2025 U SPORTS/CCAA Curling Canada Championships start Monday in southern Alberta

The stage is set this week for the country’s top university and college men’s and women’s curlers as they vie for national titles at the U SPORTS/CCAA Curling Canada Championships.

The event takes place Feb. 24-28 at the Lethbridge Curling Club. While Lethbridge is no stranger to major curling events, it’s the first time the city has hosted the Canadian post-secondary championships.

For the CCAA, defending men’s champion Humber Hawks (skip Jacob Dobson) will look to repeat last year’s success, while the defending women’s champion Concordia Thunder (skip Gabrielle Wood) has the chance to three-peat as gold medallists.

For U SPORTS, the University of Regina Cougars men’s team (skip Joshua Bryden) aims to stay golden and defend its title. But a new face will emerge victorious from the women’s side, as the four-time defending champion University of Alberta Golden Bears failed to qualify for nationals after a fourth-place finish at the Canada West Curling Championships.

Here are the teams competing this week:

CCAA Men

• SAIT Trojans (skip David Baum)
• NAIT Ooks (skip Anders Van Amsterdam)
• Sault Cougars (skip Evan Robert)
• Mohawk Mountaineers (skip Jacob Jones)
• Red Deer Polytechnic Kings (skip Nick Woznesensky)
• Assiniboine Cougars (skip Jordan Ricard)
• Gaillards du Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (skip Adam Bédard)
• Humber Hawks (skip Jacob Dobson)

CCAA Women

• PACWEST (skip Emily Bowles)
• SAIT Falcons (skip Kayleigh Shannon)
• Fanshawe Falcons (skip Parker Doig)
• Concordia Thunder (skip Gabrielle Wood)
• Mohawk Mountaineers (skip Hailey Money)
• Assiniboine Cougars (skip Kristen Carlson)
• Humber Hawks (skip Hailey Brittain)
• Red Deer Polytechnic Queens (skip Kaylee Raniseth)

U SPORTS Men

• University of Brock Badgers (skip Owen Henry)
• Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks (skip Kibo Mulima)
• Carleton University Ravens (skip Owen Nicholls)
• University of Regina Cougars (skip Joshua Bryden)
• University of Calgary Dinos (skip Kenan Wipf)
• University of New Brunswick Reds (skip Jamie Stewart)
• Memorial University Seahawks (skip Simon Perry)
• University of Lethbridge Pronghorns (skip Sam Nygaard)

U SPORTS Women

• University of Guelph Gryphons (skip Jillian Uniacke)
• McMaster University Marauders (skip Rachel Steele)
• Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks (skip Emma Artichuk)
• University of Regina Cougars (skip Chloe Johnston)
• Dalhousie University Tigers (skip Ally MacNutt)
• St. Francis Xavier X (skip Abbygail Rafuse)
• Thompson Rivers University WolfPack (skip Holly Hafeli)
• University of Lethbridge Pronghorns (skip Cameron Kuzma)

Round robin and playoff draw times are as follows (all times MT):

• Monday: 3:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
• Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 8:30 a.m, 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
• Friday: 9:30 a.m. (semifinals) and 2:30 p.m. (gold and bronze medal games)

Teams will play a full round robin within their respective divisions, with the top four from each advancing to the semifinals.

Four sheets from each draw will be livestreamed on static cameras and available to watch for free on Curling Canada’s YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@curlingcanada/featured

For live scores, standings and statistics, go to https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.

Tickets for the event will be available to purchase at the door.