Scotties Curling Spreadsheets

[With files from Curling Canada]

Unlike curlers of yesteryear, today’s athletes are running Excel and Google “docs” alongside training and competition.

The goal, of course, is to get one’s team qualified for major events—the Olympic Trials and next year’s Scotties—that are just on the horizon.

“If I told you we didn’t have a spreadsheet going I’d be lying,” said Alberta skip Kayla Skrlik with a laugh. “We’ve tracked it most of the year. We’re looking for Scotties berths, we’re looking for Trials berths.

“So, yeah, this means quite a bit for our season and the points chase for all of our big goals.”

Despite losing a Canadian women’s championship first-round playoff qualifier 7-4 to Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson on Friday, Skrlik later eliminated Ontario’s Danielle Inglis 9-8 at Fort William Gardens to advance to Saturday’s Page playoff 3 vs 4 game.

Team Christina Black of Nova Scotia is also aware of the Thunder Bay STOH’s implications.

After an emphatic 10-5 loss to Team Canada’s Rachel Homan on Friday, her Halifax foursome rebounded to eliminate British Columbia’s Corryn Brown by the same scoreline.

“(Before the game) I was like, ‘Girls, there is a lot of goodies on the line for that game,’” said a smiling Black. “Winning that game—I don’t have it worked out completely, I don’t have my spreadsheet open, but we’re pretty sure that might lock us in for a spot at the Trials, which would be amazing.”

“That game" will be Black vs Skrlik at 1:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, for a trip into the Scotties semifinal—but also so much more.

The winner should clinch a berth into the Olympic Trials at Halifax in November, where Canada’s four-player teams for the 2026 Winter Olympics will be decided.

In addition, points toward next year’s Canadian Team Ranking System should grant berths into the recently announced 2026 Tournament of Hearts in Mississauga, Ont.

Trials berths won’t be officially confirmed until the conclusion of the Grand Slam’s AMJ Players’ Championship Apr. 8-13 in Toronto.

Later Saturday, it’s the Page 1 vs. 2 playoff between the defending champs of the last five championships—Homan and Einarson. That winner heads directly into Sunday’s championship final.