NEWS RELEASE
CURLING CANADA
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This Sunday, the 2024 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships kick off at the Barrie Curling Club in Barrie, Ont., welcoming top club-level curlers from across the country.
The national championships continue in their history of celebrating skill, sportsmanship, and community as teams vie for the titles of the best men’s and women’s club curlers in Canada.
In the women’s division, Team New Brunswick stands on the verge of history with an opportunity to win an incredible third-straight championship. Team Carol Webb, representing Thistle St. Andrew’s Curling Club in Saint John, will look to bring home the three-peat. Team Shaelyn Park began New Brunswick’s winning streak in 2022, followed by Team Abby Burgess in 2023.
Webb brings ample experience to the ice. She was part of the Canadian Under-20 Curling Championship-winning team in 2002, when she played second for Suzanne Birt of Prince Edward Island. That team proudly earned a bronze medal for Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships.
International experience also shines through on Prince Edward Island’s Team Amanda Power of the Cornwall Curling Club, where lead Janique Leblanc achieved world junior and Canadian Under-20 gold with Nova Scotia’s Team Mary Fay in 2016.
Ontario’s Team Patricia Bandurka from the Dixie Curling Club in Mississauga is the provincial host.
On the men’s side, Team Jordan Keon of the Richmond Hill (Ontario) Curling Club returns with familiar faces and new talent. Keon, second Curtis Samoy, and lead Trevor Talbott claimed the men’s title in 2022, playing under skip Greg Balsdon. This year, they are joined by Ryan Werenich, son of two-time World and Brier champion Ed Werenich.
That team will face a formidable field of competitors, including skilled skips who’ve made deep runs in past club championships. Manitoba’s Team Zachary Wasylik (Pembina Curling Club, Winnipeg) last competed in 2022; three-time Montana’s Brier competitor Jeff Lacey from New Brunswick is back for his third club championship with this team from the Thistle St. Andrew’s Curling Club; and Nova Scotia skip Travis Stone, representing the Sydney Curling Club, took silver in 2018 as second and brings experience to this year’s competition.
As in past years, the 2024 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships will include the For the Love of Curling fundraiser, supporting youth curling across Canada. Teams will raise funds for junior curling, and top fundraising teams can earn up to a $2,100 grant for their home clubs, directly supporting the next generation of curlers.
Established in 2009, the Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships have celebrated curling talent across Canada. Alberta and Ontario have each claimed the men’s title four times, with B.C. and Saskatchewan securing two wins each, and Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia each holding one title.
In the women’s division, Manitoba leads with four championships, while Ontario and Alberta have each earned three, New Brunswick has two, and Prince Edward Island and northern Ontario each have one title.
The event format features two pools of seven teams, with 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams competing in a round-robin. The top four teams from each pool advance to a double-knockout playoff, beginning Friday, Nov. 22, and concluding with the gold- and bronze-medal games on Sunday, Nov. 24.
Fans can follow the action live with selected games available on Curling Canada’s YouTube channel and TSN+.
For live scores and standings, visit the scoreboard page.
For team lineups, draw times, and other event details, visit the event website.
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