The 2025
PointsBet Invitational
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curling
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tournament will be held from October 1 to 5 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at
Canada Olympic Park
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in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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. The event will feature twenty Canadian teams and will be the first major event of the
2025–26 season. In a change of format, the event will be played in a
round-robin tournament
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with the top team in each pool advancing to the final. The winning team on both the men's and women's side will receive $35,000 each.
Qualification
With the change in format from a single-knockout to a round robin, the field was reduced from sixteen to ten teams. The seven teams qualified for the
2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials all received invitations, while the final three spots were filled by the top ranked non-qualified team, the top ranked non-qualified Under-27 team and the winners of the
2025 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
Men
Trials field:
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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 ...
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John Epping
John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto.
Career
Junior Men's
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top ...
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Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...
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Brad Jacobs
Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Oly ...
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Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter (born July 4, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently skips his own team. Team Kleiter is known for their brightly coloured paint splash pants.
Curling career Juniors
Kleiter and his rink of Trevor ...
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Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curling, curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip (curling), skip of the Canadian men's team at the Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's to ...
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Mike McEwen
CTRS team:
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Jordon McDonald
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*Ray Jordon (19 ...
NextGen U27 qualifier:
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Sam Mooibroek
Junior champions:
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Calan MacIsaac
Women
Trials field:
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Christina Black
Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Halifax Curling Club.
Career Women's
Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014–15 season at third. ...
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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 ...
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Kate Cameron
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Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
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Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
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Kaitlyn Lawes
Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...
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Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik (born September 10, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Garrison Curling Club.
Career
Skrlik broke onto the junior scene when she skipped Team Alberta at the 2016 U18 Int ...
CTRS team:
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Beth Peterson
NextGen U27 qualifier:
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Selena Sturmay
Selena Sturmay (born June 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre.
Career
Sturmay made her first appearance at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships ...
Junior champions:
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Myla Plett
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Places
* M ...
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Mountain Time
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(
UTC−07:00).
Draw 1
''Wednesday, October 1, 1:30 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, October 1, 6:30 pm''
Draw 3
''Thursday, October 2, 1:30 pm''
Draw 4
''Thursday, October 2, 6:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Friday, October 3, 1:30 pm''
Draw 6
''Friday, October 3, 6:30 pm''
Draw 7
''Saturday, October 4, 1:30 pm''
Draw 8
''Saturday, October 4, 6:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 5, 4:00 pm''
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Mountain Time
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clo ...
(
UTC−07:00).
Draw 1
''Wednesday, October 1, 1:30 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, October 1, 6:30 pm''
Draw 3
''Thursday, October 2, 1:30 pm''
Draw 4
''Thursday, October 2, 6:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Friday, October 3, 1:30 pm''
Draw 6
''Friday, October 3, 6:30 pm''
Draw 7
''Saturday, October 4, 1:30 pm''
Draw 8
''Saturday, October 4, 6:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 5, 11:00 am''
References
External links
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{{2025–26 curling season
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PointsBet Invitational
The PointsBet Invitational is an annual curling tournament put on by Curling Canada as one of its four "Season of Champions" events (along with the Scotties, the Brier and either the men's or women's World Curling Championships). The tournament is ...
PointsBet Invitational
The PointsBet Invitational is an annual curling tournament put on by Curling Canada as one of its four "Season of Champions" events (along with the Scotties, the Brier and either the men's or women's World Curling Championships). The tournament is ...
Curling competitions in Calgary