Final Four at Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling in Surrey

With files from Curling Canada

The spouse pairing of Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing were the latest big-name team to fall at the 2026 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Surrey, B.C.

The 2023 champions lost 8-6 in Thursday’s qualification round to Melissa Adams and Alex Robichaud of Fredericton, N.B.

In other qualifying matches, Ontario’s Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo eliminated Saskatchewan’s Martin/Kleiter 10-2, Neil/McDonald of Kingston, Ont. beat fellow Ontarians Weeks/Steep 7-6 on a measurement, and the Olympic Trials runner-ups from Alberta – Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher – took out Riley and Brendan Craig (St. Catharines, Ont.) by an 11-5 count.

In the quarterfinals, Alberta’s Zoe Cinnamon and Johnson Tao notched the most dramatic comeback, scoring six points in the final two ends for an 11-9 victory over Adams/Robichaud. 

The New Brunswickers had a 6-2 lead after three ends and were up 9-5 after six, but the Albertans took three in the seventh end and then watched Adams’ final takeout attempt for the win sail wide.

Team Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo needed a big eighth end as well. Trailing 7-4, they scored four for an 8-7 win over previously unbeaten Ontario (Kira Brunton and Tanner Horgan).

Team Homan/Bottcher took care of business Thursday evening by downing the impressive Team Quebec (Sophie Sanscartier and Maxandre Caron) by an 8-4 scoreline.

“Two good wins for us today. It feels like we’re playing well, and giving ourselves a shot (Friday),” said Bottcher. 

“We had one game in the middle that wasn’t our best (against Cinnamon/Tao) but otherwise we’ve put together some good games. The ice has been good, we’ve been learning as we’re going.”

Finally, Team Ford/Campbell made a comeback to edge fellow Ontarians Neil/McDonald 7-5.

Friday morning’s semifinals (9:30 a.m. Pacific) will feature Homan/Bottcher (7-1, Edmonton) facing Gray-Withers/Pietrangelo (6-2, Niagara Falls, Ont.), and Alberta’s Cinnamon/Tao (6-1) taking on still-unbeaten Ford/Campbell (7-0, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.)

The championship final gets underway at 1:00 p.m. PT.