Field set for Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in push for Olympics
The winner of the upcoming trials earns the right to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy
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The 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials are ready to rock ’n’ roll with 16 teams now confirmed for the event later this month.
The final eight squads slotted into the championship — set for Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 in Liverpool, N.S. — after the last trials direct-entry qualifying event in Banff and Canmore, the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, over the weekend.
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They were the top-eight teams that were highest in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings, as of Dec. 9, and hadn’t already qualified for the trials.
They join eight teams which previously secured berths through the 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, the 2023-24 CMDR standings or at one of three direct-entry qualifying events held recently.
The 16 teams and how they qualified for the trials are:
• Kadriana Lott/Colton Lott (Gimli, Man.) – 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship gold medallists
• Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton/Humboldt, Sask.) – 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship silver medallists
• Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) – 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship bronze medallists
• Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Wakaw, Sask./Saskatoon) – 2023-24 CMDR
• Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, Ont.) – 2023-24 CMDR
• Brittany Tran/Rylan Kleiter (Calgary/Saskatoon) – Canadian Mixed Doubles Qualifier (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
• Rachel Homan/Brendan Bottcher (Beaumont, Alta./Spruce Grove, Alta.) – Canadian Mixed Doubles Qualifier (Guelph, Ont.)
• Jennifer Armstrong/Tyrel Griffith (Rothesay, N.B./Kelowna, B.C.) – Canadian Mixed Doubles Qualifier (Banff, Alta.)
• Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Ottawa/Toronto) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Taylor Reese-Hansen/Corey Chester (Kitimat, B.C./Victoria) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Anne-Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Alma, Que./Saguenay, Que.) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Melissa Adams/Alex Robichaud (Fredericton, N.B.) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, Ont.) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Paige Papley/Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton) – 2025 Trials CMDR
• Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, B.C.) – 2025 Trials CMDR
Team Peterman/Gallant won the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic 6-2 over Team Lott/Lott, the defending national champion, on Sunday afternoon.
The winner of the upcoming trials at Liverpool’s Queens Place Emera Centre earns the right to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy.
Canada’s spot in mixed doubles curling at the Olympics is not yet confirmed.
The winning team will earn the right to represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, N.B., from April 26 to May 3. Performance at this event and results from the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Championship will determine whether Canada secures one of the eight spots available for the competition at the Olympics.
On Tuesday, the schedule for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games came out, with mixed doubles curling — its first round-robin draws — getting underway at Cortina Olympic Stadium two days ahead of the opening ceremony. That’s Feb. 4, 2026.
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