2 May 2026
Australia are ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles 2026 champions
Australia won a historic first-ever world title when Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt beat Sweden’s Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg by 8-4 in Saturday afternoon’s Gold Medal final at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026.
In the game, the teams swapped singles for the first two ends and then, in the third end, Australia’s Gill picked out two Swedish stones, to score three and take a 4-1 lead.
Sweden reacted in the fourth end when Therese Westman drew her final stone into a busy house, to score two points and reduce the Australian lead to 4-3.
Then, after the mid-game break, in the fifth end, Australia were in danger of giving up a steal, but instead, Gill played an angle raise take-out to score one point and move onto a 5-3 lead.
Sweden called a Power Play in the sixth end but instead of making a multiple score, they were contained and Westman was eventually forced to draw for just one point, to reduce the Australian lead to 5-4.
In the seventh, Australia called their Power Play, but when Sweden’s Westman got her angles wrong on an attempted double take-out, Gill had a draw to score three and gain an 8-4 lead. After this, Sweden ran out of stones in the eighth, to give Australia their landmark victory.
Speaking later, Tahli Gill said, “It’s amazing. It feels really good.”
And referring back to missing out on Olympic qualification earlier in the season, she said, “It was really tough in December, so we decided to come out here and have a lot of fun. We just wanted to do our best — and we did, so I’m really happy.”
Her partner Dean Hewitt said, “The first few ends we were just playing conservatively while we learned the ice a bit. Then we tried to play a few tougher shots to secure the bonus points.”
He added, “They took it to us, it was a tight game. We got a little bit of a break in our Power Play, scoring three rather than two, but basically, we’re just happy.”
Speaking later, a disappointed Robin Ahlberg said, “When we gave up the three in the third, that made all the difference,” while his partner Therese Westman said, “I think they simply played better than us today, so congrats to them.”
The Australian gold medal winning team are: female player Tahli Gill, male player Dean Hewitt, coach Perry Marshall and second coach Lisa Rogerson.
The Swedish silver medal winning team are: female player Therese Westman, male player Robin Ahlberg and coach Ingemar Edstroem.
Find all results from the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026 here.
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