Canada's Jennifer Jones, Brent Laing win mixed doubles event in New Zealand

Canadian curlers Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing are off to a winning start to the season. The husband-and-wife team downed Scotland's Jayne Stirling and Fraser Kingan 9-5 in the mixed doubles final of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ on Thursday in Naseby, New Zealand.

Husband-and-wife team went perfect 8-0 through tourney

Canadian curler Jennifer Jones, shown in this March 2018 file phoo, picked up her first title win of the season in mixed doubles with her husband Brent Laing on Thursday in New Zealand. (File/The Canadian Press)

Canadian curlers Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing are off to a winning start to the season.

The husband-and-wife team downed Scotland's Jayne Stirling and Fraser Kingan 9-5 in the mixed doubles final of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ on Thursday in Naseby, New Zealand.

Jones and Laing scored four in the first end and held on from there to win the title.

The team went a perfect 8-0 at the competition.

Meanwhile, the Oakville Fall Classic this weekend marks the first Canadian event of the World Curling Tour season.