Men's Curling readies for the 2023 PointsBet Canada Invitational
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OAKVILLE – Sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams from Canada will participate in the 2023 PointsBet Canada Invitational, chasing a prize purse of over $350,000 in a sudden-death single-knockout format. Humber opens the tournament on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.
After capturing the 2023 CCAA national championship, Jacob Dobson, Austin Snyder, Noah Garner, Matthew Abrams, and Kevin Genjaga will open the tournament against a formidable opponent, the second-ranked team in the world, Team Bottcher.
Brendan Bottcher was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team after leading Alberta to victory at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier.
The 16 teams in each gender will comprise:
- The top 10 highest-ranked women's and men's teams on the final 2022-23 Canadian Team Ranking System standings.
- The 2022-23 Ontario women's and men's champions (Team Rachel Homan, Team Mike McEwen).
- The women's and men's champions of the 2023 New Holland Canadian Junior (Under 21) Championships.
- The women's and men's champions of the 2023 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association/Curling Canada College Championships.
- The women's and men's champions of the 2023 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Canadian University Championships.
- The women's and men's champions of the Curling Canada Under-25 NextGen Classic in early September.
- The women's (Team Shaelyn Park of Moncton, N.B.) and men's champions (Team Greg Balsdon of Richmond Hill, Ont.) the 2022 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships.
The match is scheduled for Sept. 28 at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on TSN 1 and TSN 3.
