Been to a Brier final in his hometown of Kamloops.

Been to a four-player Olympic Trials final.

Worn B.C.'s colours at 13 national championship events, 10 times as provincial men's winner.

Yet for Vernon's Jim Cotter, there is no doubt he and daughter Jaelyn Cotter's 9-4 win over his longtime men's four-player second Tyrel Griffith of Kelowna and his partner Jennifer Armstrong (Rothesay, NB) in the opening draw of the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Liverpool, NS tops his career highlight list.

The sentiments after the game were unrestrained, and very, very real.

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For 50-year-old Jim, who has 10 Brier Purple Hearts including a memorable 2014 Brier silver medal in Kamloops, where he grew up, and a silver medal from the 2013 Canadian Curling Trials final in Winnipeg, playing with his daughter this week for the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, will be impossible to beat.

91裸聊视频淎bsolutely,91裸聊视频� said Jim, long considered one of the game91裸聊视频檚 best-liked and most respected players. 91裸聊视频淵eah, just to round out my career. I91裸聊视频檓 obviously getting older and to do this, it91裸聊视频檚 special.91裸聊视频�

As if playing with his daughter weren91裸聊视频檛 enough, Cotter had to face off with his longtime men91裸聊视频檚 teammate Griffith, with whom he played at six Briers.

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They did that Monday, as Jim fired a 94 per cent game (exceptionally high for mixed doubles curling). The Cotters raced to an early lead by scoring three in the third end and never looked back, putting away the win with a count of four in the seventh end.

While Jim is no stranger to high-stakes competition, Jaelyn is a relative newcomer, but any pre-game jitters were quickly dealt with.

91裸聊视频淗onestly, our big thing is just going out there and just having fun,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淧lay like we can, and learn the draw weight as soon as possible because the draws are so important, especially for my first shot. You just have to nail it every time. So I didn91裸聊视频檛 have a whole lot of nerves."

91裸聊视频淚 think we did add (pressure on ourselves) to start this season,91裸聊视频� added Jim. 91裸聊视频淪o the last couple events, we were just like, let91裸聊视频檚 just let go. Let's just, like she said, have some fun, quit trying too hard and just go play.91裸聊视频�

It worked out nicely Monday.

There are 16 teams from across the country taking part in the Trials, which will conclude on Saturday, Jan. 4. The winning team will first represent Canada at the  April 26-May 3 in Fredericton, N.B.

That event also  in Italy, and if Canada qualifies for the Games, it will be the Trials winner in Liverpool who will wear the maple leaf in Italy.

In the other Draw 2 games, reigning Canadian champs Team Kadriana Lott/Colton Lott (Gimli, Man.) were 7-2 winners over Team Melissa Adams/Alex Robichaud (Fredericton); Team Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) got by Team Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, Ont.) 8-6; and Team Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Ottawa/Toronto) shaded Team Taylor Reese-Hansen/Corey Chester (Kitimat/Victoria) 8-7.

Earlier Monday, Team Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, Ont.) scored two in the eighth end to beat Team Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, Ont.) 6-5; Team Rachel Homan/Brendan Bottcher (Beaumont, Alta./Spruce Grove, Alta.) was an 8-2 winner over Team Paige Papley/Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton); Team Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton/Humboldt, Sask.) stole three in the eighth end to get by Team Anne-Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Alma, Que./Saguenay, Que.) 8-5; and Team Brittany Tran/Rylan Kleiter (Calgary/Saskatoon) doubled Team Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Wakaw, Sask./Saskatoon) 6-3.

The Cotters will face the Canadian champion Lotts in their next game at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time.