| 2023 Stu Sells Tankard | |
| Host City: | Barrie, Ontario |
| Arena: | Barrie Curling Club |
| Dates: | October 5–9 |
| Men's Winner: |  Team Morozumi |
| Curling Club: | Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa |
| Skip: | Yusuke Morozumi |
| Third: | Yuta Matsumura |
| Second: | Ryotaro Shukuya |
| Lead: | Masaki Iwai |
| Alternate: | Kosuke Morozumi |
| Finalist: |  Jeong Byeong-jin |
| Women's Winner: | Team Kim |
| Curling Club2: | Gangneung CC, Gangneung |
| Skip2: | Kim Eun-jung |
| Third2: | Kim Kyeong-ae |
| Second2: | Kim Cho-hi |
| Lead2: | Kim Seon-yeong |
| Alternate2: | Kim Yeong-mi |
| Coach2: | Lim Myung-sup, Peter Gallant |
| Finalist2: | Team Yoshimura |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 Stu Sells Tankard was held from October 5 to 9 at the Barrie Curling Club in Barrie, Ontario.[1] The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of $30,000 on the men's side and $21,000 on the women's side.[2] [3] It was the second Stu Sells sponsored event held as part of the 2023–24 season.[4]
In the men's final, Japan's Yusuke Morozumi led his team of Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai and Kosuke Morozumi to a triumphant 8–2 victory over South Korea's Jeong Byeong-jin. Morozumi opened the game with a count of five in the opening end. Jeong replied with two in the second before the Japanese answered back with three in third to bring the game to an early close. The Morozumi rink finished 3–1 through the round robin and scored playoff wins over Marco Hösli and Mike Fournier to reach the final. Team Jeong also went 3–1 in the preliminary round before knocking off fellow Korean rivals Park Jong-duk in the quarterfinals and Owen Purcell in the semis. Sam Mooibroek and Jayden King also qualified for the final eight but lost in the quarters.
South Korea's Kim Eun-jung took the women's title, counting two in the eighth end to win 6–5 over Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura rink, led by Yuna Kotani, in the final. The 2018 Olympic silver medalists took control of the game with a deuce in the fourth end but a strong seventh by Yoshimura gave them a one point edge coming home. In the eighth, Kim narrowly got by the two guards on her final takeout attempt to count two and secure the team's first tour title of the season. The Korean team, with Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Cho-hi, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Yeong-mi went 3–1 in the round robin before knocking off both Wang Rui and Han Yu of China in the quarters and semis respectively. Team Yoshimura also went 3–1 and then beat Susan Froud and Lauren Mann. Ikue Kitazawa and Krysta Burns rounded out the playoff field.
The teams are listed as follows:[5]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julien Tremblay (Fourth) | Jean-Michel Arsenault (Skip) | Lévis, Quebec | ||||
| Carter Bryant | Nolan Bryant | Jacob Clarke | Matthew Abrams | Brantford, Ontario | ||
 Chaska, Minnesota | ||||||
| Alex Champ | Charlie Richard | Scott Clinton | Jess Bechard | Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Toronto, Ontario | ||||||
| Brandon Tippin | Mike Walsh | Brantford, Ontario | ||||
| Evan Lilly | Grimsby, Ontario | |||||
| Zander Elmes | Toronto, Ontario | |||||
| Glarus, Switzerland | ||||||
| Joey Hart | Sudbury, Ontario | |||||
| Penetanguishene, Ontario | ||||||
| Seoul, South Korea | ||||||
| Jayden King | Dylan Niepage | Gavin Lydiate | Daniel Del Conte | Guelph, Ontario | ||
 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | ||||||
| Jeffrey Meagher | Nick Zachernuk | Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||||
