The National (curling)

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The National is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of the Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour. Since 2005, it has been held in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.

[edit] Champions

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Location	Purse
2007 (Dec.)	Kevin Martin, John Morris, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert	Blake MacDonald, Kevin Koe, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia	$100,000
2007 (March)	Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert	Blake MacDonald, Kevin Koe, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia	$100,000
2005	Wayne Middaugh, Peter Corner, Phil Loevenmark, Scott Bailey	Pat Simmons, Jeff Sharp, Ben Hebert, Steve Laycock	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia	$100,000
2004 (Nov.)*	Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett	Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould	Hamilton, Ontario	$100,000
2004 (Jan.)	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell	Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	$100,000
2003	Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Michel Ferland, Marco Berthelot	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell	Humboldt, Saskatchewan	$100,000
2002	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, Jason Mitchell	Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	$100,000

* Called the BDO Curling Classic

[edit] December 2007 The National

Pool A

Skip ($ rank)	W	L
Kevin Martin (1)	4	1
Pat Simmons (9)	4	1
Greg McAulay (13)	3	2
Shawn Adams (6)	2	3
Joel Jordison (11)	1	4
Mark Kehoe (NR)	1	4

Pool B

Skip ($ rank)	W	L
Kevin Koe (3)	5	0
Wayne Middaugh (8)	4	1
Kerry Burtnyk (6)	3	2
Reid Carruthers (12)	2	3
Jamie King (29)	1	4
Pete Fenson (51)	0	5

Pool C

Skip ($ rank)	W	L
Peter Corner (19)	4	1
Jeff Stoughton (4)	4	1
Brad Gushue (10)	2	3
Tom Brewster (66)	2	3
Brent MacDonald (62)	2	3
Russ Howard (23)	1	4

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
		Kevin Koe	6
		Kerry Burtnyk	4
							Kevin Koe	6
							Wayne Middaugh	5
		Peter Corner	5
		Wayne Middaugh	6
												Kevin Koe	2
												Kevin Martin	5
		Pat Simmons	4
		Jeff Stoughton	9
							Jeff Stoughton	5
							Kevin Martin	6
		Kevin Martin	6
		Greg McAulay	5