The top mixed curling teams in Canada will be coming to Assiniboia in the fall of 2025.
Curling Canada announced Friday that the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship will take place Nov. 2-8 at the Assiniboia Curling Club, the first time the community has hosted a national curling championship.
“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,” said Nolan Thiessen, CEO of Curling Canada. “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.”
It will be the 61st edition of the Canadian Mixed Championship, and it will be the third time in four years that it has been staged in Saskatchewan. Prince Albert hosted in 2022 (won by Quebec’s Félix Asselin), while last year, the hometown Saskatchewan rink skipped by Shaun Meachem prevailed in Swift Current.
“The Town of Assiniboia is excited to welcome with open arms the 2025 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship to our community,” said Assiniboia Mayor Sharon Schauenberg.
“The sport of curling draws the young and old together in Saskatchewan’s winters while spectators come out in droves to watch this Canadian pastime. Our host committee and the Assiniboia Curling club in our Prince of Wales Complex will be sure to organize a world class event. We welcome all of the athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators from all over Canada to The Heart of The Golden South, Assiniboia.”
The 2025 Canadian Mixed Championship winner will represent Canada at the 2026 World Mixed Curling Championship.
“Over the past 23 years, the Assiniboia Curling Club has been host to many events starting with the National Masters Championships in 2001, when our new rink opened,” said Brent Blackwell, president of the Assiniboia Curling Club.
“Most recently, we hosted the Viterra Provincial Women’s Curling Championship in 2022. The Assiniboia Curling Club is very excited to be chosen to host the Canadian Mixed Championship in 2025. We look forward to welcoming all competitors, coaches and spectators to our friendly southern community.”
It will mark the ninth time Saskatchewan hosts the event: in 1978 at Saskatoon (won by Saskatchewan’s Bernie Yuzdepski); in 1984 (won by Saskatchewan’s Randy Woytowich), 2005 (won by Newfoundland’s Mark Nichols) and 2022 (won by Asselin) at Prince Albert; in 1993 (won by Nova Scotia’s Scott Saunders) and 2023 (won by Team Meachem) at Swift Current; in 1997 at Kindersley (won by Chris Johnson of Northern Ontario); and in 2001 at Weyburn (won by Quebec’s Jean-Michel Ménard).
“Assiniboia has proved to be a remarkable host for major events in the past, and I have every confidence that the 2025 Canadian Mixed Championship will be no exception,” said Steve Turner, Executive Director of CURLSASK. “Saskatchewan has produced many outstanding mixed curling teams over the years, including the current reigning national champions Team Meachem from Swift Current, so I know the home team will give the fans something to cheer for next year.”
Teams representing Saskatchewan have won the Canadian Mixed 11 times, including Meachem’s win in 2023. Other Saskatchewan wins came in 1967, 1968 and 1974 by Larry McGrath; in 1974 and 1983 by Rick Folk; in 1978 by Yuzdepski; in 1984 by Woytowich; in 1996 by Randy Bryden; in 2012 by Jason Ackerman; and in 2015 by Max Kirkpatrick.
Alberta and Saskatchewan have each won the event a leading 11 times.
“It is a great honour to have been selected by Curling Canada to host a national championship,” said host committee vice-chairs Harvey Hysuik and Cheri Blackwell in a joint statement.
“The host committee is very fortunate to have members from our curling club with experience in hosting events of this magnitude. Planning is already underway for the 2025 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. We are excited to showcase Assiniboia and the surrounding communities in southern Saskatchewan to people from across the country. It’s going to be seven great days of competition for curlers and spectators alike."
The 2024 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship will run from Nov. 3-9 in St. Catharines, Ont.
