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The 2024 Co-op Canadian Open was held from November 5 to 10 at the Silent Ice Arena in Nisku, Alberta. [1] It was the second Grand Slam event and first major of the 2024–25 curling season.
The 2024 KIOTI National was held from November 26 to December 1 at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] It was the third Grand Slam event and second major of the 2024–25 curling season.
The 2024 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 1 to 10 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. [1] Team Canada, who was skipped by Brad Gushue won their third straight Brier Tankard and represented Canada at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland where they won the silver medal.
In the men's final, Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue won his 15th Grand Slam title after defeating the World #1 ranked Joël Retornaz team from Italy, 7–6. Team Gushue started the game off by getting forced to a single in the first after Gushue made a hit against two Retornaz rocks which sat across the rings.
Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ ʒ u / GUU-zhoo; [1] born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [2] Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4. [3]
Gushue worked as a carpenter and refereed community games before for being spotted by Sid Borgia, who saw him refereeing a summer league game while on vacation in Wildwood, New Jersey. [2] [3] He was invited to try out for the NBA in 1961. There was one opening left, and Gushue won it over future Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda. [4]
The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. [1] The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and would go on to represent Canada at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship on home soil at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario, where they won a silver medal. [2]
The Players' Championship, currently known as the Princess Auto Players' Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the final event of the Grand Slam of Curling tour, and is formerly the championship of the World Curling Tour season.