The Edinburgh International is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late November at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tournament is held in a round robin format.
History
The tournament was started in 1922 as the Worlds Curling Championship, an open competition between Scottish curlers held at the Haymarket Ice Rink. The tournament was renamed the Edinburgh International Curling Championship in 1975 in order for the International Curling Federation to reserve the name "World Curling Championship" for the Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship at the time. It became an invitational tournament, inviting the semifinalists of the same year's World Championships, and moved venues to the Murrayfield Curling Rink. A period of decreased interest in the tournament led to the event's relegation from a highly respected international tournament to a domestic circuit tournament. In 2007, the tournament became part of the World Curling Tour and the Curling Champions Tour, the European portion of the World Curling Tour, and was slotted to be held in late November.[1] The event was dropped from the tour after 2016, and currently only consists of a senior men's and senior women's tournament.[2]
Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed before 1952. Team line-up order: skip, third, second, lead.[3]
| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds Curling Championship | |||
| 1922 | W K Jackson | ||
| 1923 | W C Johnstone | ||
| 1924 |  Robin Welsh | ||
| 1925 | H McCall | ||
| 1926 | W K Jackson | ||
| 1927 | Thomas Murray | ||
| 1928 | E Cowper | ||
| 1929 | W K Jackson | ||
| 1930 | E Cowper | ||
| 1931 | L Jackson | ||
| 1932 | W K Jackson | ||
| 1933 | J Hay | ||
| 1934 | W K Jackson | ||
| 1935 | A W Keanie | ||
| 1936 | H Wakelin | ||
| 1937 | H Wakelin | ||
| 1938 | M Mather | ||
| Not held 1939–1946 | |||
| 1947 | J Robertson | ||
| 1948 | W Scobie | ||
| 1949 | J Walker | ||
| 1950 | Willie Young | ||
| 1951 | J McWhirter | ||
| 1952 | Willie Young, Robert Young (?), John B. Pearson, J Scott[4] | ||
| 1953 | Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young | ||
| 1954 | James Sanderson, J Cooper, A Allison, R Moffat | ||
| 1955 | J Hamilton, W Archibald, G Baxter, J Leadbetter | ||
| 1956 | J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, W Macgregor | ||
| 1957 | Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young | ||
| 1958 | R T Grierson, J Agnew, J McColm, S McColm | ||
| 1959 | William Henderson, L Tod, H Hay, N Tod | ||
| 1960 | Willie Young, John B. Pearson, Robert Young, J Young | ||
| 1961 | R B Dick, R B Dick Jnr,T L Morrison,A D Blair | ||
| 1962 | J Sellar,A M Sellar,J Young Jnr,A G Harvey | ||
| 1963 | J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, J Gilchrist | ||
| 1964 | J Aitken, W Sanderson, W Carsewell, A Graham | ||
| 1965 | Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell | ||
| 1966 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gerry McLaughlin, Joe Klein, Ron Taylor, Don McLeod | ||
| 1967 | Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell | ||
| 1968 | Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell | ||
| 1969 | William Muirhead, George Haggart, Derek Scott, Alex Young | ||
| 1970 | Willie Young, H Colville, W Kerr, J Young | ||
| 1971 | J Hutchinson, E Johnston, M Brown, J Prentice | ||
| 1972 | James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter | ||
| 1973 | James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter | ||
| 1974 | J Whiteford, R Whiteford, P Aitken, D Adam | ||
| Edinburgh International Curling Championships | |||
| 1975 | J C Bryson, J Caldwell, G Connell, J Brown | ||
| 1976 | William Muirhead, Derek Scott, Len Dudman, Roy Sinclair | ||
| 1977 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peter Attinger, Bernhard Attinger, Mattias Neuenschwander, Ruedi Attinger | ||
| 1978 | Ken J. Horton, Willie Jamieson, Keith Douglas, S Cullen | ||
| 1979 | Willie Jamieson, R W Kelly, Keith Douglas, S Cullen | ||
| 1980 | Colin Hamilton, W M Dick, David Ramsay, L Pretsel | ||
| 1981 | Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Robert A Cowan, Robin G Copland | ||
| 1982 | Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Andrew McQuistin, Robert A Cowan | ||
| 1983 | Colin Hamilton, James C. Sanderson, W M Dick, S Cobb | ||
| 1984 | Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Grant McPherson, Robert Wilson | ||
| 1985 | Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, K Graham, R G Copland | ||
| 1986 | Peter Wilson, Norman R Brown, Hugh Aitken, Roger McIntyre | ||
| 1987 | Grant McPherson, R Gray, David Howie, Robert Wilson | ||
| 1988 |  Eigil Ramsfjell, Sjur Loen, Dagfinn Loen, Morten Skaug | ||
| 1989 | Grant McPherson, Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, Robert Wilson | ||
| 1990 | K Prentice, J Muir, R Aitken, B Stewart | ||
| 1991 | Colin Hamilton, R W Kelly, V Moran, T Dodds | ||
| 1992 | Colin Hamilton, Ms V Gumley, T Dodds, Ms E Butler | ||
| 1993 | Mike Hay, Ms K Hay, Grant McPherson, Ms S Harvey | ||
| 1994 | D Howden, T Manuel, W Clark, L Summers | ||
| 1995 | Warwick Smith, David Smith, Peter Smith, David Hay | ||
| 1996 | Eigil Ramsfjell, Jan Thoresen, Anthon Grimsmo, Tore Torvbråten | ||
| 1997 | Moray Combe, A Hannah, R Dickson, S Stewart | ||
| 1998 | Warwick Smith, Hammy C McMillan, Ewan MacDonald, Ross Hepburn | ||
| 1999 |  Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, B Hansen, C Svengaard | ||
| 2000 | David Murdoch, N Murdoch, G McKay, S Reid | ||
| 2001 | Colin Hamilton, Brian Binnie, David Ramsay, G Craik | ||
| 2002 | Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald, A Smith, Peter Loudon | ||
| 2003 | David Murdoch, Craig Wilson, Neil Murdoch, Euan Byers | ||
| 2004 | Colin Hamilton, G Patrick, S Murphy, J Boyd | ||
| 2005 | David Edwards, P Westwood, Ross Paterson, S Gilmour | ||
| 2006 | Peter Loudon, Graeme Connal, David Hay, M Fraser | ||
| 2007 | A Smith, N McArthur, D Reid, M Fraser |  | |
| 2008 |  Andy Kapp, Andreas Lang, Holger Höhne, Andreas Kempf |  Göran Carlsson | 12,500 |
| 2009 | David Murdoch, Ewan MacDonald, Peter Smith (curler), Euan Byers | Peter Loudon | 10,000 |
| 2010 | Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven | Hammy McMillan | 10,000 |
| 2011 | Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow | Sandy Reid | 10,000 |
| 2012 | Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow | John Jahr | 10,000 |
| 2013[5] | David Edwards, John Penny, Scott Macleod, Colin Campbell | Ross McCleary | 10,000 |
| 2014[6] |  Aku Kauste, Pauli Jäämies, Leo Mäkelä, Janne Pitko |  David Šik | 10,000 |
| 2015 | Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith |  Jaap van Dorp | 10,000 |
| 2016 | Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Jurík, Lukáš Klíma | Bruce Mouat | 10,300 |
References
- ↑ "Edinburgh International – History". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
- ↑ "SoftPeelR - manage your curling tournament!".
- ↑ "Edinburgh International – Past Winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
- ↑ "-". The Bridge of Allan Gazette. 13 December 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ↑ "Edinburgh International: Main".
- ↑ CurlingZone