Kindersley to host 2025 men’s and women’s curling provincial championships

The men’s and women’s provincial curling championships will be held on the same ice at the same time next year.

CurlSask announced that Kindersley will play host to the 2025 SaskTel Tankard and the 2025 Viterra Scotties from January 20 to 26, featuring the top men’s and women’s curling teams competing for their respective titles at the same time inside the West Central Events Centre.

The Kindersley Curling Club hosted the 2024 Mixed Provincial Championship from March 21-24. The Ackerman rink from the Highland Curling Club will represent Saskatchewan at the 2024 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships at the St. Catherines Golf & Country Club in St. Catherines in November! (L-R): Jason Ackerman, Robyn Silvernagle, Sam Wills, Colleen Ackerman. PHOTO CURLSASK

Previously, the championships took place at separate times and in most cases, in separate venues.

“With its rich history of event hosting and passionate volunteer community, we know Kindersley was the perfect place to host this event for the first time, said CurlSask executive director Steve Turner. We want our events in arenas. We’re trying to prepare our athletes for that next step … to put them in arena ice mimicking the situation they would see at a Scotties or at a Brier is priority No. 1.”

While the official draw schedule hasn’t been released, Turner said it will look similar to a Grand Slam of Curling event with men’s and women’s draws each day, which means there could be four draws per day, up from the traditional three.

While some playoff matchups could feature both men’s and women’s at the same time, Turner said he expects the championship matches to be held one at a time.

“It’s important for us to showcase both events so once we start to get down to that, we would probably stagger our semifinals and finals,” said Turner.

Host Chair, Lexie Adamson said, “This is an incredible opportunity to showcase Kindersley, and the West Central Region, while benefitting our local businesses and hospitality services. We cannot put this caliber of event on without the support of sponsorship of our community.”

Tickets will be available for purchase on the CURLSASK website early in the fall.