# Everest Curling Challenge

The Everest Curling Challenge was a made-for-TV curling tournament that was held August 25 to 27, 2017 at the Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The event featured a grand prize of $200,000 for the winning team, the largest curling cash prize in curling history.
The event featured eight mixed curling teams made up of the best men's and women's teams in Canada. The teams were selected in a draft by the eight skips invited to the event, Chelsea Carey, John Epping, Brad Gushue, Rachel Homan, Brad Jacobs, Jennifer Jones, Kevin Koe and Val Sweeting. All games were televised on TSN.
A new rule was incorporated into the event; if at the end of an end, a team had a rock completely covering the button, that team would score an extra point.
In the final, Gushue and his chosen rink of Cathy Overton-Clapham, E. J. Harnden and Lisa Weagle defeated Epping and his team of Kaitlyn Lawes, Brent Laing and Rachelle Brown by a score of 6–5.
According to event organizers, the event was sold out.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
| Chelsea Carey | Ryan Fry | Dana Ferguson | Ben Hebert |
| John Epping | Kaitlyn Lawes | Brent Laing | Rachelle Brown |
| Brad Gushue | Cathy Overton-Clapham | E. J. Harnden | Lisa Weagle |
| Rachel Homan | Mathew Camm | Jill Officer | Geoff Walker |
| Brad Jacobs | Lori Olson-Johns | Brett Gallant | Laine Peters |
| Jennifer Jones | Marc Kennedy | Joanne Courtney | Tim March |
| Kevin Koe | Emma Miskew | Patrick Janssen | Dawn McEwen |
| Val Sweeting | Mark Nichols | Jocelyn Peterman | Ryan Harnden |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Team Jones | Team Jones | 6 | | | | | | |
| Team Jacobs | Team Jacobs | 11 | | | | | | |
| Team Jacobs | Team Jacobs | 11 | Team Jacobs | Team Jacobs | 0 | | | |
| | | | Team Gushue | Team Gushue | 9 | | | |
| Team Homan | Team Homan | 4 | Team Gushue | Team Gushue | 9 | | | |
| Team Gushue | Team Gushue | 8 | | | | | | |
| Team Gushue | Team Gushue | 8 | | | | Team Gushue | Team Gushue | 6 |
| | | | | | | Team Epping | Team Epping | 5 |
| Team Koe | Team Koe | 10 | | | | | | | Team Epping | Team Epping | 5 |
| Team Carey | Team Carey | 5 | | | | | | |
| Team Carey | Team Carey | 5 | Team Koe | Team Koe | 2 | | | |
| | | | Team Epping | Team Epping | 7 | | | |
| Team Sweeting | Team Sweeting | 4 | Team Epping | Team Epping | 7 | | | |
| Team Epping | Team Epping | 6 | | | | | | |

## Scores
### Quarterfinals

Friday, August 25, 7:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Team Jacobs | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 11 |
Saturday, August 26, 10:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Sweeting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team Epping | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Saturday, August 26, 2:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Koe | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 |
| Team Carey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
Saturday, August 26, 7:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Homan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 |
| Team Gushue | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |

### Semifinals

Saturday, August 26, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Koe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Team Epping | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
Saturday, August 26, 3:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Team Gushue | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 9 |

### Final

Sunday, August 27, 7:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Gushue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team Epping | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |