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Following the controversy at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, Balance Plus recalled their brooms, asking teams to send the brush heads back. Later in the month, prior to the Canad Inns Prairie Classic, 22 of the top men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour signed an agreement to stop using the new fabrics, and the tour itself asked curlers to stop using them.
The 2015–16 curling season began in August 2015 and ended in May 2016. The season was marked by new innovations in curling broom technology that drastically changed how sweeping was done, leading to the "broomgate" scandal. It forced the major curling bodies to make new rules after the season to regulate and standardize curling brushes. [1]
The thought process by the Gushue team was that having two sweepers would "cancel out" the directional sweeping of each other. [6] The change in sweeping strategy by the team marked the beginning of a tumultuous curling season which led to the banning of new brush head fabrics as part of the "broomgate" scandal. [7]
The women's event became a World Curling Tour event in 2016, but was also discontinued in 2020. Both the men's and women's events are also part of the Ontario Curling Tour . The event is held at the High Park Club in Toronto , excluding 2023 when it was moved to Barrie under the name Stu Sells Tankard.
Broomgate: A Curling Scandal. Yes, that's right: curling. I love curling. ... Miles, go deep on North London FC—the team Bob created and for which he played out season upon season in his mind ...
Broomgate; C. Curling at the 2015 Canada Winter Games; E. 2015 European Junior Curling Challenge; L. List of teams on the 2014–15 World Curling Tour;
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Sixteen teams will compete in the Masters. They include the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Federation's Order of Merit rankings as of December 10, 2024, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 10, the Tier 2 winner of the 2024 Tour Challenge, and a sponsor's exemption.