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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.
A new scoring rule is being tested at the event where a team will lose the hammer after two consecutive blank ends. The decision was made following three straight blanks between Brad Gushue and Mike McEwen in their round robin match at the 2024 National. The goal is to increase scoring and make the game more entertaining for spectators. [2]
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.
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]
All of the games were streamed on CurlingZone and the Swift Current Curling Club's YouTube pages. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Despite not pulling the same number of international teams as the year prior, the event had a strong presence of Canadian teams, with seven of the top ten teams on the CTRS standings competing in both the men's and women's divisions.
In the men's final, Team Bruce Mouat of Scotland beat Team Brad Gushue from Newfoundland, 6–3. Mouat took control of the game early, scoring three in the first end, and didn't look back from there. Team Mouat also went undefeated, going 7–0, and with the title, the team won their eighth grand slam. [3]
The 2024 Co-op Canadian Open was held from January 16 to 21 at the Servus Arena in Red Deer, Alberta. [1] It was the fourth Grand Slam event and third major of the 2023–24 curling season.
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.