Canada’s Jacobs clinches playoff spot at Pan Continental Curling Championships
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VIRGINIA – Canada’s Brad Jacobs remained undefeated and clinched a semifinal berth at the Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 8-2 win over Australia’s Hugh Millikin on Thursday.
The win also sealed a berth for a Canadian team at the world men’s curling championship, March 27-April 4 in Ogden, Utah.
Jacobs’ Calgary-based team was in control early with deuces in the first and third ends to take a 4-1 lead. Jacobs then stole one in the fourth and three more in the fifth. The Australians conceded after taking a single point in the sixth.
Jacobs (5-0) will wrap up round-robin play on Friday with games against Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (4-1) and John Shuster of the United States (5-0).
In women’s action earlier Thursday, Canada’s Rachel Homan rallied from an early deficit to post an 11-9 win over South Korea’s Eunji Gim.
Gim scored four in the second end to take an early 4-1 lead over Homan, the defending tournament champion.
But Homan’s Ottawa rink responded quickly, outscoring Gim 6-1 over the next four ends and taking the lead with a steal of two in the sixth.
South Korea moved back in front 8-7 with three in the seventh, but Homan responded with three in the eighth and took a three-point cushion into the final end with a steal of one in the ninth.
Later, Homan fell 7-6 to China’s Rui Wang.
The result saw Canada’s record slip to 3-2 while China stayed perfect at 5-0.
Round-robin play in both the men’s and women’s fields continues Friday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2025.