Men's Curling readies for the 2024 PointsBet Invitational
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CALGARY – Sixteen men's and sixteen women's teams from Canada will participate in the 2024 PointsBet Canada Invitational, chasing a prize purse of over $350,000 in a sudden-death single-knockout format. Humber opens the tournament on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. MDT.
After capturing the 2024 CCAA national championship in New Brunswick, Jacob Dobson, Noah Garner, Matthew Abrams, Kevin Genjaga, Matthew Moretto and head coach Sean Turriff will open the tournament against a formidable opponent: Team Brad Jacobs, the second-ranked team in Canada and fourth in the world.
Brad Jacobs is an Olympic champion skip, leading Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championship skip and the 2013 World Championship runner-up.
This 'Sweep 16' meeting is a rematch from last season, where these two teams met in Oakville, with Team Bottcher winning 7-1.
The 16 teams in each gender will comprise:
- The top 10 highest-ranked women's and men's teams on the final 2023-24 Canadian Team Ranking System standings.
- The 2024 Alberta women's (Team Selena Sturmay, Edmonton) and men's (Team Aaron Sluchinski, Airdrie) champions.
- The women's (Team Allyson MacNutt, Halifax) and men's (Team Kenan Wipf, Calgary) champions of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Under-21 Championships.
- The women's (Team Gabby Wood, Edmonton) and men's (Team Jacob Dobson, Toronto) champions of the 2024 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA)/Curling Canada College Championships.
- The women's (Team Serena Gray-Withers, Edmonton) and men's (Team Josh Bryden, Regina) champions of the 2024 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Canadian University Championships.
- The women's (Team Taylor Reese-Hansen, Victoria) and men's champions (Team Jordon McDonald, Winnipeg) of the Curling Canada Under-25 NextGen Classic
- The women's (Team Abby Burgess of Oromocto, N.B.) and men's champions (Team Dan Sherrard of Beaumont, Alta.) the 2023 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships.
The match is scheduled for Sept. 26 at 6:00 p.m. MDT and will be broadcast on TSN 1 and TSN 3.
