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Wednesday, October 14 @ 9:00 pm · Ottawa Curling Club

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Carleton University · Ottawa

Ravens Varsity
Curling

Men's and women's teams competing in Ontario University Athletics and chasing U SPORTS national titles. Two national championships since curling returned to Carleton in 2011.

  • 2National championships
  • 2OUA men's titles
  • 1Universiade silver for Canada
  • 2011Program revived

Our history

From a revived club to national champions

Curling was part of Carleton's athletic life decades ago, then disappeared for roughly forty years. In 2011–12 a group of students brought it back as the Ravens Competitive Curling Club, with men's and women's teams entering Ontario University Athletics (OUA) play.

Results came quickly. The men won an OUA bronze in only their second season. A year later the women were national champions and went on to wear the Maple Leaf at the Winter Universiade. Since then the Ravens have added a men's national title in 2019, a second OUA men's banner in 2025, and a national final in 2026.

Two national championships, two OUA titles and a Universiade silver in fifteen seasons.

  1. 2011–12
    Milestone

    Curling returns to Carleton

    The Ravens Competitive Curling Club is founded, ending an absence of about forty years.

  2. 2013
    OUA bronze

    Men reach the podium in year two

    The men's team wins OUA bronze in its second season and places eighth at the CIS national championships.

  3. 2014
    National champions

    Women win the CIS national title

    After taking OUA silver, the women win the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, Carleton's first national curling title.

    Jamie Sinclair (skip), Lauren Horton, Lynn Kreviazuk, Jessica Armstrong

  4. 2015
    Universiade silver

    Representing Canada in Granada, Spain

    Ravens Lauren Horton, Lynn Kreviazuk and Jessica Armstrong, skipped by Manitoba's Breanne Meakin, win silver for Canada at the 2015 Winter Universiade.

  5. 2019
    National champions

    Men sweep the OUA and U SPORTS titles

    The men win the program's first OUA banner, then the U SPORTS/Curling Canada University Championship in Fredericton, N.B.

    Cameron Goodkey (skip), Mackenzie Calwell, Morgan Calwell, Brendan Acorn

  6. 2022
    OUA bronze

    Women back on the OUA podium

    The women's team takes bronze at the OUA championships.

  7. 2025
    OUA champions

    Second OUA men's title

    Three in the sixth end seals an 8–5 win over Wilfrid Laurier in the gold-medal draw at the Galt Country Club in Cambridge, Ont., on February 9, 2025.

    Owen Nicholls (skip), Jordan McNamara, Jack Ragan, Jacob Clarke, Phil Burgess

  8. 2026
    U SPORTS silver

    Back in the national final

    The men reach the U SPORTS championship game and fall 7–6 to the Calgary Dinos on February 22, 2026.

2026–27 season

What we're playing for

After a national final last February, the program's priorities for this season and the next few.

  1. Every season

    Both teams to the OUA podium and U SPORTS nationals

    Qualify the men's and women's rosters for the national championship each year, so that reaching nationals is the expectation and not the exception.

  2. Unfinished business

    A third national championship

    Turn 2026's silver into gold, and bring the women's program back to the national title it first won in 2014.

  3. Development

    Build complete curlers and complete students

    Structured practice, video review and a full bonspiel schedule, balanced with the academic demands of full-time study at Carleton.

  4. Sustainability

    Grow a program that lasts

    Recruit across every year of study, stay connected with alumni, and fund ice time, bonspiel entries and travel through the Carleton FutureFunder campaign.

Join the Ravens

2026–27 tryouts

Men's and women's rosters are both open. Come ready to throw.

Ravens CurlingTryout
Date
Wednesday, October 14
Time
9:00 pmArrive 15 minutes early to change and stretch
Place
Ottawa Curling Club440 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, ON
Open to
Carleton studentsMen's and women's teams
Directions Go Ravens curling page

What to expect

A warm-up, then delivery and sweeping drills covering draw weight, takeouts and line calling, followed by game play so coaches can see how you read the ice and work with a team.

What to bring

  • Clean, flat-soled shoes that have not been worn outside
  • Your slider, gripper and broom, if you have them
  • Warm, stretchy layers and gloves
  • Your Carleton student card

Questions, or can't make October 14? Email your team's coach before the tryout date: Ed Cyr (men) or Jamie Sinclair (women). All coach contacts