Busy curling season takes Canada's Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant to world mixed doubles championship
Time hasn't exactly been on the side of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant in the 2024-25 curling season.
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Curling every week since late December, it seems, has kept Canada's mixed doubles curling champions extremely busy and often away from each other with team pursuit at the forefront of their schedules.
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So any added minutes for Peterman and Gallant together were welcome to give the couple quality time to rest up, renew acquaintances and tune up their game ahead of the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship — on now through Saturday at Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B.
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'Feeling rested now … both physically and mentally,' declared Gallant, who, alongside Peterman, proved that by pushing Canada to perfection on the opening day of worlds.
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'You know … we practised, Joce and I, for a bit over the last couple of weeks together, which is kind of nice,' continued Gallant. 'We don't always have the chance to practise exclusively together on mixed doubles, because usually we're kind of practising for our four-person teams, as well.
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'So we had a pretty good little stretch there for a couple of weeks.'
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First and foremost was the rest it offered them, especially for Gallant, since he was on a marathon run of events.
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There was the Canadian mixed doubles trials victory in January, giving them the right to represent the nation at these worlds and — pending qualification this week — at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy.
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To follow was a Grand Slam of Curling final appearance at the WFG Masters.
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Then came their separate runs at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the Montana's Brier.
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Just ahead of Gallant's participation with Brier-winning Team Jacobs at the men's worlds, they curled together in the mixed doubles nationals in Prince Edward Island.
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And then Gallant was slated to play with Team Jacobs in the AMJ Players' Championship, the GSOC season finale, but was given the week off to return home to prepare for these all-important worlds.
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