Photo credit: Grand Slam of Curling website (L-R) Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Dan Marsh

Sunday afternoon at the WinSport Event Centre in Calgary in the men’s final of the 2024 PointsBet Invitational, winners of two straight World Curling Tour titles heading into the PointsBet, Team McEwe of Saskatoon, seeded third in the 16-team field, made it three and a row, rolling to an 8-3 win over top-seeded Team Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L.

The championship game victory added $24,000 to the team’s earnings in Calgary, making it $50,000 for McEwen, third Colton Flasch, second/vice-skip Kevin Marsh, lead Daniel Marsh and coach Brent Laing.

And on the women’s side Team Rachel Homan won the 2024 PointsBet Invitational. Homan, flanked by vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew, lead Sarah Wilkes, alternate Rachel Brown and coach Brendan Bottcher, secured the title with an 8-3 victory over Calgary in the final.

The Ottawa team was seeded first in the 16-team field and this win netted them a $50,000 payday after winning four-straight games to claim the top prize at the WinSport Event Centre.