Rock League launches, shakes up curling teams and introduces new formats

Team Jacobs skip Brad Jacobs delivers a stone during Canadian Olympic curling trials finals action against Team Dunstone in Halifax on Friday, November 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

TORONTO — The Rock League has launched in Toronto with a bar right next to a curling sheet and frenemies as teammates.

The Rock League is a new event from The Curling Group, which also owns the Grand Slam series and has Olympic gold medallists John Morris and Jennifer Jones as its strategic advisors.

The inaugural event at the Mattamy Athletic Centre runs until Sunday. The competition offers US$250,000 in prize money, with $100,000 going to the winning team.

Each of the six teams blends five men and five women from different countries competing in four-player men’s and women’s matches, as well as mixed doubles.

Teams include Canadians such as Brad Jacobs, Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson as well as international curlers from Sweden, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Japan and the United States.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2026.