Greg Gallagher	$2,000
1998	Bruce Melville	Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota. He is one of the most prolific curlers from the United States, with over thirty years of experience under his belt...
1999	Tim Somerville Tim Somerville Tim Somerville is an American curler. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed fourth, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...	John Medure
2000	Craig Brown Craig Brown (curler) Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S...	David Bohn
2001	Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota. He is one of the most prolific curlers from the United States, with over thirty years of experience under his belt...	Craig Brown Craig Brown (curler) Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S...
2002	Dave Smith	Ed Premo
2003	Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota. He is one of the most prolific curlers from the United States, with over thirty years of experience under his belt...	Mark Haluptzok	$15,600
2004	Howard Restall	Craig Brown Craig Brown (curler) Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S...	$16,000
2005	Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar Paul Pustovar is an American curler from Hibbing, Minnesota. He is one of the most prolific curlers from the United States, with over thirty years of experience under his belt...	Rich Ruohonen	$14,400
2006	Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier.Burgess was a member of the Al Hackner rink from the late 90s to 2002. In 2001, Burgess won his only Northern Ontario provincial title, playing third for the team. At...	Craig Disher	$14,400
2007	Craig Disher	Trevor Clifford	$16,000
2008	Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling...	Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier.Burgess was a member of the Al Hackner rink from the late 90s to 2002. In 2001, Burgess won his only Northern Ontario provincial title, playing third for the team. At...	$16,200
2009	Mike Pozihun	Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier.Burgess was a member of the Al Hackner rink from the late 90s to 2002. In 2001, Burgess won his only Northern Ontario provincial title, playing third for the team. At...	$12,000
2010 2010 St. Paul Cash Spiel The 2010 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota from October 15–17, 2010 as a part of the World Curling Tour. The tournament included 24 teams participating in round-robin play, and included 8 playoff games. The purse is $13,500 USD...	Tyler George Tyler George Tyler George is an American curler. He was a member of the defending American national championship team....	Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess Bryan Burgess is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier.Burgess was a member of the Al Hackner rink from the late 90s to 2002. In 2001, Burgess won his only Northern Ontario provincial title, playing third for the team. At...	$13,500
2011 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel The 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held from October 13 to 16 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purses for the men's and women's events were USD$13,500 and USD$7,200, respectively...	Tyler George Tyler George Tyler George is an American curler. He was a member of the defending American national championship team....	Jeff Currie	$13,500

Women

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (USD)
2011 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel The 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel was held from October 13 to 16 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purses for the men's and women's events were USD$13,500 and USD$7,200, respectively...	Patti Lank Patti Lank Patti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.-Career:Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete...	Aileen Sormunen	$7,200

External Links

• Official Site of the St. Paul Cash Spiel