Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships

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Atlantic University Sport
Curling Championships
Established2015
2024 host city Montague, Prince Edward Island
2024 arena Montague Curling Club
Current champions (2024)
Men Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers
Women Flag of New Brunswick.svg UNB Reds
Current edition

The Atlantic University Sport Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament held between club curling teams from member schools. Depending on the year, the top two or three men's and women's team qualify for the U Sports curling championships. [1]

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The inaugural event was held in 2015 and was hosted in Montague, Prince Edward Island by the University of Prince Edward Island. Since then, the championship has been held annually, excluding the 2020–21 season when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

The Dalhousie Tigers have dominated the event on both the men's and women's sides. The men's team have won seven of the nine titles while the women's team have picked up five. The only other men's teams to have won the AUS championship are the UNB Reds and the Memorial Sea-Hawks while on the women's side, the Saint Mary's Huskies, St. Francis Xavier X-Women, Mount Allison Mounties and UNB Reds have each won one title. [3]

Champions

YearMen's championWomen's championHost
2015 Flag of New Brunswick.svg UNB Reds Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Saint Mary's Huskies Montague CC, Montague ( Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg University of Prince Edward Island)
2016 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Highlander CC, St. Andrews ( Flag of Nova Scotia.svg St. Francis Xavier University)
2017 Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Memorial Sea-Hawks Flag of Nova Scotia.svg St. Francis Xavier X-Women Truro CC, Truro (AUS)
2018 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of New Brunswick.svg Mount Allison Mounties Capital WC, Fredericton ( Flag of New Brunswick.svg University of New Brunswick)
2019 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers St. John's CC, St. John's ( Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Memorial University of Newfoundland)
2020 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers CFB Halifax CC, Halifax ( Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Saint Mary's University)
2021Cancelled [2]
2022 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Windsor CC, Windsor ( Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Saint Mary's University)
2023 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Capital WC, Fredericton ( Flag of New Brunswick.svg University of New Brunswick)
2024 Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Dalhousie Tigers Flag of New Brunswick.svg UNB Reds Montague CC, Montague ( Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg University of Prince Edward Island)

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References

  1. "AUS Curling". Atlantic University Sport. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Atlantic University Sport announces return to sport in fall 2021". Atlantic University Sport. June 9, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. "AUS Curling Past Champions". Atlantic University Sport. Retrieved February 8, 2024.