The 2022 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Canada West Curling Championships will be hosted by 15 Wing Moose Jaw, from Dec. 6 to 8 at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
Corporal Jonathan Benson's team will represent 15 Wing alongside four other teams: Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox, CFB Edmonton, CFB Cold Lake, and CFB Winnipeg.
Teams will play a minimum of four round robin games and the top four will advance to the semi-finals. Games will be played daily at 9:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.
The Canada West Curling Championship final is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m.
Spectators are welcome to attend, according to a press release from 15 Wing. This will be the first indoor team champion held by the CAF in the Canada West Region since the start of pandemic lockdown measures in March 2020.
The last time Moose Jaw hosted the CAF Regional Curling Championships was in 2007. This will be the first time the event is held at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
Master Warrant Officer, retired (MWO, ret'd) Barry Silk, a five-time CAF regional curling champion and Moose Javian, will act as an advisor to the Jury of Appeal. He will assist in the rulings on any disputes which may take occur during the competition.
Another local Moose Javian, Sgt. (retired) Moose Gibson, a Canadian wheelchair curling champion, will attend as the chief official for the event. He will lend his decades of experience as the chief official for the CAF Slo-pitch league and as a curler.
