2025 BKT World Men's Curling

Team Canada continues to beat teams right behind them in the standings, as they defeated China 8-2 in the Thursday morning draw at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship at the Temple Garden Centre.

The win improves Canada's record to 8-1, while China, which has been chasing Canada for first place, drops to 6-3.

Moose Jaw curling legend Dorenda Bailey is back in her hometown for the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

Bailey began her curling journey at the end of Grade 9 at Central Collegiate. She was coached by Roy Theisen as she started what would become a long and successful curling career.

The BKT World Men's Curling Championship has attracted visitors from near and far, significantly boosting business in the downtown area, where fans and teams are delighting in dining, shopping, and exploring.

Dining

"It's been crazy, to be honest. Lunches and suppers have just been packed. The experience has been great, the people are here to have fun. It's been great for our business, and I've been hearing the same from everybody else too," said John Iatridis, owner of The Mad Greek in Moose Jaw.

Susan Wyllie and Basil “Bas” Baird are visiting Moose Jaw from Edinburgh, Scotland to support their friends on Team Scotland — the top seed coming into the tournament, skipped by Bruce Mouat. 

“It’s been really good!” Wyllie said when asked about the tournament and Moose Jaw. “Yeah, we’ve been enjoying it.” 

“Weather’s a bit chilly, but there you go,” Baird chipped in. “It’s Canada! It can’t help itself. 

Czechia took down two giants in Team China and Team Scotland, but they couldn't take down the third giant in Canada during Wednesday evening's draw at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship at Temple Gardens Centre.

Canada stole a total of eight points throughout the game to grind out an 8-3 win. It wasn't their best performance, only curling 86 per cent as a team.

Third Marc Kennedy talked about the mental toughness needed to win a game like that, as well as getting through the week.

Team China took a 10-3 loss to Czechia during the Wednesday afternoon draw at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at Temple Gardens Centre.

China drops their record to 6-2, while Canada sits atop the standings at 6-1.

Despite having three losses, Czechia has been giant slayers at this championship as they have picked up wins now against China and Scotland. They have a chance to take down another giant when they meet Canada tonight in the evening draw at 7 pm.

Canada moved into a tie with China for first place after an 8-3 win over Norway in the Wednesday morning draw at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship at the Temple Garden Centre.

The Canadians improved to 6-1, tied with China, while three teams were clustered at 5-2.

"I think one of the main things we need to continue to do right now and moving forward is just stay mentally strong. We’ve played seven games, and we’ve got five more to go. We just have to make sure we get good rest and recovery between games here," said Canada's skip Brad Jacobs.

We are around the midpoint of the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship, and the Temple Gardens Centre has risen to the challenge of hosting this world-class event. 

From concessions to The Patch to the sold-out crowds, the staff and volunteers at the arena have been working non-stop to make it an enjoyable experience for both the curlers and the curling fans. 

Although they got some bad breaks, Canada still came away with a 4-2 win over Italy to improve to 5-1 at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at Temple Gardens Centre.

Second Brett Gallant and third Marc Kennedy had a couple of shots not go their way as they curled 86 per cent and 84 per cent, respectively. However, it helps when skip Brad Jacobs curls 99 per cent.

Scotland is keeping pace with the front of the pack at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at the Temple Gardens Centre.

The Scots picked up a 9-7 win over Italy in the afternoon draw to move to 5-1.

Scotland was actually trailing Italy 6-5 after eight ends. However, the scored a four-ended in the ninth and held Italy to one in the 10th.

Elsewhere on the ice, Norway’s comeback fell short as they lost 8-6 to China. The Chinese also move to 5-1.