Kayla Skrlik’s Calgary team has already secured a spot in next year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Read More
The Garrison Curling Club crew has secured a spot in next year’s national championship based on their ranking.
The Garrison Curling Club crew has secured a spot in next year’s national championship based on their ranking.
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Kayla Skrlik’s Calgary team has already secured a spot in next year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
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The Garrison Curling Club crew is among three squads that have been added to each of the 2026 Canadian men’s and women’s curling championships, Curling Canada announced Friday.
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Four-time champion Kerri Einarson and her team from Gimli, Man., have been added to the field of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, set for Jan. 23-Feb. 1 at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ont. She will be joined by Skrlik and Christina Black of Halifax.
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The Skrlik rink, which includes third Margot Flemming, second Ashton Skrlik (Kayla’s sister) and lead Geri-Lynn Ramsay, is set to make its third Scotties appearance after competing in the 2023 and ’25 championships.
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Hometown favourite and six-time champion Brad Gushue was added to the Montana’s Brier, set for Feb. 27-March 8 at the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s, N.L., along with Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone and Saskatoon’s Mike McEwen.
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The teams were awarded spots based on their 2024-25 Canadian Team Ranking System results.
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Two-time defending Scotties champion Rachel Homan of Ottawa and defending Brier champion Brad Jacobs of The Glencoe Club in Calgary had already qualified for their respective tournaments.
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The remaining 14 teams in each tournament will be determined during the coming season.
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Homan topped the women’s 2024-25 rankings, followed by Einarson, Skrlik and Black. Jacobs led the men’s rankings, followed by Dunstone, McEwen and Gushue.
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— With files from Postmedia Sports
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