Kohuch keeps family name alive at 2026 World Seniors Championships

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Competing at the 2026 ACE & Company World Senior Curling Championships seems almost destined for Kory Kohuch.

As the Canadian second for skip Bruce Korte, Kohuch has made the most of his week at Centre Sportif-Moulin’s Curling Club Trois-Chêne Genève, helping his team secure a 9-4 victory over Latvia’s Team Ansis Regza (2-1) on Tuesday morning.

The win puts Canada, now 3-0, in a great position for a playoff spot later this week with one more round-robin game to play and an opportunity to remain in sole possession of first in the pool with a game Thursday against Ireland’s Team Bill Gray (0-2) at 4 a.m. (all times Eastern).

Kohuch is chasing a gold medal in Geneva, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his mother, Shirley Kohuch, who won the 2008 World Seniors in Finland as second for skip Diane Foster.

“My mom was a senior world champion in 2008, and it’s neat to be able to follow up and maybe get another one for the family,” said Kohuch, who grew up in Alberta, where his mother also played.

That’s the goal for Kohuch and his teammates—skip Korte, third/vice-skip Darrell McKee, lead Rory Golanowski, and alternate Arlen Hall—who took another step toward it with their win over Latvia.

Canada started strong with a routine draw for two, but Latvia answered with a run double for one in the second end and then stole a point in the third when Canada’s hit was too light, tying the game.

A pivotal triple by Team Korte in the fourth end led to a four-point score, giving Canada control. Latvia managed singles in the fifth and sixth, but Canada sealed the win with three in the seventh.

“They played well to give us a test, and we wanted that,” Kohuch said. “We want to do that every game, do different things, try and get better, and it was nice to have a good test like that for sure. That’s probably one of the better teams in the event, so it’s good to play against a team like that.”

One more win should put Canada in a strong position for a direct berth to the quarterfinals, which begin Friday evening. After the round robin, all teams are merged and ranked: the top 12 advance to the playoffs, with the top four earning byes to the quarters. Canada currently leads the 34-team Draw Shot Challenge, an important ranking metric, and would hold an undefeated record in its pool.

“During the couple of weeks leading up to that, [Draw Shot Challenge] was probably one of the things that we practised the most,” Kohuch said. “So it takes a lot, and we know the importance of the last shot draws. Never mind, just to get the hammer, but as you’re going, you know, as you’re going forward, you get into the playoffs, and everything is based on last shot draws. So that is one of our top priorities: to do well there.”

The top four teams move directly to the quarterfinals, while those ranked fifth through twelfth play qualification games for the remaining spots.

The Canadian women’s team from Barrie, Ont.—skip Sherry Middaugh, third/vice-skip Karri-Lee Grant, second Melissa Foster, lead Jane Hooper Perroud, and coach Wayne Middaugh—had a day off Tuesday.

They return to the ice on Wednesday to face Sweden’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Anette Norberg (2-0) at 6 a.m.

For the latest scores, draws, and team lists, visit the event’s official scoring website.

Live streaming of games is available on Centre Sportif Sous-Moulin’s Curling Club Trois-Chêne Genève’s YouTube Channel.