Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel
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The Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel
, or curling
tournament, that takes place at Curl Mesabi's venue, the Range Recreation and Civic Center, in Eveleth, Minnesota
. The tournament is held in a round robin format. The men's tournament, started in 2007, is part of the World Curling Tour
and has been held every year since. Women were allowed to participate in the men's tournament until 2011, when a separate women's tournament was created. The event is part of the United States Order of Merit System, used to determine the teams which will directly qualify to the National Championships each year. The bonspiel will also be part of the upcoming Great Lakes Curling Tour.
Although Potter skipped a women's team, she was allowed to participate and became runner-up.
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, that takes place at Curl Mesabi's venue, the Range Recreation and Civic Center, in Eveleth, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The tournament is held in a round robin format. The men's tournament, started in 2007, is part of 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....
and has been held every year since. Women were allowed to participate in the men's tournament until 2011, when a separate women's tournament was created. The event is part of the United States Order of Merit System, used to determine the teams which will directly qualify to the National Championships each year. The bonspiel will also be part of the upcoming Great Lakes Curling Tour.
Men
| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
Craig Brown Craig Brown (curler) Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S... |
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| 2008 | Tyler George Tyler George Tyler George is an American curler. He was a member of the defending American national championship team.... |
Cassandra Potter | |
| 2009 | John Shuster John Shuster John Shuster is an American curler and Olympic medalist from Chisholm, Minnesota. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... |
Andrew Wickman | |
| 2010 | Jeff Currie | John Benton John Benton (curler) John Benton is an American curler from St. Michael, Minnesota. He started curling in 1975 and made his first US Junior National Championships in 1987. In 1998 he qualified for his first Olympic Trials where he was placed fifth... |
$17,200 |
| 2011 | $17,200 |
Although Potter skipped a women's team, she was allowed to participate and became runner-up.
Women
| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $10,000 |