NZ Mixed Curling Competition

Entries for the NZ Mixed Curling Tournament are currently closed and will reopen at 8:00 pm on Monday, 6 April 2026.

The NZ Mixed Competition is limited to 16 teams. Entries will remain open until midnight on Sunday, 3rd May 2026, or earlier if capacity is reached. The first 16 complete and paid entries will confirm the teams, including the top four-ranked teams from 2025, who gain automatic entry.*

All teams must enter on time and ensure payment of the entry fee to secure their place in the tournament.

• Entry Fee: $500 per team
• Payment Details: Auckland Curling Club (ACC)
• Account: 03 1564 0052855 00. Please include your team name and NZ Mixed as a reference.

Invoices are available on request.

Tournament Details:

• Teams must be ready to play by 8:00 am, Saturday, 30 May
• Prize giving is expected at approximately 9:00 pm, Monday 1 June (at the earliest)
• The tournament draw and rules will be confirmed approximately one week after entries close, or as advised

Eligibility & Conditions:

• All entrants must be affiliated with a club (excluding Secondary School students). Please contact NZCA  for more information
• If you are keen to play and don't yet have a team, please advise the Auckland Curling Club at sjkthomas66@gmail.com, and ACC will do their best to place you in a team. 
• Preference will be given to the first 16 complete team entries
• Teams must begin the championship with four players
• No alternate players are permitted in Mixed Fours
• Player eligibility and conditions are governed by NZCA Tournament Procedures and World Curling (WC) Rules.

Team Uniforms: NZCA encourages teams to wear matching tops or uniforms to ensure team members are easily identifiable.

Automatic Entry (*):The top four teams from 2025 must include at least three original team members to retain automatic entry.

For further information or any questions, please contact:

• Sandra Thomas sjkthomas66@gmail.com
• NZCA – support@curling.org.nz 

Please refer to the 2025 NZ Mixed Championship Draw for full rules and competition information.

Game Information and Timing

• The Opening Ceremony will commence at 8.15 am on Saturday, 31st May, followed by a Team Meeting.
• Teams should arrive at 7:30 for session 1 to assist with ice prep and moving the stones out of the freezer.
• 11 teams are entered, split into two pools of five and six teams.
• All games will be played under WCF rules, including the no-tick rule.
• First practice will commence at the scheduled start time stated on the draw.
• The teams listed first have first practice and play with dark handles (red).
• Each team will have a 4-minute pregame practice, followed by Last Stone Draws (LSDs)
• Time clocks will be used to keep the game flowing.
• The last end of each game can not commence after the clocks have reached zero.
• All round-robin games have six ends, with a minimum of four ends to be played.
• There is no halftime break in round-robin games.
• If timing allows, extra ends will be played if scores are tied after the sixth end.
• Semi-finals and Finals will be eight ends with a 4-minute break after the fourth end.
• A minimum of six ends is to be played in Semi-Finals and Finals.
• Electronic devices such as phones, smartwatches, and AirPods/headphones are not permitted in the field of play.
• Spirit of Curling Award: Each team member will be able to vote for a ‘Spirit of Curling’ recipient.

Last Stone Draws (LSD) and Draw Shot Challenge (DSC)

• Each team is to deliver draw shots, the first clockwise and the second counter-clockwise by the opposite gender.
• The LSD will decide which team has hammer on the first end.
• Over the course of the round-robin, each team will deliver 10 LSD shots, and each team member must deliver at least one clockwise and one counterclockwise LSD.
• The LSDs will determine which team has hammer and assist with team rankings.
• Teams who deliver the draw shots incorrectly, e.g., the wrong handle or wrong gender delivering, will receive 199.6 for that particular draw.

Team Ranking Procedure

• At the completion of the round-robin(s) teams will be ranked for the semi-finals with the WCF ranking procedure (C9) used to separate teams on the same win-loss record.
• The following criteria (in order) will be used to rank the teams at the completion of the round-robin (one group):

1. Teams will be ranked according to their win/loss record.
2. If two teams are tied, the team that won their round-robin game will be ranked higher.
3. Where three or more teams are tied, the record of the games between the tied teams shall provide the ranking (should this procedure provide a ranking for some teams but not all, then the record of the games between the remaining teams that are still tied shall determine the ranking).

• When teams compete in separate groups and the merged group ranking is used to determine the ranking for post round-robin games, the ranking will be determined by comparing the DSCs from the teams in all groups with the same ranking, with the best DSC being ranked highest.

Semi-Finals and Finals

• Pools will be crossed over in the Semi-Finals with Pool A teams playing Pool B teams.
• A1 v B2, B1 v A2 with the winning teams going through to the gold final. The remaining two teams play off for bronze.
• Other cross-pool games will determine overall ranking.
• When teams play a round-robin in separate groups, for the post-round-robin games, the team ranked higher in the merged group ranking has a choice of the stone colour and hammer.

World Championship

• World Mixed Championship is proposed to be held from 12th to 19th October 2006.  TBC by World Curling. 
• The winners of the NZ Curling Mixed Championships are given the right of refusal to represent New Zealand at the World Championship, subject to NZCA eligibility requirements as set down in the NZCA Selection Policy. 

Round Robin

Round Robin Standings

Playoffs