2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event

The 2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event was held from September 22 to 26 at the RA Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.^[1] The event was held to qualify two men's teams and two women's teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event
Host city	Ottawa, Ontario
Arena	RA Centre
Dates	September 22–26
Men's winner	Team Roberge
Curling club	CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald
Skip	Vincent Roberge
Third	Jean-Michel Arsenault
Second	Jesse Mullen
Lead	Julien Tremblay
Coach	Éric Sylvain
Finalist	Sean Grassie
Women's winner	Team Galusha
Curling club	Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife
Skip	Kerry Galusha
Fourth	Jo-Ann Rizzo
Third	Sarah Koltun
Second	Margot Flemming
Coach	Shona Barbour
Finalist	Jill Brothers

Qualification process

Eight men's teams and eight women's team qualified for the event based on their ranking from the World Curling Team Rankings as of July 2021.^[1] Teams also had to have three of their four members from their 2020–21 season lineups still intact.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Corey Chambers	Julien Leduc	Devon Wiebe	Stuart Shiells		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Brayden Payette	Cole Chandler		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sean Grassie	Tyler Drews	Daryl Evans	Rodney Legault		Winnipeg, Manitoba
William Lyburn	Daley Peters	Kennedy Bird	Bryce McEwen		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Shaun Meachem	Brady Scharback	Tyler Hartung[a]	Jared Latos	Jeff Chambers	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Vincent Roberge	Jean-Michel Arsenault	Jesse Mullen	Julien Tremblay		Saint-Romuald, Quebec
J. T. Ryan	Colin Kurz	Joey Hart	Brendan Bilawka		Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ryan Wiebe	Sean Flatt	Zack Bilawka	Adam Flatt		Winnipeg, Manitoba

Knockout brackets

Source:^[3]

A event

	First Knockout										Qualifier 1
	1	Corey Chambers	7
	8	William Lyburn	5
						1	Corey Chambers	7
						5	J. T. Ryan	1
	4	Sean Grassie	3
	5	J. T. Ryan	4
											1	Corey Chambers	4
											3	Vincent Roberge	7
	2	Jacques Gauthier	7
	7	Shaun Meachem	9
						7	Shaun Meachem	3
						3	Vincent Roberge	7
	3	Vincent Roberge	9
	6	Ryan Wiebe	6

B event

	Second Knockout															Qualifier 2
						7	Shaun Meachem	9
	8	William Lyburn	6			8	William Lyburn	2								5	J. T. Ryan	6
	4	Sean Grassie	4								7	Shaun Meachem	5			1	Corey Chambers	2
											5	J. T. Ryan	7
						2	Jacques Gauthier	7
	2	Jacques Gauthier	8			5	J. T. Ryan	8
	6	Ryan Wiebe	6

C event

	Third Knockout															Qualifier 3
	4	Sean Grassie	7													1	Corey Chambers	5
	2	Jacques Gauthier	3								4	Sean Grassie	7			4	Sean Grassie	6
						4	Sean Grassie	7			7	Shaun Meachem	5
						6	Ryan Wiebe	6
	6	Ryan Wiebe	9
	8	William Lyburn	5

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).^[4]

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 22, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Corey Chambers	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	X	7
William Lyburn	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3
J. T. Ryan	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7
Shaun Meachem	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Vincent Roberge	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	9
Ryan Wiebe	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6

Draw 4

Thursday, September 23, 8:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	8
Ryan Wiebe	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
William Lyburn	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4

Draw 5

Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shaun Meachem	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Vincent Roberge	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Corey Chambers	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	X	X	7
J. T. Ryan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 7

Thursday, September 23, 8:00 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shaun Meachem	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	X	9
William Lyburn	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jacques Gauthier	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	7
J. T. Ryan	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	8

Draw 8

Friday, September 24, 8:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Wiebe	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	9
William Lyburn	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	X	7
Jacques Gauthier	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 10

Friday, September 24, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Shaun Meachem	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	5
J. T. Ryan	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sean Grassie	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	7
Ryan Wiebe	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Corey Chambers	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Vincent Roberge	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	7

Draw 12

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Grassie	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	7
Shaun Meachem	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
J. T. Ryan	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	X	6
Corey Chambers	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 14

Saturday, September 25, 5:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Corey Chambers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
Sean Grassie	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	6

Playoffs

A vs. B

Second place game

Qualify for Pre-Trials

A

Vincent Roberge

5

Vincent Roberge

B

J. T. Ryan

4

Sean Grassie

B

J. T. Ryan

6

C

Sean Grassie

7

A vs. B

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Vincent Roberge	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
J. T. Ryan	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Winner qualifies for 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Sunday, September 26, 1:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
J. T. Ryan	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Sean Grassie	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7

