Humber's Men's team Wins National CCAA Curling Championship

Tags: February 2023, Vol. 3, Issue 2

Humber’s Men’s Curling team made up of five players and coached by Bachelor of Behavioural Science (BBS) student Zack Shurtleff, qualified for the Canadian College Athletic Association (CCAA) hosted by Laurentian University and Curling Canada. They qualified for the Canadian College Athletic Association (CCAA) hosted by Laurentian University and Curling Canada. Humber’s mens team played off against 7 of the top college curling teams across Canada in a round robin finishing in second place at a 6-1 record. Humber faced their Ontario rivals of Sault College in the semis, winning with a dominant performance and moving on to play Southern Alberta Institute of Tech (SAIT Trojans) in the gold medal game. The game was tight and well-fought on both sides until Humber broke away with a big score midway through the game and won the CCAA Championship for the second time in program history! Congrats to the Humber (curling) Hawks!

Winning this championship granted the Humber Men’s team entry into a Curling Canada-sponsored event called the Pointsbet Invitational in September against the top 16 men’s professional teams in Canada, providing an opportunity to play against the best Canada has to offer, to be played in Oakville, Ontario, and chasing a prize purse of over $350,000 in a sudden-death single-knockout format.