About

The Sun Life Junior Challenge is an annual invitational junior curling cash bonspiel featuring some of the best up-and-coming young curlers. It is held every November in Brandon, Manitoba.

It is the goal of the Sun Life Junior Challenge to provide an optimum level of competition, while at the same time ensuring growth and sportsmanship from every athlete.

Past participants

Past participants include Mackenzie Zacharias' 2020 World Championship team; Jacques Gauthier's 2020 World Championship gold medal team; Braden Calvert's World Championship team; National Champion and Brier bronze medalist Matt Dunstone; Olympian and 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champion Jocelyn Peterman; 2014 USA Junior Men's Champion Jake Vukich; and 2016 USA Junior Women's Champion and World silver medalist Cory Christensen.

The teams of past years, and what their players went on to win, are on the event's previous site.

Where

All games are played at the Brandon Curling Club, in the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The 8-sheet rink has upper and lower viewing lounges seating over 300 spectators, and the lower lounge has food and drinks at the Keystone Cafe.