The 2021 Canadian Curling Trials Direct-Entry Event was held from September 22 to 26 at the RA Centre in

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. The event was held to qualify two men's teams and three women's teams for the

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. On the men's side, Teams Mike McEwen and

Matt Dunstone Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curli ...

secured the two Trials berths, both finishing 5–1 through the round robin and qualifying rounds. McEwen's only loss came to Dunstone in Draw 2 with Dunstone dropping their first game to

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before running the table. The three teams who did not qualify,

Colton Flasch Colton Flasch (born February 27, 1991) is a Canadian curler currently residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Mike McEwen. Career Juniors After having curled with the Mike Armstrong junior rink, Flasch joined the ...

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, and Glenn Howard, will still have a chance to reach the Olympic Trials, as they drop into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. On the women's side, Teams

Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion. She currently coaches the University of Lethbridge curling team. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Albert ...

, Kelsey Rocque, and Laura Walker all secured berths to the trials, beating out

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represen ...

and

Suzanne Birt Suzanne Birt (born Suzanne Gaudet on October 2, 1981, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian retired curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Career Juniors Birt, a skip, is a two-time Canadian Junior Champion (2001, 2002) ...

for the three spots. After the round robin concluded, Teams Scheidegger and Rocque both had 3–1 records, qualifying them directly to the trials. Team Walker posted a 2–2 record while Teams Brown and Birt shared 1–3 records. Due to Brown beating Birt in the round robin, they earned the spot in the playoff against Team Walker for the third spot. In the playoff, Brown needed to beat Walker twice to earn the trials spot, whereas Walker only needed one win to clinch the spot. Brown defeated Walker in the first game, however, Walker then won the second game to earn the third and final spot at the trials in

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. Teams Corryn Brown and Suzanne Birt will now play in the Pre-Trials for a second opportunity to earn their spot in the Olympic Trials.

Qualification process

Five men's teams and five women's teams qualified for the event based on qualifications standards over the previous seasons. Teams who had not automatically qualified for the

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qualified for this event if they met one of the following three criteria:
• Canadian teams in the top 18 of the World Curling Team Ranking as of August 31, 2020,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 9 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2019–20,
• Eligible teams that finished in the top 7 of the Canadian Team Ranking System in 2018–19. The teams that didn't qualify for the trials via this event had a second chance to make the trials through the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials scheduled for October 26 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in

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. For the men's tournament, there were 2 spots available in the

for direct-entry. For the women's tournament, there were 3 spots available.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round Robin

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Wednesday, September 22, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 2

= ''Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 3

= ''Thursday, September 23, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 4

= ''Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm''

Qualifying round

Qualifying round standings

''Final qualifying round standings''
''Note: one game (Flasch vs. Howard) was not played as Dunstone and McEwen had already qualified.''

Qualifying round results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−04:00).

=Draw 6

= ''Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm''

=Draw 7

= ''Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am'' (Not played; unnecessary)

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−04:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, September 23, 4:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Saturday, September 25, 1:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm''

Playoff

*Team Walker had to be beaten twice.

Game 1

''Sunday, September 26, 3:00 pm''

Game 2

''Sunday, September 26, 8:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

Info about Trials Qualification
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