This was the second time Stratford hosted the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The first was in 2016 when Manitoba's Matt Dunstone and Nova Scotia's Mary Fay took home the titles. The 2022 event featured eighteen teams on both the men's and women's sides, each split into two pools of nine. The top three teams from each pool at the end of the round robin advanced to the playoff round.[2] Based on results from the 2019 and 2020 events, certain provinces earned two berths to the championship. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Saskatchewan each earned an extra berth on the men's side, while Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec got two berths on the women's side.[3]
The Alberta U20 Junior Provincials were held from February 23–27, 2022 at the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre in Cochrane.
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified six teams for a championship round. Two men's teams and two women's teams qualified for the national championship.
The BC U-21 Junior Curling Championships were held from February 22–27, 2022 at the Comox Valley Curling Club in Comox, British Columbia.
The championship was held in a round robin format, which qualified three men's teams and six women's teams for the championship round. Two men's teams qualified for the national championship.
Pre-Playoff Results:[7][8]
Men
W
L
Connor Deane (Royal City)
5
0
Connor Kent (Royal City/Port Moody)
3
2
Adam Fenton (Royal City)
3
2
Daniel Deng (Royal City/Nanaimo/Kamloops)
2
3
Chris Parkinson (Comox Valley/Qualicum/Parksville)
The Telus Junior Provincial Championships were held from February 22–27, 2022 at the Brandon Curling Club in Brandon.
The championship was held in a round robin format, which qualified four teams for a page-playoff championship round. Two men's teams and two women's teams qualified for the national championship.
The U21 Juniors were held from February 22–27, 2022 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in St. John's.
The men's championship was held in a round robin format, while the women's event was held in a double round robin format. Two men's teams qualified for the national championship.
The NWTCA Junior Curling Championships were held from February 11–13, 2022 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife.
No men's event was held as there was only one registered team, Team Mason MacNeil. The women's event was held in a best-of-five series between two rinks.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, the AMJ Campbell U21 Championships were cancelled. A selection process was held to determine the men's and women's representatives for the championship.[15] Two women's teams qualified for the national championship.
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified four teams for a championship round. Two men's teams and two women's teams qualified for the national championship.
The Quebec Performance Brush U21 Provincials were held from March 3–6, 2022 at the Club de curling Kénogami in Jonquière.
The championship was held in a round robin format, which qualified two men's teams and three women's teams for the championship round. Two women's teams qualified for the national championship.
The Junior Provincials were held from February 24–28, 2022 at the Martensville Curling Club in Martensville.
The championship was held in a modified triple-knockout format, which qualified four teams for a championship round. Two men's teams qualified for the national championship.
^James Ballance was listed as the team's skip at the Alberta U20 Junior Provincials, however, Justin Runciman skipped the team at the national championship.
^ a bTeam Olivia Jones finished second at the Alberta U20 Junior Provincials, however, Team Claire Booth represented Alberta 2 at the national championship.
References
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^ a b"Returning to Stratford!". Curling Canada. January 30, 2022. Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ a b c"Draw Schedule". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ a b"2022 New Holland U21 Canadian Juniors Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-14. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
^"2022 Alberta U20 Men Provincial Championship". Curling Alberta. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2022 Alberta U20 Provincial Championship". Curling Alberta. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2022 BC Men's U-21 Championship". CurlBC. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2022 BC Women's U-21 Championship". CurlBC. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2021–22 Provincial Calendar". Nova Scotia Curling. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"Team NS at the New Holland U 21 Championship. Team Nick Mosher. L-R- Nick Mosher, Sean Beland, Evan Hennigar, Aidan MacDonald, Owen McPherson, Coach- Danny Christianson". Facebook. Nova Scotia Curling Association. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"Team NS 1 at the New Holland U 21 Championship. Team Taylour Stevens. L-R- Taylour Stevens, Lauren Ferguson, Alison Umlah, Cate Fitzgerald". Facebook. Nova Scotia Curling Association. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"Team NS 2 at the New Holland U 21 Championship. Team Sophie Blades. L-R- Sophie Blades, Kate Weissent, Stephanie Atherton, Alexis Cluney, Coach- Andrew Atherton". Facebook. Nova Scotia Curling Association. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2022 U-21 Men's Provincials". Curl ON. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^"2022 U-21 Women's Provincials". Curl ON. Retrieved March 18, 2022.