Ontario Curling Tour
The Ontario Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels, which takes places in Ontario, Canada and attracts some of the top male and female curlers in the province, and from across the country and world. The OCT was designed to promote competitive curling from a grass root level.
The events for the Ontario Curling Tour begin at the end of August and typically run until December, with occasional events taking place in January. Several of the events on the Ontario Curling Tour are also included in the World Curling Tour. All events on the Ontario Curling Tour, much like those on World Curling Tour, contain a prize purse for the winning teams, and award CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System) points to the Canadian teams competing. CTRS points qualify teams for the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and events such as the Canada Cup of Curling.[1]
Men’s Events
| Event |
Location |
Week |
Purse |
| Oakville OCT Fall Classic | Oakville, Ontario | 3 | CAD$13,000 |
| Performance Spider Midweek Special | Waterloo, Ontario | 3 | CAD$4,000 |
| Stu Sells Oakville Tankard | Oakville, Ontario | 4 | CAD$ 27,200 |
| Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Tier 2 | Oakville, Ontario | 4 | CAD$ 16,000 |
| AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic | Cornwall, Ontario | 5 | CAD$59,000 |
| Capital Curling Fall Open | Ottawa, Ontario | 6 | CAD$8,000 |
| KW Fall Classic | Waterloo, Ontario | 6 | CAD$9,900 |
| Navy Fall Classic Open Bonspiel | Ottawa, Ontario | 7 | CAD$4,900 |
| Capital Curling Classic | Ottawa, Ontario | 8 | CAD$15,000 |
| StuSells Toronto Tankard | Toronto, Ontario | 8 | CAD$50,000 |
| St. Paul Cashspiel | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 | USD$12,400 |
| Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel | Stroud, Ontario | 9 | CAD$12,380 |
| Kalamazoo Curling Open | Kalamazoo, Michigan | 9 | USD$4,560 |
| Roy Inch & Sons Service Experts Classic | St. Thomas, Ontario | 9 | CAD$9,000 |
| Challenge de Curling de Gatineau | Gatineau, Quebec | 10 | CAD$45,000 |
| Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic | Sarnia, Ontario | 11 | CAD$22,000 |
| CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc. | Cookstown, Ontario | 12 | CAD$21,835 |
| West City Honda Men's Curling Classic | Trenton, Ontario | 12 | CAD$7,200 |
| COMCO Cash Spiel | Stroud, Ontario | 13 | CAD$13,200 |
| Fort Wayne Mad Anthony CashSpiel | Fort Wayne, Indiana | 14 | USD$4,560 |
| Port Elgin Superspiel | Port Elgin, Ontario | 14 | CAD$18,000 |
| TD Canada Trust Scugog Cup | Port Perry, Ontario | 15 | CAD$8,000 |
| Chatham Granite Cash Spiel | Chatham, Ontario | 15 | CAD$8,000 |
| Coors Light Cash Spiel | Duluth, Minnesota | 15 | USD$14,400 |
| Co-operators Cup | Markdale, Ontario | 15 | CAD$10,000 |
| Brantford Nissan Classic | Brantford, Ontario | 16 | CAD$22,000 |
| Laphroaig Scotch Open | Madison, Wisconsin | 16 | USD$ |
| Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel | Eveleth, Minnesota | 18 | USD$17,200 |
| The Dominion Tankard | Barrie, Ontario | 26 | CAD$ |
Events in bold are part of the World Curling Tour
Women’s Events
| Event |
Location |
Week |
Purse |
| Oakville OCT Fall Classic | Oakville, Ontario | 3 | CAD$10,000 |
| Performance Spider Midweek Special | Waterloo, Ontario | 4 | CAD$4,000 |
| Stu Sells Oakville Tankard | Oakville, Ontario | 4 | CAD$24,600 |
| Carleton Heights Women's Cash | Ottawa, Ontario | 4 | CAD$3,000 |
| AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic | Cornwall, Ontario | 5 | CAD$29,500 |
| KW Fall Classic | Waterloo, Ontario | 6 | CAD$11,900 |
| StuSells Toronto Tankard | Toronto, Ontario | 8 | CAD$16,000 |
| St. Paul Cashspiel | St. Paul, Minnesota | 8 | USD$6,450 |
| Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel | Stroud, Ontario | 9 | CAD$7,425 |
| Roy Inch & Sons Service Experts Classic | St. Thomas, Ontario | 9 | CAD$9,000 |
| Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic | Kemptville, Ontario | 12 | CAD$17,500 |
| CookstownCash presented by Comco Canada Inc | Cookstown, Ontario | 12 | CAD$6,200 |
| COMCO Cash Spiel | Stroud, Ontario | 13 | CAD$13,200 |
| Listowel Women's Classic | Listowel, Ontario | 14 | CAD$14,000 |
| Chatham Granite Cash Spiel | Chatham, Ontario | 15 | CAD$8,000 |
| Molson Cash Spiel | Duluth, Minnesota | 15 | USD$9,000 |
| Laphroaig Scotch Open | Madison, Wisconsin | 16 | USD$ |
| Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel | Eveleth, Minnesota | 18 | USD$11,000 |
| Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts | Kitchener, Ontario | 24 | CAD$ |
Events in bold are part of the World Curling Tour
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