Winner qualifies for 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Jill Brothers	Erin Carmody	Kim Kelly[b]	Jenn Mitchell	Sarah Murphy[b]	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jo-Ann Rizzo (Fourth)	Sarah Koltun	Margot Flemming	Kerry Galusha (Skip)	Shona Barbour	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Ashley Howard	Kourtney Fesser	Krista Fesser	Kaylin Skinner		Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kaitlyn Jones	Robyn Njegovan	Abby Ackland	Sara Oliver	Vanessa Foster	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lauren Mann	Kira Brunton	Cheryl Kreviazuk	Karen Trines	Marcia Richardson	Ottawa, Ontario
Jessie Hunkin[c]	Kristen Streifel	Becca Hebert[c]	Dayna Demers	Robyn Silvernagle[c]	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Laurie St-Georges	Hailey Armstrong	Emily Riley	Cynthia St-Georges	Isabelle Thiboutot	Laval, Quebec
Sarah Wark	Kristen Pilote	Nicky Kaufman	Oye-Sem Won[d]	Karla Thompson[d]	Abbotsford, British Columbia

Knockout brackets

Source:^[6]

A event

	First Knockout										Qualifier 1
	1	Kaitlyn Jones	4
	8	Ashley Howard	8
						8	Ashley Howard	4
						4	Kerry Galusha	9
	4	Kerry Galusha	10
	5	Sarah Wark	4
											4	Kerry Galusha	6
											3	Team Silvernagle	5
	2	Laurie St-Georges	8
	7	Jill Brothers	4
						2	Laurie St-Georges	2
						3	Team Silvernagle	11
	3	Team Silvernagle	12
	6	Lauren Mann	2

B event

	Second Knockout															Qualifier 2
						2	Laurie St-Georges	5
	1	Kaitlyn Jones	11			1	Kaitlyn Jones	6								3	Team Silvernagle	11
	5	Sarah Wark	3								1	Kaitlyn Jones	8			1	Kaitlyn Jones	3
											6	Lauren Mann	6
						8	Ashley Howard	5
	7	Jill Brothers	6			6	Lauren Mann	7
	6	Lauren Mann	8

C event

	Third Knockout															Qualifier 3
	5	Sarah Wark	7													1	Kaitlyn Jones	4
	8	Ashley Howard	9								7	Jill Brothers	10			7	Jill Brothers	10
						8	Ashley Howard	4			6	Lauren Mann	6
						7	Jill Brothers	7
	7	Jill Brothers	8
	2	Laurie St-Georges	5

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).^[7]

Draw 1

Wednesday, September 22, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kaitlyn Jones	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	X	4
Ashley Howard	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	X	8

Draw 2

Wednesday, September 22, 3:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Silvernagle	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	4	X	X	12
Lauren Mann	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Laurie St-Georges	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	8
Jill Brothers	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerry Galusha	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	2	X	10
Sarah Wark	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 4

Thursday, September 23, 8:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kaitlyn Jones	1	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	X	X	11
Sarah Wark	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jill Brothers	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	6
Lauren Mann	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ashley Howard	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	4
Kerry Galusha	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	X	X	9

Draw 5

Thursday, September 23, 12:00 pm

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Laurie St-Georges	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
Team Silvernagle	0	2	1	3	2	0	3	0	X	X	11

Draw 6

Thursday, September 23, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ashley Howard	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
Lauren Mann	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	7

Draw 7

Thursday, September 23, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Laurie St-Georges	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Kaitlyn Jones	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 8

Friday, September 24, 8:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jill Brothers	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	8
Laurie St-Georges	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 9

Friday, September 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sarah Wark	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	7
Ashley Howard	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	X	9

Draw 10

Friday, September 24, 4:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kerry Galusha	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
Team Silvernagle	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kaitlyn Jones	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8
Lauren Mann	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	6

Draw 11

Friday, September 24, 8:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ashley Howard	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Jill Brothers	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	7

Draw 12

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Silvernagle	3	0	2	0	3	2	1	X	X	X	11
Kaitlyn Jones	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jill Brothers	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	10
Lauren Mann	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6

Draw 14

Saturday, September 25, 5:00 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kaitlyn Jones	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4
Jill Brothers	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	3	X	10

Playoffs

A vs. B

Second place game

Qualify for Pre-Trials

A

Kerry Galusha

10

Kerry Galusha

B

Team Silvernagle

8

Jill Brothers

B

Team Silvernagle

6

C

Jill Brothers

8

A vs. B

Saturday, September 25, 5:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kerry Galusha	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	10
Team Silvernagle	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	8

Winner qualifies for 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Team Silvernagle	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	X	6
Jill Brothers	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	X	8

Winner qualifies for 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.

Notes

1. Tyler Hartung spared for Brayden Stewart.
2. As second Sarah Murphy did not attend the event, alternate Kim Kelly moved up to play second. Murphy was still listed as the teams alternate on the roster, however.
3. As skip Robyn Silvernagle was on maternity leave, second Jessie Hunkin moved up to skip and alternate Becca Hebert played second. Silvernagle was listed as the alternate on the roster, however.
4. Alternate Oye-Sem Won played lead during the tournament, replacing Karla Thompson.