We trust that all participants will respect the intent of this championship. The event is formulated for true club curlers: not elite, past or present. We want to support ordinary curlers and the development of curling across Canada. As we set our eligibility and on-ice rules, including the CCA Rules of Curling for General Play, keep this objective in mind.
The Dominion reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to exclude any team that violates this spirit and intent.
- The curling club represented by the team must be affiliated with its provincial/territorial association.
- Each club will declare a men's team and women's team of four players that played together regularly in a sanctioned club league in the most recent season (excluding major/super leagues) to represent the club as men's and women's club champions. How the club declares this team is up to the individual club.
- Each team will be allowed only one player who has played in a men's, women's or seniors' provincial/territorial event in the current or previous year, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous year.*
- All games will be eight (8) ends with ties being decided by a full extra end.
- A maximum of two (2) replacement players from the club can play any position except skip, but cannot play any position higher than the position being filled.
- Each team will be allowed a maximum of two (2) players under the age of 20, as of December 31 of the year prior to the championship (minimum age of 15 as of December 31).
- The Dominion has the sole authority to grant exception to these rules in extraordinary circumstances.
*Provinces/territories with open provincials/territorials will be permitted one (1) player who has placed top four in a men's, women's or seniors' provincial/territorial event in the current or previous year, or participated in a Grand Slam in the current or previous year.