2016 Humpty's Champions Cup
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The 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 26 to May 1 at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta. This was the final Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season and is the seventh men's Grand Slam and the sixth women's Grand Slam of the season. The teams were split into 3 round-robin pools of 5 teams each, and the top eight teams overall will qualify for the playoff round.
2016 Humpty's Champions Cup | |
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Host city | Sherwood Park, Alberta |
Arena | Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre |
Dates | April 26 – May 1 |
Men's winner | Reid Carruthers |
Curling club | West St. Paul CC, West St. Paul |
Skip | Reid Carruthers |
Third | Braeden Moskowy |
Second | Derek Samagalski |
Lead | Colin Hodgson |
Finalist | John Epping |
Women's winner | Jennifer Jones |
Curling club | St. Vital CC, Winnipeg |
Skip | Jennifer Jones |
Third | Kaitlyn Lawes |
Second | Jill Officer |
Lead | Dawn McEwen |
Finalist | Rachel Homan |
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Teams from the Winnipeg area won both the men's and women's events, with Reid Carruthers winning his first slam as a skip on the men's side and Jennifer Jones winning her 12th slam on the women's side. Both Carruthers and Jones happened to qualify for the Champions Cup by winning the same event, the DeKalb Superspiel.