Canadian mixed doubles curling championships coming to Surrey March 21-27
Published 12:45 pm Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Big-time curling is coming to Cloverdale with several past champions and Olympic medalists set to compete. There are also two B.C. teams with local roots participating.
The Cloverdale curling club will host the 2026 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship March 21-27.
According to a press release from curling Canada, 28 teams from across the country, comprising 14 curling association champions, will compete for $20,000 and the right to represent Canada at next years’ world championship. The other 14 teams in the tournament qualified based on their Curling Canada ranking.
“The winning team will earn the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2027 World Mixed Doubles Championship,” notes information in the release. “World Curling has confirmed that beginning with the 2027 event, the World Mixed Doubles Championship will take place in early January, moving from its existing late April slot.”
Curling matches begin March 21 with the first draws opening at 6 p.m. followed by draws at 9 p.m. Fans wanting to get down to watch some elite curling action note the following three days draws begin at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m.
According to the release, there will be significant “star power” at the Cloverdale tournament.
“Two-time Canadian champion Chestermere, Alta., duo of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, who represented Canada in mixed doubles curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics,” will be competing. “Gallant also won gold playing second for Brad Jacobs’ Canadian men’s four-player team.”
Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing from Barrie, Ont., 2023 Canadian champions, will be in Cloverdale battling for the title.
“Also in the field, and in the same pool as Peterman and Gallant, is Olympic bronze-medallist Rachel Homan of Beaumont, Alta., who’s playing with Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton,” reveals info in the release. “Peterman and Gallant defeated Homan and Bottcher in the final of the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials to earn the right to play at the Olympics.”
That rematch is on the docket for 4 p.m. on March 25.
There will be two B.C. entries in the tournament. Provincial champs Sarah Loken and Cody Tanaka (Victoria/Delta) will battle for the title along with Courtney Woo and Daniel Wenzek (Cloverdale). The Clayton Heights couple qualified through the Curling Canada ranking system.
Teams are split into four pools and will play six round-robin games with the final round-robin draw to be held March 25 at 4 p.m. A playoff qualification round will follow March 26, with games at 1 p.m., while quarterfinals are set for that night at 7 p.m. Semis and finals will take place March 27.
All games will be live streamed on Curling Canada’s YouTube channel.
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For more info, visit curling.ca/2026mixeddoubles.