The Challenge Casino de Charlevoix is an annual bonspiel

Bonspiel

A bonspiel is a curling tournament, traditionally held outdoors on a frozen freshwater loch. The word comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means league match . Though not mandatory, curling teams involved in bonspiels often wear theme costumes...

, or curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 tournament, that takes place at the Aréna de Clermont in Clermont

Clermont, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

Clermont is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, and the seat of government for the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality. It is located on the southern banks of the Malbaie River.-History:...

, Québec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The tournament, sponsored by Casino de Charlevoix

Casino de Charlevoix

The Casino de Charlevoix is located in Pointe-au-Pic, now part of La Malbaie, about east of Quebec City. The historic Manoir Richelieu is located right next to the casino...

, has been held every year since its inception in 2003 as part of the World Curling Tour

World Curling Tour

The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

. The Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, along with the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy

Challenge Casino Lac Leamy

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 Gatineau, Quebec. It is sponsored by the Casino du Lac-Leamy...

, is one of the few major curling events in Québec.

Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed.

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (CAD)
2003	François Gagné
2004	Serge Reid Serge Reid Serge Reid is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec.Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial championship in 2010. This qualified them for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, where they...
2005	Russ Howard Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour...
2006	Bryan Cochrane Bryan Cochrane Bryan Cochrane is a Canadian curler from the Ottawa area. Cochrane is most notable for skipping team Ontario at the 2003 Nokia Brier....
2007	Peter Steski	Robert Desjardins
2008	Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun is a Chinese curler. He is the skip of the national team.Wang was selected by the Chinese government to play the sport of curling. In China, the national team curls as their profession. By 2002, he played in his first international event- when he played third for Xu Xiaoming at the...	Peter Steski	$36,000
2009	Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....	Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard is a curler from Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.-Profile:...	$38,000
2010	Mike McEwen Mike McEwen (curler) Michael "Mike" McEwen is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. The McEwen team curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg.-Career:...	Serge Reid Serge Reid Serge Reid is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec.Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial championship in 2010. This qualified them for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, where they...	$37,000
2011 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix The 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix was held from November 24 to 27 at the Aréna de Clermont in Clermont, Québec as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$37,000, and the winner, Brett Gallant, received CAD$12,000. The event was held in a triple-knockout...	Brett Gallant Brett Gallant Brett Philip Gallant is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Gallant is a former Canadian Junior Champion skip, having won the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships on his fourth attempt. Gallant has won the last five provincial titles...	Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...	$37,000

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