StuSells Toronto Tankard
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The StuSells Toronto Tankard 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, that takes place at the High Park Club
High Park Club
The High Park Club is a tennis and curling club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The club is located on Indian Road, just east of High Park. Established in 1911, it is the oldest curling club in Toronto.-Provincial curling championships:...

 in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. The men's tournament, started in 2010, is held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's tournament, started in 2011, is held in a round robin format. The tournament is sponsored by StuSells, a local real estate company. The event became a 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....

 event in 2011.

Men

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2010 Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...

 
Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario.Middaugh is a two-time world champion, once as second for Russ Howard in 1993 and as a skip in 1998. He has participated and won in seven and participated in 11 Briers- in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 as Russ Howard's second and in...

 
$24,200
2011
2011 StuSells Toronto Tankard
The 2011 StuSells Toronto Tankard was held from October 7 to 10 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$28,500. The event was held in a triple knockout format.-Teams:-A Event:...

 
Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner
Christopher Paul Gardner is an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son, Christopher, Jr...

 
Robert Rumfeldt
Robert Rumfeldt
Robert "Rob" Rumfeldt is a Canadian curler from Guelph, Ontario. Rumfeldt was a member of the 1996 Ontario provincial championship team, when he played second for Bob Ingram....

 
$32,000

Women

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (CAD)
2011
2011 StuSells Toronto Tankard
The 2011 StuSells Toronto Tankard was held from October 7 to 10 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$28,500. The event was held in a triple knockout format.-Teams:-A Event:...

 
Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld is a Canadian curler from Toronto.Auld currently skips one of the top women's curling teams in Ontario.Auld was a long time member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until 2006 when she was promoted to last rock thrower when Goring moved to throwing lead rocks...

 
Lisa Farnell
Lisa Farnell
Lisa Farnell is a Canadian curler from Peterborough, Ontario. She was the skip of the Ontario team at the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships....

$11,000
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