2008–09 curling season
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The 2008-09 curling season began in September 2008 and ended in April 2009.

Season of Champions top three finishes

(Only team's skip listed)

Event Winner Runner-up Third place
Canadian Mixed  Manitoba (Grassie)  Ontario (Tuck)  Saskatchewan (McKee)
Continental Cup United Nations World Canada United States North America
TSN Skins Game Alberta Randy Ferbey Ontario Glenn Howard Manitoba Jennifer Jones
Alberta Kevin Martin
Canadian Juniors (men's)  Prince Edward Island (Gallant)  Northern Ontario (Johnston)  Alberta (Yablonski)
Canadian Juniors (women's)  Manitoba (Lawes)  Ontario (Homan)  Alberta (Scheidegger)
Scotties Tournament of Hearts  Canada (Jones)  British Columbia (Mallett)  Quebec (Larouche)
Tim Hortons Brier  Alberta (Martin)  Manitoba (Stoughton)  Ontario (G. Howard)
World Junior Championships (men's)  Denmark (Stjern)  Canada (Gallant)  United States (Plys)
World Junior Championships (women's)  Scotland (E. Muirhead)  Canada (Lawes)   Switzerland (Baumann)
Canada Cup (men's) Alberta Kevin Martin Alberta Randy Ferbey Manitoba Jeff Stoughton
Canada Cup (women's) Alberta Shannon Kleibrink Quebec Marie-France Larouche Alberta Cheryl Bernard
Canadian Seniors (men's)  Ontario (Delaney)  New Brunswick (R. Howard)  Prince Edward Island (M. Bernard)
Canadian Seniors (women's)  Nova Scotia (Pinkney)  British Columbia (Smiley)  Manitoba (Fowler)
Women's World Championships  China (Wang B.)  Sweden (Norberg)  Denmark (Jensen)
Men's World Championships  Scotland (Murdoch)  Canada (Martin)  Norway (Ulsrud)

Other events

Event Winner Runner-up Third place
European Mixed  Germany (Schöpp)  Czech Republic (Snítil)  Sweden (Edin)
Pacific Championships (men's)  China (Wang F.)  Japan (Morozumi)  New Zealand (Becker)
Pacific Championships (women's)  China (Wang B.)  South Korea (Kim MY)  Japan (Meguro)
World Wheelchair Qualification  Germany (Jäger)  China (Wang H.)  Russia (Romanov)
European Championships (men's)  Scotland (Murdoch)  Norway (Ulsrud)  Germany (Kapp)
European Championships (women's)   Switzerland (Ott)  Sweden (Norberg)  Denmark (Jensen)
European Junior Challenge (men's)  Scotland (G. Muirhead)  Russia (Drosdov)  France (Vincent)
European Junior Challenge (women's)  France (Coulout)  Czech Republic (Kubeskova)  Italy (Apollonio)
Pacific Juniors (men's)  China (Zang)  South Korea (Kim HT)  New Zealand (Miller)
Pacific Juniors (women's)  Japan (Fujiwasa)  China (Liu)  South Korea (Gim)
USA-Brazil Challenge  United States (Birr)  Brazil (Mello)
European Youth Olympic Festival (men's)   Switzerland (Gulka)  United Kingdom (Dick)  Norway (Rølvåg)
European Olympic Youth Festival (women's)  United Kingdom (Sloan)   Switzerland (Iten)  Denmark (de Neergaard)
Winter Universiade (men's)  Sweden (Edin)  Norway (Løvold)  China (Wang F.)
Winter Universiade (women's)  China (Wang B.)  Canada (Nicol)  Russia (Privivkova)
World Wheelchair Championship  Canada (Armstrong)  Sweden (Jungell)  Germany (Jäger)
Mixed Doubles   Switzerland (Müller, Schori)  Hungary (Nagy, Szekeres)  Canada (Grassie, Nimik)
World Seniors (men's)  Canada (Hritzuk)  United States (Pustovar)  Scotland (Prentice)
World Seniors (women's)  Canada (Sanders)   Switzerland (Nedkoff)  Sweden (Meldahl)

