Seattle Cash Spiel
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The Seattle Cash Spiel is an annual bonspiel
, or curling
tournament, that takes place in late November at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. The tournament is held in a triple knockout format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour
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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 in late November at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. The tournament is held in a triple knockout format. The tournament 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....
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Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (USD) |
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| 1995 | Bob McIntosh | ||
| 1998 | Ian Cordner | ||
| 1999 | Chad Dezura | ||
| 2003 |  Ryan Yalowicki |
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| 2004 | Wes Johnson | ||
| 2005 | Greg McAulay Greg McAulay Greg McAulay is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia.McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 finish before losing to Saskatchewan in a tie-breaker.Two years later, McAulay was back at... |
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| 2006 | Jason Larway | ||
| 2007 | Dan Petryk | ||
| 2008 | Mark Johnson Mark Johnson (curler) Mark Johnson is an American-Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently the skip of the Canadian senior championship team.... |
Ken Watson | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2010 | Brad Hannah | Leon Romaniuk | $13,500 |
| 2011 2011 Seattle Cash Spiel The 2011 Seattle Cash Spiel was held from November 25 to 27 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was USD$10,600. The event was held in a triple knockout format... |
Jay Wakefield | Jody Epp | $10,600 |