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The Kurt Balderston rink won the men's silver medal at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships played in Grande Prairie. (Image Credit: Grande Prairie Curling Centre/Facebook.)
By Curtis Galbraith
Curtling

Curling: Ontario sweeps Masters titles, Sexsmith duo finishes second at U20 mixed doubles

Apr 13, 2026 | 3:36 PM

Masters

Teams from Ontario won the men’s and women’s titles at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships that wrapped up over the weekend at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.

Team Ontario, skipped by Bryan Cochrane, defeated Kurt Balderston’s Team Alberta 7-6 in the men’s final.

The Mary Chilvers team from Ontario beat Alberta, skipped by Glenys Bakker, 7-4 in the women’s final.

Saskatchewan won the women’s bronze. B.C won the men’s bronze medal.

The full scoreboard can be found here. The Grande Prairie Curling Centre has more team pictures on its social media page.

U20 Mixed Doubles 

A Sexsmith duo finished second at the U20 Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship played in Calgary April 9-12.

Hayden Young and Robert Nelson lost the final, 9-2 in six ends to a team from Leduc and Edmonton.

The Kailey Sparks and Quinn Farmer team from Sexsmith lost 6-5 to Young and Nelson in the quarter-final round.

Two other teams from the Peace did not make the playoffs.

The full results can be found here.

by Curtis Galbraith