Regina’s Team Campbell will wear the green jackets at the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after bringing home gold at the Bungee Prairie Pinnacle in Melville, Sask. Led by skip Jolene Campbell, the Highland rink defeated fellow Regina curler Jana Tisdale in Sunday’s final 4-3. It is Campbell’s second provincial title as a skip after winning the 2016 Pinnacle, but fifth Scotties after making three previous appearances as an alternate with Amber Holland. Campbell was also the third for Chelsea Carey’s rink in 2022 as a wild card team. “It’s been ten years since I won that game,” the skip told reporters after the win. “That is a long damn time, so it feels really good.” After blanking the first end, Tisdale was able to force Campbell to a single point in the second end. Tisdale would add two after a couple of miscues from Team Campbell in the fourth. Holding the final stone in the fifth end, Campbell attempted to split to score three. The rock sitting above the house would not catch the rings and she would settle for two but regain the lead. Both teams would settle for blanks for three-straight ends before Tisdale would break through in the ninth. With the hammer against three Campbell stones, Tisdale would draw to the button, tapping the yellow stone just far enough to tie the game at two heading into the final end. “It’s a tough game and we went into that game wanting to be tied up with hammer coming home,” Campbell explained. “That was the plan. That’s where we thought we would be and we maneuvered the scoreboard to make it happen and it worked out.” Needing just a single to win with hammer in the 10th, Campbell wouldn’t even have to throw her final stone after Tisdale ticked her own rock to give Campbell the victory. “You’re obviously always ready,” Campbell said. “And it feels good to make that last one, I’ve had to do that before. But to not have to throw it sounds just as good.” Team Campbell finished with the second-best record through round robin play before handing Ashley Thevenot her first loss of the bonspiel in the 1-2 playoff game Saturday to earn a berth to Sunday’s championship. Campbell says she knew going into the week her team had a good shot to lift the trophy at the end. “We’ve had a good season and we’ve all been in this big final game before,” she said. “We know what it takes to get there. We know how to put yourself in the position that you’re in. Playoffs. So we felt really confident that we were going to be there.” She is joined by third Robyn Silvernagle, second Rachel Big Eagle and lead Dayna Demmans. “We work really, really well together,” third Robyn Silvernagle said. “[Jolene] is a great leader and we play off of her energy. All of us just worked really well as a unit and did our jobs really well and just played like a team.” Silvernagle has three previous Scotties appearances (2019, 2020, 2023). Big Eagle has attended the national women’s curling championships twice in 2021 and 2022, both as an alternate. Demmans has never appeared in a Scotties before. The vice-skip says the gameplan at nationals will be same as it was here. “One rock at a time, one game at a time,” Silvernagle said. “Do your process and the outcome is none of our business.” “It’s just a game – a really important game – but it’s just something I’ve always been grounded with,” Campbell added. “It is still a curling game. It’s very meaningful to us but we feel like we do have a really good shot going in there.” The 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is slated to run from Jan. 23 Feb. 1, 2026 in Mississauga, Ont. Tankard FinalYet to be decided is the men’s provincial champion in the SaskTel Tankard. Team Kleiter will take on Team Knapp for a chance to represent Saskatchewan at the 2026 Montana’s Brier. Kleiter is looking to defend his 2025 Tankard win while Knapp last won in 2023.
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