| Sam Mooibroek | Colin Schnurr | Wyatt Small | Whitby, Ontario | |||
| Kosuke Morozumi | Karuizawa, Japan | |||||
| Lee Ki-bok | Gangwon, South Korea | |||||
| Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||||||
| Samuel Strouse | Aidan Oldenburg | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||
| Dean Hürlimann | Schaffhausen, Switzerland | |||||
| Colin Hufman | Duluth, Minnesota | |||||
| Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Final Round Robin Standings[6]
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to Tiebreakers | ||
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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .[7]
Thursday, October 5, 3:00 pm
Thursday, October 5, 6:00 pm
Thursday, October 5, 9:00 pm
Friday, October 6, 8:00 am
Friday, October 6, 10:45 am
Friday, October 6, 2:15 pm
Friday, October 6, 4:45 pm
Friday, October 6, 7:15 pm
Friday, October 6, 9:30 pm
Saturday, October 7, 8:00 am
Saturday, October 7, 10:45 am
Saturday, October 7, 2:15 pm
Saturday, October 7, 4:45 pm
Saturday, October 7, 7:15 pm
Saturday, October 7, 9:30 pm
Sunday, October 8, 8:00 am
Sunday, October 8, 10:45 am
Sunday, October 8, 2:15 pm
Sunday, October 8, 4:45 pm
Sunday, October 8, 9:30 pm
Source:[8]
Monday, October 9, 11:00 am
Monday, October 9, 2:00 pm
Monday, October 9, 5:00 pm
The teams are listed as follows:[9]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michaela Robert | Terri Weeks | Grace Cave | Ottawa, Ontario | |||
| Courtney Auld | Cayla Auld | Melanie Ebach | Leigh Armstrong | Thornhill, Ontario | ||
| Sarah Bailey | Katie Ford | Madison Fisher | Emily Middaugh | St. Catharines, Ontario | ||
| Paige Bown | Meaghan Mallett | Jessica Byers | Celeste Gauthier | Navan, Ontario | ||
| Brenda Chapman | Niagara Falls, Ontario | |||||
| Sudbury, Ontario | ||||||
 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||
| Mary Myketyn-Driscoll | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |||||
| Woodstock, Ontario | ||||||
| Kerry Lackie | Alliston, Ontario | |||||
 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Jessica Corrado | Stephanie Corrado | Sarnia, Ontario | ||||
| Stirling, Scotland | ||||||
| Celine Schwizgebel | Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann | Zug, Switzerland | ||||
| Kaitlin Jewer | Breanna Rozon | Audrey de Sousa | Peterborough, Ontario | |||
| Kim Yeong-mi | Gangneung, South Korea | |||||
| Hasumi Ishigooka | Nagano, Japan | |||||
| Stephanie Barbeau | Abby Deschene | Candice Jackson | Timmins, Ontario | |||
| Sarah Potts | Thunder Bay, Ontario | |||||
| Quinn Walsh | Brooke Davies | Mackenzie Cryderman | Melissa Retz | Oshawa, Ontario | ||
| Beijing, China | ||||||
| Milton, Ontario | ||||||
| Sapporo, Japan | ||||||
| Tori Zemmelink | Lauren Rajala | Katie Shaw | Guelph, Ontario |
Final Round Robin Standings[10]
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to Tiebreakers | ||
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All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .[11]
Thursday, October 5, 3:00 pm
Thursday, October 5, 6:00 pm
Thursday, October 5, 9:00 pm
Friday, October 6, 8:00 am
Friday, October 6, 10:45 am
Friday, October 6, 2:15 pm
Friday, October 6, 4:45 pm
Friday, October 6, 7:15 pm
Friday, October 6, 9:30 pm
Saturday, October 7, 8:00 am
Saturday, October 7, 10:45 am
Saturday, October 7, 2:15 pm
Saturday, October 7, 4:45 pm
Saturday, October 7, 7:15 pm
Saturday, October 7, 9:30 pm
Sunday, October 8, 8:00 am
Sunday, October 8, 10:45 am
Sunday, October 8, 2:15 pm
Sunday, October 8, 4:45 pm
Sunday, October 8, 7:15 pm
Source:[12]
Monday, October 9, 8:00 am
Monday, October 9, 2:00 pm
Monday, October 9, 5:00 pm