The Challenge Casino Lac Leamy 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, on 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....

. It is held annually in late October in Gatineau

Gatineau

Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. It is sponsored by the Casino du Lac-Leamy. The men's tournament was started in 2009, while the women's tournament will be started in 2011.

The 2011 event takes place at the Centre Sportif Robert Rochon in the Masson-Angers

Masson-Angers, Quebec

Masson-Angers is a former municipality and now a sector within the City of Gatineau, located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, in Quebec, Canada, approximately northeast of downtown Ottawa.-History:...

 sector of the city and at the Buckingham Curling Club

Buckingham Curling Club

The Buckingham Curling Club is an historic curling club located in Buckingham, Quebec. It is the only curling club located within the city limits of Gatineau....

 in the Buckingham

Buckingham, Quebec

Buckingham was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Since January 1, 2002, it has been part of the amalgamated city of Gatineau which merged five former municipalities, including Masson-Angers, Buckingham, Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, into a single entity...

 sector.

Men

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2009	Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...	Neil Sinclair	$31,000
2010	Serge Reid Serge Reid Serge Reid is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec.Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial championship in 2010. This qualified them for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, where they...	Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...	$37,500
2011 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy The 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy was held from October 21 to 23 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Quebec as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. This is the first time a women's event was held. The purses for the men's and women's were CAD$36,500 and CAD$11,000,...	Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...	Brad Jacobs Brad Jacobs (curler) Brad Jacobs is a Canadian curler. Jacobs is a three-time Northern Ontario "provincial" champion, and one time provincial junior champion....	$36,500

Women

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2011 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy The 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy was held from October 21 to 23 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Quebec as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. This is the first time a women's event was held. The purses for the men's and women's were CAD$36,500 and CAD$11,000,...	Jenn Hanna Jenn Hanna Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...	Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche is a Canadian curler.Larouche is a former national junior curling champion, having won the title in 1999 with her team of Nancy Bélanger, Marie-Ève Létourneau, Valerie Grenier and Véronique Grégoire. Larouche won the championship after four previous unsuccessful attempts...	$11,000

2009 event

Former Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...

 defeated 2007 Canada Games

2007 Canada Games

The 2007 Canada Winter Games were held in Whitehorse, Yukon from Friday 23 February 2007 to Saturday 10 March 2007. These were the first Canada Games held North of 60 . The games were held concurrent with the Inuit Games and Dene Games...

 curling silver medalist Neil Sinclair to win $8,000 for his team. The total pot was $31,000.

Playoffs

2010 event

The total purse of the 2010 event is $37,500. The winner, Serge Reid

Serge Reid

Serge Reid is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec.Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial championship in 2010. This qualified them for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, where they...

, upset defending championship Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard

Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...

 and earned the right to play at the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling

2010 Canada Cup of Curling

The 2010 Canada Cup of Curling was held December 1-5, 2010 at the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Glenn Howard rink won their first Canada Cup on the men's side while Stefanie Lawton won her second cup...

.

Playoffs