World Curling Tour winners

Event Date Location Winning skip Runner-up skip
Baden MastersSept 5-7Baden, SUINorway Thomas UlsrudScotland David Murdoch
Boston Pizza ShootoutSept 18-21Edmonton, AltaAlberta Ted AppelmanSaskatchewan Pat Simmons
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins ClassicSept 18-21Brockville, OntOntario Richard HartManitoba Kerry Burtnyk
Radisson SAS Oslo CupSept 25-28Oslo, NORNorway Thomas UlsrudCanada Kevin Martin
Twin Anchors Houseboat Cash SpielOct 2-5Vernon, BCBritish Columbia Bob UrselBritish Columbia Sean Geall
Swiss Cup BaselOct 3-6Basel, SUICanada Brad GushueSwitzerland Ralph Stöckli
Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling ClassicOct 10-13Brandon, Man.Manitoba Jeff StoughtonSaskatchewan Joel Jordison
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Westcoast Curling ClassicOct 10-13New Westminster, BCAlberta Kevin MartinAlberta Randy Ferbey
BDO Curling ClassicOct 10-13Oakville, Ont.Ontario Glenn HowardOntario Mark Bice
St. Paul CashspielOct 17-20St. Paul, MNUnited States Pete FensonCanada Bryan Burgess
Meyers Norris Penny Charity ClassicOct 17-20Medicine Hat, Alta.Alberta Ted AppelmanSaskatchewan Randy Bryden
Bern OpenOct 17-29Bern, SUIGermany Andy KappSwitzerland Ralph Stöckli
Strauss Crown of CurlingOct 17-20Kamloops, BCBritish Columbia Rick FolkAlberta Kevin Koe
Coupe QuebecOct 23-27Quebec City, QueQuebec Guy HemmingsOntario Bryan Cochrane
Meyers Norris Penny Prairie ClassicOct 24-27Portage la Prairie, Man.Ontario Glenn HowardSaskatchewan Brad Heidt
Flint Energy ClassicOct 24-27Bonnyville, AltaAlberta Kevin MartinAlberta Jamie King
Cactus Pheasant ClassicOct 30-Nov 2Brooks, AltaOntario Glenn HowardAlberta Kevin Martin
Red Deer Curling ClassicOct 30-Nov 2Red Deer, AltaAlberta Ted AppelmanAlberta Dan Petryk
Yukon Title Curling ClassicNov 6-9Fairbanks, AKUnited States Leland RichUnited States Greg Persinger
Duluth Cash SpielNov 7-10Duluth, MNUnited States Craig BrownCanada Randy Neufeld
Best Western Wayside Inn Curling ClassicNov 7-10Lloydminster, AltaAlberta Kevin MartinSaskatchewan Warren Hassall
Whites Drug Store Curling ClassicNov 7-10Swan River, Man.Manitoba Allan LyburnManitoba Kelly Skinner
Lucerne Curling TrophyNov 13-16Lucerne, SUISwitzerland Andi SchwallerSwitzerland Stefan Karnusian
Masters of CurlingNov 14-16Waterloo, OntOntario Glenn HowardAlberta Kevin Koe
Interlake Pharmacy ClassicNov 20-24Stonewall, Man.Manitoba Jeff StoughtonManitoba Allan Lyburn
Skookum WCT Cash SpielNov 20-23Whitehorse, YukonAlberta Chris SchilleUnited States Jason Larway
Wainwright Roaming Buffalo ClassicNov 21-24Wainwright, AltaAlberta Shane ParkAlberta Ted Appelman
SunLife Financial Invitational ClassicNov 21-24Brantford, Ont.Ontario Glenn HowardQuebec Jean-Michel Ménard
Challenge Casino de CharlevoixNov 26-30Clermont, Que.China Wang FengchunOntario Peter Steski
Seattle Cash SpielNov 28-30Seattle, WAUnited States Mark JohnsonCanada Ken Watson
Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy ClassicNov 28-Dec 1Dauphin, Man.Manitoba Brendan TaylorManitoba Terry McNamee
PointOptical Curling ClassicNov 28-Dec 1Saskatoon, Sask.Saskatchewan Eugene HritzukSaskatchewan Joel Jordison
Scottish OpenNov 28-30Edinburgh, SCOGermany Andy KappSweden Goran Carlsson
The Korbel ChampionshipDec 5-7Madison, WIUnited States Greg RomaniukUnited States Pete Fenson
The NationalDec 5-7Quebec City, Que.Ontario Wayne MiddaughNewfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
Diversified Transportation Canada Cup QualifierDec 11-15Edmonton, Alta.British Columbia Bob UrselAlberta Kevin Martin
Super One Shoot-out @ Curl MesabiDec 19-21Eveleth, MNUnited States Tyler GeorgeUnited States Cassandra Potter
Ramada Perth MastersJan 8-11Perth, SCOCanada Kevin KoeNorway Thomas Ulsrud
BDO Canadian Open of CurlingJan 22-25Winnipeg, Man.Ontario Glenn HowardAlberta Kevin Martin
Prague Grand PrixJan 30-Feb 1Prague, CZECanada Chris SchilleSwitzerland Jan Hauser
DeKalb SuperspielMar 19-23Morris, Man.Manitoba Vic PetersManitoba Randy Dutiaume
Bear Mountain Arena ClassicMar 26-29Victoria, BCOntario Wayne MiddaughManitoba Mike McEwen
Grey Power Players' ChampionshipApr 14-19Grande Prairie, Alta.Alberta Randy FerbeyOntario Glenn Howard

