History at Summerside!

Team Lott/Lott defeat Team Nova Scotia 9-8 in final to repeat as Canadian mixed doubles champions 

The Gimli, Man., tandem of Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott added another chapter to its storied mixed doubles history Friday afternoon, winning the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with a 9-8 extra-end victory over Team Nova Scotia’s Marlee Powers and Luke Saunders (8-3; Halifax) at the Gerard “Turk” Gallant Arena in Summerside, P.E.I. 

The duo will now go on to represent Canada at the 2026 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at a location to be named later. 

The historic win marks the first ever back-to-back Canadian championship victories for any Canadian mixed doubles curling team, with Team Lott/Lott having won in 2024 at Fredericton.  

“The feeling you get of winning a national championship; there’s no words to really describe it,” said Colton Lott. “It’s an unbelievable feeling and just for us to have that opportunity to do it back-to-back is phenomenal. We’re going to be great at worlds next year.” 

The Manitobans opened the gold-medal final with a score of three that set the tone early for the match, proving to be the game’s biggest score. It was enough to outpace Team Nova Scotia, who managed to pull even in the sixth and eighth ends, but never once lead the match. 

“They played a great game,” said Kadriana Lott. “They kept us on our toes. We knew we had to make those key big shots which I think we executed really well. We keep pitching away at every shot and, fingers crossed, that you come out win the win.” 

Three shots defined the outcome of the final for Team Lott/Lott; the first being a clutch draw for a second point in the third end, where Kadriana Lott had little more than a third-of-a-rock sized piece of the button to sneak an extra point on the board.  

The second was an extremely thin double takeout to pick two Nova Scotia stones off the four-foot, both of which were nearly fully buried behind a corner-frozen Lott/Lott stone, to leave a single Lott/Lott counter around to score in the fifth end.  

It was a shot so difficult that it was barely there, but the successful outcome changed the complexion of the final for Kadriana Lott. 

“I’m a lot more comfortable throwing those draws,” said Kadriana Lott. “That pick? From my eyes, you couldn’t really see much down there. It was definitely a momentum swing for myself. It made me feel more confident in making my next shots.” 

The third came in the extra end, where Colton Lott managed a heavy-draw-bump around two guards to remove a Team Nova Scotia stone off the tee-line in the four-foot. Lott was perfect on the execution, forcing Marlee Powers to attack on Team Nova Scotia’s final stone, but the offering hung wide, giving the national title to Team Lott/Lott. 

It’s the third time that Team Lott/Lott will wear the Maple Leaf at a World mixed doubles event; the first at the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at Östersund, Sweden and, the second, at the 2018-19 World Curling Cup at Jönköping, Sweden. 

“We played in the world cup,” said Lott. “But the actual world mixed doubles event just a totally different environment. It makes us that much more prepared for next year when we go.” 

Team Lott/Lott posted a near-perfect 10-1 record on its way to the 2025 Canadian mixed doubles crown, with its only loss coming to Team Jones/Laing 6-4 back in pool play. 

The Canadian mixed doubles title also ties Colton and Kadriana Lott with Team Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) for most all-time with two since the event’s inception in 2013. 

Score results, archived standings, team rosters, and more can be found at the event website here.