The Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the time only had a total purse of $5,000. Beginning in 2007, the total prize money to be given out will be $56,000, including $14,000 for the winning team. [edit] Champions 2004-present | Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse | | 2009 | Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | Wang Bingyu, Liu Yin, Yue Qingshuang, Zhou Yan | $56,000 | | 2008 | Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Bell | Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel | $56,000 | | 2007 | Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin | Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Saunders, Chelsey Bell | $56,000 | | 2006 | Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons | Crystal Webster, Desirée Robertson, Samantha Preston, Stephanie Jordan | $51,000 | | 2005 | Jenn Hanna, Joëlle Sabourin, Dawn Askin, Stephanie Hanna | Jan Betker, Sherry Linton, Joan McCusker, Marcia Gudereit | $55,000 | | 2004 | Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler, Chelsey Bell | Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus | $55,000 | [edit] Champion teams 1986-2003 | Year | Winning team | | 2003 | Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Sandra Mulroney, Donna Gignac | | 2002 | Heather Nedohin, Atina Johnston, Lawnie MacDonald, Rona Pasika | | 2001 | Cathy King, Lawnie MacDonald, Brenda Bohmer, Kate Horne | | 2000 | Amber Holland, Kay Montgomery, Karen Purdy, Pat Bell | | 1999 | Cathy Borst, Glenys Bakker, Brenda Bohmer, Kate Horne | | 1998 | Kim Gellard, Sherry Middaugh, Lisa Savage, Allison Ross | | 1997 | Heather Rankin, Carolyn Darbyshire, Sally Shigehiro, Margo Wright | | 1996 | Shannon Kleibrink, Glenys Bakker, Shannon Nimmo, Joanne Sipka | | 1995 | Elisabet Gustafson, Katrina Nyberg, Louise Marmont, Elisabeth Person | | 1994 | Michelle Schneider, Atina Ford, Sandi McNabb, Cindy Ford | | 1993 | Sherry Scheirich, Colleen Zielke, Sandra Mulroney, Lynn Bell | | 1992 | Michelle Schneider, Kathy Fahlman, Patti Grant, Lorie Kehler | | 1991 | Sandra Peterson, Jan Betker, Joan McCusker, Marcia Schiml | | 1990 | Cheryl Bernard, Allison Earl, Bev Kellerman, Sue Fulkerth | | 1989 | Kerrylynn Richards, Penny Ryan, Sandra Jenkins, Iris Nelson | | 1988 | Michelle Schneider, Joan Stricker, Lorie Kehler, Leanne Eberle | | 1987 | Jan Wiltzen, Sue Garvey, Gailya Wasylk, Val Lahucik | | 1986 | Marilyn Bodogh, Lorraine Lang, Christine Jurgenson, Jan Augustyn | [edit] Official site |
