Twenty (20) teams split into four (4) pools of five (5) teams.
Guaranteed four (4) game Round Robin within each pool.
Round robin games:
Thursday: 8pm
Friday: 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm
Saturday: 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
Top two (2) teams from each pool, eight (8) in total, qualify for playoffs
Sunday: 9am (Quarter-Finals), 12:30pm (Semi-Finals), 4pm (Final)
Adherence to the World Curling Federation (WCF) rulebook. All equipment must comply with WCF regulations and be approved for use in official competition.
The practice and Last Stone Draw (LSD) will begin 10 minutes prior to the scheduled game time.
Teams will be pre-assigned rock colour where Red Rocks will be first practice/LSD.
If the game is tied after 8 ends, a full extra end is played toward the glass.
All pool ties will be resolved through the following tie-break procedures in priority order:
Head-to-head results
Last Stone Draw (LSD) results
Teams will be reseeded for playoffs based on win-loss record followed by Last Stone Draw (LSD) totals.
The first team listed will use RED rocks and throw clockwise rotation toward the glass.
Teams alternate practice stones (2 per player: 1 away, 1 toward the glass).
Each player then throws one (1) draw to the button toward the glass.
The combined distance determines the team with the lowest LSD total.
The team with the lowest total chooses rock placement in the first (1st) end.
Measured with provided laser measurement devices and to the nearest millimeter (i.e. full reading on device).
A stone covering the pin scores 0 m.
A stone missing the rings scores 2.000 m.
If totals are tied after both LSD draws have been thrown, flip a coin.