2024 Tour Challenge

2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge
Host cityCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island
ArenaBell Aliant Centre
DatesOctober 1–6
Men's winnerScotland Team Mouat
Curling clubCurl Edinburgh, Edinburgh
SkipBruce Mouat
ThirdGrant Hardie
SecondBobby Lammie
LeadHammy McMillan Jr.
CoachMichael Goodfellow
FinalistNewfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Women's winnerManitoba Team Einarson
Curling clubGimli CC, Gimli
SkipKerri Einarson
ThirdVal Sweeting
SecondDawn McEwen
LeadKrysten Karwacki
CoachReid Carruthers
FinalistOntario Rachel Homan
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The 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 1 to 6 at the Bell Aliant Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[1] It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2024–25 curling season, and the first event following the series' acquisition by The Curling Group.[2] One of the main changes brought in by the new ownership included streaming every single game on every sheet.[3]

Manitoba's Team Kerri Einarson won the women's final, defeating Team Rachel Homan from Ottawa, 5–4. It was Einarson's sixth Grand Slam. The team featured a temporary front-end of Dawn McEwen who was filling in for regular second Shannon Birchard who was injured, and Krysten Karwacki who was filling in for Briane Harris who was waiting on an appeal for being barred for testing positive for a banned substance.[4]

On the men's side, Scotland's Team Bruce Mouat defeated Newfoundland's Brad Gushue 10–3. The win gave Mouat his first Tour Challenge, and with it a championship in each of the tour's five slams in his career (Gushue being the only other skip with this distinction). It was Mouat's seventh career Slam title.[5]

In the tier two event, Saskatchewan's Rylan Kleiter beat Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell 6–5 in an extra end, while Nova Scotia's Christina Black defeated Japan's Team Sayaka Yoshimura 7–3. The wins qualified the rinks for the 2025 Masters of Curling, though Team Black will play at the 2024 National instead, as the Masters conflicts with the 2025 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

  1. ^ "HearingLife Tour Challenge". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Eight Ends: All you need to know for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge". Sportsnet. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ George Karrys (October 6, 2024). "All The Glitter for Triple KO Slam Curling". The Curling News. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "Einarson upends Homan to capture HearingLife Tour Challenge women's title". Sportsnet. October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Mouat wins HearingLife Tour Challenge to complete Grand Slam of Curling set". Sportsnet. October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.