U25 NextGen Classic

Last updated

U25 NextGen Classic
Host city Edmonton, Alberta
Arena Saville Community Sports Centre
Current men's winner Flag of Manitoba.svg Jordon McDonald
Current women's winner Flag of British Columbia.svg Taylor Reese-Hansen
Current mixed doubles winner Flag of Ontario.svg Zheng / Pietrangelo

The U25 NextGen Classic is an annual curling tournament held at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The event is held each year in late August to early September with the goal of helping junior teams to transition into the adult ranks. [1]

Contents

The event is streamed on Curling Canada's YouTube page. [2]

History

The event was created by Curling Canada to help Canadian junior curlers transition into men's and women's play. It allows teams that are a combined age of 100 years or less (50 for mixed doubles) the opportunity to play against each other with the opportunity for direct entry into Curling Canada's NextGen Future program. [1] The event was first held in 2022 following the inaugural Best of the West U30 event at the end of the 2021–22 season. The 2022 event featured 10 men's and women's teams and 16 mixed doubles teams. [3] In 2025, the event was expanded, with 12 men's and women's teams and 20 mixed doubles teams.

Past Champions

Men

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CDN)
2022 [4] Flag of Ontario.svg Sam Mooibroek, Connor Deane, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle $16,000
2023 [5] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson Flag of Ontario.svg Sam Mooibroek, Scott Mitchell, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr$16,000
2024 [6] Flag of Manitoba.svg Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson Flag of Ontario.svg Jayden King, Dylan Niepage, Owen Henry, Daniel Del Conte $16,000
2025 $12,250

Women

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CDN)
2022 [7] Flag of Alberta.svg Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Skylar Ackerman, Kya Kennedy, Taylor Stremick, Kelcee Kennedy$16,000
2023 [5] Flag of Alberta.svg Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon Flag of Alberta.svg Abby Marks, Elysa Crough, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie$16,000
2024 [8] Flag of British Columbia.svg Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie Flag of Alberta.svg Gracelyn Richards, Emma Yarmuch, Sophia Ryhorchuk, Rachel Jacques$16,000
2025 $12,250

Mixed doubles

YearWinning teamRunner-up teamPurse (CDN)
2022 [9] Flag of Ontario.svg Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo Flag of Alberta.svg Paige Papley / Evan van Amsterdam $10,000
2023 [10] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kayla MacMillan / Sterling Middleton Flag of Ontario.svg Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo $11,000
2024 [11] Flag of Ontario.svg Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo Flag of Manitoba.svg Mackenzie Arbuckle / Aaron Macdonell$11,000
2025 $7,000

References

  1. 1 2 "New U-25 Event Announced". Curling Canada. May 30, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Curling Canada". YouTube. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Inaugural U-25 Classic!". Curling Canada. August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 U25 NextGen Classic – Men". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "2023 U25 NextGen Classic – Men & Women". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2024 U25 NextGen Classic – Men". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  7. ↑ "2022 U25 NextGen Classic – Women". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2024 U25 NextGen Classic – Women". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2022 U25 NextGen Classic – Mixed doubles". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "2023 U25 NextGen Classic – Mixed doubles". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ "2024 U25 NextGen Classic – Mixed doubles". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.