The performance was worthy of a championship — not just Sunday’s effort but much of the week’s feats for Canada’s Team Jacobs. Read More
In true Canadian spirit, Brad Jacobs and his Glencoe Club charges embraced the podium finish
In true Canadian spirit, Brad Jacobs and his Glencoe Club charges embraced the podium finish
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The performance was worthy of a championship — not just Sunday’s effort but much of the week’s feats for Canada’s Team Jacobs.
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Too bad, it all only produced bronze medals for the decorated crew from Calgary.
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In true Canadian spirit, however, Brad Jacobs and his Glencoe Club charges embraced the podium finish at the 2025 BKT World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask.
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Certainly Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert ventured to Saskatchewan in search of the gold medal.
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And they truly deserved it — along with coaches Paul Webster and Jeff Stoughton and alternate Tyler Tardi — during the nine-day event at Temple Gardens Centre, executing brilliance throughout the championship.
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A Saturday semifinal loss to Scotland, though, kept them from capping the spiel with those golds.
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And many wondered with their 15 combined world titles, would they have the drive to go after a win in a first-ever first bronze-medal appearance for all of them at the annual gala?
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They did …
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Emphatically.
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It was over right away, really.
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Canada went on the attack early to put pressure on a Chinese crew that had panicked when it went down by two in Saturday’s semifinal’s opening end to Switzerland.
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Jacobs split a rock into the rings while saving the shooter with his first stone of the game and watched Xu flash with a too-light throw to give Canada the chance at three with an open draw. The skip made that easily with hammer for the 3-0 lead after the first frame.
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And when they got hammer back in the fourth end after forcing China to draw in for just a count of one in the third end, the Canadians executed brilliant shot after brilliant shot to set up a hit-and-stick for a whopping five. Xu’s final rock was too heavy on an in-off attempt to further set up the big score.
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“Recent memory … that’s one of the best executed ends I’ve ever seen in my life,” said TSN analyst Russ Howard, during the telecast.
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From there, it was academic.
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End by end
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• 1st end — Jacobs executes open draw for three; Canada 3-0 (key shot: Jacobs chip-in saving shooter with first rock)
• 2nd end — China blanks end with hit-and-roll; Canada 3-0
• 3rd end — Xu, facing four Canada rocks, draws to four-foot circle for one; Canada 3-1
• 4th end — Jacobs executes hit-and-stick for five; Canada 8-1 (key shot: Xu throws too much weight on in-off to button, and shooter rolls out)
• 5th end — Xu, facing two Canada rocks, comes up light on draw to button, steal of two for Canada; Canada 10-1
• 6th end — Xu executes hit-and-stick for one; Canada 10-2
• 7th end — Jacobs executes hit-and-roll to blank; Canada 10-2
• 8th end — Jacobs executes open draw for one; Canada 11-2
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