CS Robert Rochon (finals location)

Location in Canada

The Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (formerly the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau and the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, on the World Curling Tour. It is held annually in late October in the City of Gatineau, Quebec. The men's tournament was started in 2009, while the women's tournament was started in 2011, but discontinued after 2013.

Beginning in 2011, the event shifted venues to the Centre Sportif Robert Rochon in Masson, Quebec in the Masson-Angers sector of the city and the Buckingham Curling Club in the Buckingham sector.

Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed.

Men

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2009	Jean-Michel Ménard	Neil Sinclair	$31,000
2010	Serge Reid	Jean-Michel Ménard	$37,500
2011	Jean-Michel Ménard	Brad Jacobs	$36,500
2012	Mark Dacey	Brad Gushue	$36,500
2013	Brad Gushue	Robert Rumfeldt	$45,400
2014[1]	Mike McEwen	Jean-Michel Ménard	$42,500
2015	Brad Gushue	Mark Bice	$45,000
2016	John Epping	Matt Dunstone	$45,000
2017[2]	Liu Rui	Peter de Cruz	$41,000
2018	Scott McDonald	Charley Thomas	$37,000

Women

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2011	Jenn Hanna	Marie-France Larouche	$11,000
2012	Julie Reddick	Cathy Auld	$13,000
2013	Lisa Farnell	Katie Morrissey	$15,000

Open

The open event is part of the Ontario Curling Tour only and is open to teams with men and women.

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2015	Roger Bertrand	Steven Munroe	$10,500
2016	Adam Freilich	Colin Dow	$12,850
2017[3]	Sylvain Dicaire	Brian Lewis	$12,850
2018	Colin Dow	Noemie Verreault	$13,300

Past events

2009 event

Former Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard defeated 2007 Canada Games curling silver medalist Neil Sinclair to win $8,000 for his team. The total pot was $31,000.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Neil Sinclair		7
	Ted Butler		6
						Neil Sinclair		7
						Howard Rajala		2
	Howard Rajala		5
	Brad Jacobs		4
											Neil Sinclair		3
											Jean-Michel Ménard		7
	Martin Ferland		8
	Jake Higgs		5
						Martin Ferland		3
						Jean-Michel Ménard		8
	Jean-Michel Ménard		7
	Serge Reid		4

2010 event

The total purse of the 2010 event is $37,500. The winner, Serge Reid, upset defending championship Jean-Michel Ménard and earned the right to play at the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Mark Bice		2
	Howard Rajala		5
						Howard Rajala		3
						Serge Reid		7
	Serge Reid		6
	Wayne Tuck, Jr.		5
											Serge Reid		5
											Jean-Michel Ménard		4
	Jean-Michel Ménard		5
	Brad Jacobs		4
						Jean-Michel Ménard		6
						Michael Fournier		5
	Brad Gushue		2
	Michael Fournier		4