Jocelyn Peterman at this week’s Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton. (Curling Canada/Rob Blanchard)

By Ian Gustafson

Spot in Olympics

Red Deer curlers set to compete at 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials

Dec 11, 2024 | 11:25 AM

The draw has been set and Red Deer curling fans can expect to see a pair of familiar faces at the upcoming 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials.

Red Deer’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brittany Tran will compete on separate teams for a chance to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

Peterman is competing alongside her husband Brett Gallant and Tran with Saskatoon’s Rylan Kleiter.

Peterman said on Tuesday, she and Gallant competed in their first mixed doubles Canadian championship back in 2016. After winning that event, they’ve played together ever since.

“We’ve won two including a silver two years ago and bronze last year. We really love the discipline and we pride ourselves in how consistent we’ve been at this tournament since we’ve started playing together,” she said.

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“We really like it and love competing against the best teams in Canada.”

The 16 team tournament will unfold from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4, at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

“We’ve played against a lot of the teams who will compete in the tournament and almost all of them were in the event last weekend in Banff for the last Olympic trials qualifying spot,” she added.

“We had a really good showing there so it’s nice to have that little confidence boost going into the Olympic trials.”

Canada’s spot in mixed doubles curling at the Olympics hasn’t been confirmed yet and only one team will come out of the trials with a spot.

The duo who wins the tournament will head to the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, N.B. from April 26 to May 3, where Canada will battle for one of eight spots in the Olympics.

“[Making the Olympics] has been a goal of ours and it’s exciting. We dedicate a lot of time to curling right now and being able to go to the Olympics together is a huge goal for us so we’re looking forward to it,” Peterman added.

The 16 teams will be divided into two pools of eight for a round robin style format. The top three teams from each pool advance to a six-team playoff, following a format similar to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Montana’s Brier.

Playoffs will begin on Jan. 2, with the winners of the semifinals moving on to the gold-medal match on Jan. 4, where the champion will be crowned.

For more details and updates including the full list of competitors visit the event website.