Women's World Curling Tour winners

Event Date Location Winning skip Runner-up skip
Boston Pizza ShootoutSept. 18-21Edmonton, ABSwitzerland Mirjam OttChina Wang Bingyu
AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins ClassicSept. 18-21Brockville, ONQuebec Marie-France LaroucheQuebec Ève Bélisle
Radisson SAS Oslo CupSept. 25-28Oslo, NorwayScotland Kelly WoodSweden Anette Norberg
CUETS Schmirler Curling ClassicSept 26-29Regina, SKAlberta Shannon KleibrinkOntario Krista McCarville
Twin Anchors Houseboat CashspielOct. 2-5Vernon, BCAlberta Shannon KleibrinkBritish Columbia Kelly Scott
RE/MAX Women's Masters BaselOct. 10-12Basel, SwitzerlandSweden Anette NorbergScotland Edith Loudon
Trail Appliances Curling ClassicOct. 10-13Calgary, ABAlberta Shannon KleibrinkAlberta Cheryl Bernard
Strauss Crown of CurlingOct. 17-20Kamloops, BCSouth Korea Kim Mi-YeonBritish Columbia Marla Mallett
Meyers Norris Penny Charity ClassicOct. 17-20Medicine Hat, ABAlberta Casey ScheideggerAlberta Lisa Johnson
Zurich Women's MastersOct 17-19Zurich, SwitzerlandGermany Andrea SchöppSwitzerland Michèle Jäggi
Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity CashspielOct 17-20London, ONOntario Rachel HomanChina Wang Bingyu
Coupe QuebecOct. 23-27Quebec City, QCQuebec Marie-France LaroucheQuebec Allison Ross
Casinos of Winnipeg ClassicOct. 24-27Winnipeg, MBSaskatchewan Michelle EnglotBritish Columbia Kelly Scott
Stockholm Ladies CupOct. 30-Nov. 2Stockholm, SwedenSweden Stina ViktorssonSwitzerland Binia Feltscher-Beeli
Red Deer Curling ClassicOct. 30-Nov. 2Red Deer, ABAlberta Cheryl BernardAlberta Shannon Kleibrink
Duluth Cash SpielNov. 7-10Duluth, MNOntario Krista McCarvilleUnited States Amy Wright
Colonial Square Ladies ClassicNov. 7-10Saskatoon, SKSaskatchewan Stefanie LawtonSaskatchewan Michelle Englot
Royal Lepage OVCA Women's Fall ClassicNov. 7-9Kemptville, ONOntario Rachel HomanOntario Sherry Middaugh
Wayden Transportation Ladies ClassicNov. 14-17Winnipeg, MBManitoba Jennifer JonesSaskatchewan Stefanie Lawton
Interlake Pharmacy ClassicNov. 20-24Stonewall, MBManitoba Kim LinkManitoba Kerri Flett
SunLife Financial Invitational ClassicNov. 21-24Brantford, ONQuebec Marie-France LaroucheOntario Jacqueline Harrison
Sobeys SlamNov. 27-30New Glasgow, NSQuebec Marie-France LaroucheSaskatchewan Stefanie Lawton
VCC Ladies Totem CashspielNov. 28-30Vancouver, BCBritish Columbia Marla MallettBritish Columbia Ashleigh Clark
International ZO Women's TournamentNov. 28-30Wetzikon, SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mirjam OttSwitzerland Marlene Albrecht
Boundary Ford Curling ClassicNov. 28-Dec. 1Lloydminster, ABAlberta Kristie MooreAlberta Andrea McCutcheon
John Shea Insurance Canada Cup QualifierDec. 11-15Ottawa, ONQuebec Marie-France LaroucheSaskatchewan Amber Holland
International Bernese Ladies CupJan. 9-11Bern, SwitzerlandAlberta Shannon KleibrinkGermany Andrea Schöpp
Glynhill Ladies InternationalJan. 16-19Glasgow, ScotlandManitoba Jennifer JonesSwitzerland Binia Feltscher-Beeli
DEKALB SuperspielMar. 13-19Morris, MBAlberta Crystal WebsterQuebec Ève Bélisle
Players' ChampionshipsApr. 14-19Grande Prairie, ABManitoba Jennifer JonesAlberta Shannon Kleibrink

WCT Money Ranking

# Men's teams $ (CAD)
1Glenn Howard140,400
2Kevin Martin132,553
3Randy Ferbey92,000
4Wayne Middaugh76,594
5Brad Gushue75,624
6Mike McEwen62,100
7Jeff Stoughton62,000
8Kevin Koe60,366
9Kerry Burtnyk51,052
10Chris Schille45,417
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