Grand Slam of Curling event
The 2018 BOOST National was held from December 11 to 16 at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South , Newfoundland and Labrador . This will be the fourth Grand Slam and second major of the 2018–19 curling season .
The first all-Scottish Grand Slam final[ 1] saw Ross Paterson of Glasgow beat defending champions Bruce Mouat of Edinburgh 4–3 in an extra end to win his team's first Grand Slam. Rachel Homan beat Kerri Einarson 4–1 in the women's final, to win her ninth slam.
The event was sold out all week, owing to the popularity of the hometown Brad Gushue rink.[ 2] The total attendance was 23,500 which was a Grand Slam record at the time.[ 3]
Qualification
The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of November 5, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete.[ 4] The sponsor's exemption was not used, and the spot was allocated to the highest-ranked remaining team on the order of merit.
Men
Top Order of Merit men's teams as of November 5:[ 5]
Niklas Edin
Brad Gushue
Kevin Koe
John Epping
Bruce Mouat
Reid Carruthers
Brad Jacobs
Peter de Cruz
Jason Gunnlaugson
Brendan Bottcher
Steffen Walstad
Matt Dunstone
Glenn Howard
John Shuster
Yannick Schwaller
Scott McDonald
Braden Calvert
Thomas Ulsrud
Ross Paterson
Rich Ruohonen
Kirk Muyres
Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of November 5:[ 6]
Anna Hasselborg
Jennifer Jones
Rachel Homan
Kerri Einarson
Tracy Fleury
Silvana Tirinzoni
Chelsea Carey
Satsuki Fujisawa
Casey Scheidegger
Laura Walker
Eve Muirhead
Darcy Robertson
Jamie Sinclair
Nina Roth
Isabella Wranå
Allison Flaxey
Anna Sidorova
Kim Eun-jung
Sayaka Yoshimura
Jacqueline Harrison
Men
Teams
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Braden Calvert
Kyle Kurz
Ian McMillan
Rob Gordon
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)
Sven Michel
Peter de Cruz (Skip)
Valentin Tanner
Geneva , Switzerland
Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad , Sweden
John Epping
Mathew Camm
Brent Laing
Craig Savill
Toronto , Ontario
Jason Gunnlaugson
Alex Forrest
Denni Neufeld
Connor Njegovan
Morris, Manitoba
Brad Gushue
Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant
Geoff Walker
St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador
Glenn Howard
Scott Howard
David Mathers
Tim March
Penetanguishene , Ontario
Brad Jacobs
E. J. Harnden
Matt Wozniak [ 7]
Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario
Kevin Koe
B. J. Neufeld
Colton Flasch
Ben Hebert
Calgary , Alberta
Scott McDonald
Jonathan Beuk
Wesley Forget
Scott Chadwick
Kingston , Ontario
Mike McEwen
Reid Carruthers
Derek Samagalski
Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Bruce Mouat
Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh , Scotland
Kirk Muyres
Kevin Marsh
Dan Marsh
Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan
Ross Paterson
Kyle Waddell
Duncan Menzies
Michael Goodfellow
Glasgow , Scotland
Yannick Schwaller
Michael Brunner
Romano Meier
Marcel Käufeler
Bern , Switzerland
[ 8]
Round robin standings
Final round robin standings
Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−3:30 ).
Draw 1
Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm
Draw 2
Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am
Draw 3
Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm
Draw 4
Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm
Draw 7
Thursday, December 13, 12:30 pm
Draw 8
Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm
Draw 9
Thursday, December 13, 8:30 pm
Draw 11
Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm
Draw 12
Friday, December 14, 4:30 pm
Tiebreakers
Friday, December 14, 8:30pm
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, December 15, 11:00 am
Semifinals
Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm
Final
Sunday, December 16, 1:30 pm
Women
Teams
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Locale
Chelsea Carey
Sarah Wilkes
Dana Ferguson
Rachelle Brown
Calgary , Alberta
Kerri Einarson
Val Sweeting
Shannon Birchard
Briane Meilleur
Gimli , Manitoba
Tracy Fleury
Selena Njegovan
Liz Fyfe
Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul , Manitoba
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Kitami , Japan
Jacqueline Harrison
Clancy Grandy
Lynn Kreviazuk
Morgan Court
Toronto , Ontario
Anna Hasselborg
Sara McManus
Agnes Knochenhauer
Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg , Sweden
Rachel Homan
Emma Miskew
Joanne Courtney
Lisa Weagle
Ottawa , Ontario
Jennifer Jones
Kaitlyn Lawes
Jocelyn Peterman
Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Eve Muirhead
Jennifer Dodds
Vicki Chalmers
Lauren Gray
Stirling , Scotland
Nina Roth
Tabitha Peterson
Becca Hamilton
Tara Peterson
Chaska , United States
Casey Scheidegger
Cary-Anne McTaggart
Jessie Haughian
Kristie Moore
Lethbridge , Alberta
Jamie Sinclair
Sarah Anderson
Taylor Anderson
Monica Walker
Chaska , United States
Alina Pätz (Fourth)
Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)
Esther Neuenschwander
Melanie Barbezat
Aarau , Switzerland
Isabella Wranå
Jennie Wåhlin
Almida de Val
Fanny Sjöberg
Stockholm , Sweden
Sayaka Yoshimura
Kaho Onodera
Anna Ohmiya
Yumie Funayama
Sapporo , Japan
[ 9]
Round robin standings
Final round robin standings
Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−3:30 ).
Draw 1
Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm
Draw 2
Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am
Draw 3
Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm
Draw 4
Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm
Draw 5
Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm
Draw 6
Thursday, December 13, 9:00am
Draw 8
Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm
Draw 10
Friday, December 14, 9:00 am
Draw 11
Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm
Draw 13
Friday, December 14, 8:30 pm
Tiebreaker
Saturday, December 15, 11:00am
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Saturday, December 15, 3:00 pm
Semifinals
Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm
Final
Sunday, December 16, 5:30 pm
References
^ "Boost National Live: Paterson edges Mouat in extra end" .
^ Heroux, Devin (December 17, 2018). "Grand Slam proves curling is as popular as ever on the Rock" . CBC .
^ "North Bay breaks attendance records for the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling" . 29 October 2019.
^ "Qualification for the National" . www.thegrandslamofcurling.com . Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
^ "CurlingZone" . www.curlingzone.com .
^ "CurlingZone" . www.curlingzone.com .
^ "Kennedy to join Team Jacobs for Canada Cup" . TSN . November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
^ "2018 Boost National: Men's Teams" . Grand Slam of Curling . November 21, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
^ "2018 Boost National: Women's Teams" . Grand Slam of Curling . November 21, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
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