Assiniboia to host Canadian mixed curling championship in 2025

The 2025 Canadian mixed curling championship is coming to Assiniboia in 2025.

The 61st edition of the championship will take place from Nov. 2-8 at the Assiniboia Curling Club, Curling Canada announced on Friday.

Saskatchewan has been a destination for the tournament eight previous times, with Swift Current hosting last year and Prince Albert playing host in 2022.

The winner of the 2025 championship will represent Canada at the 2026 world mixed curling championship, though the dates and location for that event haven’t yet been pinned down.

“The Canadian four-player mixed championship always is an event to remember and we’re excited to see how Assiniboia will embrace it in 2025,” Nolan Thiessen, CEO of Curling Canada, said in a statement.

“It’s a great event in the spirit of curling, but it also produces championship-calibre curling every year and we know fans and players will enjoy the experience late next year.”

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Sharon Schauenberg, mayor of Assiniboia, said the community is excited to welcome the on-ice action.

“Our host committee and the Assiniboia Curling club in our Prince of Wales Complex will be sure to organize a world-class event,” the mayor said in a statement.

“We welcome all of the athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators from all over Canada to The Heart of The Golden South, Assiniboia.”

Harvey Hysuik and Cheri Blackwell, who sit on the host committee, released a joint statement saying the event is promising to be big for the community and for the sport.

“We are excited to showcase Assiniboia and the surrounding communities in southern Saskatchewan to people from across the country,” they said. “It’s going to be seven great days of competition for curlers and spectators alike.”

Teams from Saskatchewan and Alberta have the best records at the tournament, with 11 wins going to each province.

This year’s edition of the tournament is set to from Nov. 3-9 in St. Catharines, Ont.

Meanwhile, the 2024 Montana’s Brier opens Friday in Regina, and runs until March 10.