2018 National

The 2018 BOOST National was held from December 11 to 16 at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. This will be the fourth Grand Slam and second major of the 2018–19 curling season.

The first all-Scottish Grand Slam final saw Ross Paterson of Glasgow beat defending champions Bruce Mouat of Edinburgh 4–3 in an extra end to win his team's first Grand Slam. Rachel Homan beat Kerri Einarson 4–1 in the women's final, to win her ninth slam.

The event was sold out all week, owing to the popularity of the hometown Brad Gushue rink. The total attendance was 23,500 which was a Grand Slam record at the time.

Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of November 5, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete. The sponsor's exemption was not used, and the spot was allocated to the highest-ranked remaining team on the order of merit.

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of November 5:

1. Niklas Edin
2. Brad Gushue
3. Kevin Koe
4. John Epping
5. Bruce Mouat
6. Reid Carruthers
7. Brad Jacobs
8. Peter de Cruz
9. Jason Gunnlaugson
10. <s>Brendan Bottcher</s>
11. <s>Steffen Walstad</s>
12. <s>Matt Dunstone</s>
13. Glenn Howard
14. <s>John Shuster</s>
15. Yannick Schwaller
16. Scott McDonald
17. Braden Calvert
18. <s>Thomas Ulsrud</s>
19. Ross Paterson
20. <s>Rich Ruohonen</s>
21. Kirk Muyres

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of November 5:

1. Anna Hasselborg
2. Jennifer Jones
3. Rachel Homan
4. Kerri Einarson
5. Tracy Fleury
6. Silvana Tirinzoni
7. Chelsea Carey
8. Satsuki Fujisawa
9. Casey Scheidegger
10. <s>Laura Walker</s>
11. Eve Muirhead
12. <s>Darcy Robertson</s>
13. Jamie Sinclair
14. Nina Roth
15. Isabella Wranå
16. <s>Allison Flaxey</s>
17. <s>Anna Sidorova</s>
18. <s>Kim Eun-jung</s>
19. Sayaka Yoshimura
20. Jacqueline Harrison

Men

Teams

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm

Draw 7

Thursday, December 13, 12:30 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, December 13, 8:30 pm

Draw 11

Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm

Draw 12

Friday, December 14, 4:30 pm

Tiebreakers

Friday, December 14, 8:30pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 15, 11:00 am

Semifinals

Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, December 16, 1:30 pm

Women

Teams

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 12, 9:00 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 12, 12:30 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, December 12, 4:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, December 13, 9:00am

Draw 8

Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm

Draw 10

Friday, December 14, 9:00 am

Draw 11

Friday, December 14, 12:30 pm

Draw 13

Friday, December 14, 8:30 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, December 15, 11:00am

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, December 15, 3:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, December 15, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, December 16, 5:30 pm

References

External links