Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Explained

Stu Sells Oakville Tankard
Established:2004
Host City:Oakville, Ontario
Arena:Oakville Curling Club
Men's Purse:$30,000
Women's Purse:$30,000
Current Men's Champion: Yannick Schwaller
Current Women's Champion: Xenia Schwaller
Current:2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard

The Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (also known as the OCT Championships) is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour. Except for in 2020, the event has been held at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event was formerly just on the Ontario Curling Tour, but it was promoted as a World Curling Tour event in 2013 when Stu Sells became the sponsor.

As of 2023, the purse for the event is $30,000 for the men's and women's events. A Tier 2 men's event was added in 2016 (but was discontinued), with a total purse of $16,000.

In 2020, the event was held at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario, due to the COVID-19 pandemic delaying the opening of the Oakville Curling Club. That year, the men's event was halted before the playoffs, as one player was notified through a COVID Alert tracing app that he had come in contact with someone who had the virus.[1] The women's playoff was held, however, as the men's and women's teams did not play at the same time.[2]

The event was postponed and eventually cancelled in 2022 to avoid conflicting with the 2022 PointsBet Invitational.[3]

Past champions

Men

Tier 1

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD) Host site
2004[4] Wayne Middaugh, Glenn Howard, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard[5] $8,000
2005[6] $18,000
2006 [7] $13,000 Cambridge
2007[8] $21,000[9]
2008[10] $27,500[11] Oakville
2010[12] $20,450 Oakville
2011[13] $24,000 Oakville
$23,400 Oakville
2013[14] $34,000 Oakville
2014[15] $30,000 Oakville
2015[16] $27,200 Oakville
2016[17] $27,000 Oakville
2017[18] $28,000 Oakville
2018[19] $25,000 Oakville
2019[20] $36,000 Oakville
2020[21] Tournament halted before playoffs $10,000 Waterloo
2021[22] $35,000 Oakville
2023[23] $30,000 Oakville
2024[24] $30,000 Oakville

Tier 2

Women

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2004
2005[26] $13,000
2006[27] $7,800
2007 $10,500[28]
2008[29] $23,200
2010[30] $11,800
2011[31] $14,400
2012[32] $15,600
2013[33] $24,000
2014[34] $24,000
2015[35] $30,400
2016[36] $24,000
2017[37] $23,000
2018[38] $25,000
2019[39] $36,000
2020[40] $10,000
2021[41] Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth), Sarah Koltun, Margot Flemming, Kerry Galusha (Skip) $12,600
2023[42] $30,000
2024[43] $30,000

Notes and References

  1. News: COVID Alert app notification halts play at curling tourney in Kitchener-Waterloo hub. CBC. Devin Heroux. October 4, 2020. October 4, 2020.
  2. News: Event halted after player received notification on COVID Alert app. TSN. October 4, 2020. October 5, 2020.
  3. News: Question marks remain on Canadian curling scene ahead of new season and quadrennial. Globe and Mail. June 24, 2022. September 8, 2023.
  4. Web site: OCT Championships. www.curlingzone.com.
  5. Web site: CurlingZone – Everything Curling.
  6. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=884 CurlingZone
  7. Web site: OCT Championships: Main.
  8. Web site: Press Release Service | Press Releases | SIRC . sirc.ca . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015204914/http://sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=17480&search=&show=&month=9&year=2007&search_where= . 15 October 2013 . dead.
  9. Web site: Ontario Curling Tour -- Powered by CurlingZone.com. www.ontariocurlingtour.com.
  10. Web site: CurlingZone – Everything Curling.
  11. Web site: Ontario Curling Tour -- Powered by CurlingZone.com. www.ontariocurlingtour.com.
  12. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=2294 CurlingZone
  13. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=2741 CurlingZone
  14. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=3081 CurlingZone
  15. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  16. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=3811 CurlingZone
  17. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=4270 CurlingZone
  18. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  19. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  20. Web site: 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 8, 2019.
  21. Web site: 2020 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. October 4, 2020.
  22. Web site: 2021 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 13, 2021.
  23. Web site: 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 8, 2023.
  24. Web site: 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 6, 2024.
  25. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=4364 CurlingZone
  26. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=883 CurlingZone
  27. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=1308 CurlingZone
  28. Web site: Ontario Curling Tour -- Powered by CurlingZone.com. www.ontariocurlingtour.com.
  29. Web site: OCT Championships -- Ontario Curling Tour .
  30. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=2379 CurlingZone
  31. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=2493 CurlingZone
  32. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=2742 CurlingZone
  33. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=3082 CurlingZone
  34. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  35. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  36. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  37. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Main.
  38. Web site: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard: Scores.
  39. Web site: 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 8, 2019.
  40. Web site: 2020 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. October 4, 2020.
  41. Web site: 2021 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 13, 2021.
  42. Web site: 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 8, 2023.
  43. Web site: 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. CurlingZone. September 6, 2024.

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