U25 NextGen Classic | |
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Host city | Edmonton, Alberta |
Arena | Saville Community Sports Centre |
Current men's winner | Jordon McDonald |
Current women's winner | Taylor Reese-Hansen |
Current mixed doubles winner | 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]
The event is streamed on Curling Canada's YouTube page. [2]
The event was created by manager of youth curling and NextGen programming Helen Radford to help 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]
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse (CDN) |
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2022 [4] | Sam Mooibroek, Connor Deane, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr | Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle | $16,000 |
2023 [5] | Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson | Sam Mooibroek, Scott Mitchell, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr | $16,000 |
2024 [6] | Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson | Jayden King, Dylan Niepage, Owen Henry, Daniel Del Conte | $16,000 |
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse (CDN) |
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2022 [7] | Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon | Skylar Ackerman, Kya Kennedy, Taylor Stremick, Kelcee Kennedy | $16,000 |
2023 [5] | Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon | Abby Marks, Elysa Crough, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie | $16,000 |
2024 [8] | Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie | Gracelyn Richards, Emma Yarmuch, Sophia Ryhorchuk, Rachel Jacques | $16,000 |
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse (CDN) |
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2022 [9] | Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo | Paige Papley / Evan van Amsterdam | $10,000 |
2023 [10] | Kayla MacMillan / Sterling Middleton | Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo | $11,000 |
2024 [11] | Jessica Zheng / Victor Pietrangelo | Mackenzie Arbuckle / Aaron Macdonell | $11,000 |
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