Thirty-two of the country’s top curlers were in Liverpool last week for the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials.
They were competing for a chance to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Winners Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are now going on to represent Canada at the world mixed doubles championships in Fredericton in April. That event will help determine the qualifying countries for the Olympics.
While you may be familiar with the rules of traditional four-person-to-a-team curling, there are some differences in the mixed doubles game.
Scott Pfeifer was in Liverpool for the mixed doubles trials. As a four-time world curling champion and a five-time Brier champion, the national team coach and program manager for mixed doubles with Curling Canada is uniquely qualified to give a primer on the basics of the mixed doubles game versus traditional curling.
