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Prince Albert Daily Herald
The 2021-22 season will be a busy one for junior curlers in the province of Saskatchewan.
The first major events of the campaign will run from Oct. 27-31 as the Melfort Curling Club will host the junior men’s open provincial championship and the junior women’s open provincial championship will take place at the Tisdale Community Curling Club.
“Melfort and Tisdale both have great facilities to accommodate the large amount of junior teams that we are expecting, and they’ll be congregated in the same geographical area, so it should be a great event,” CURLSASK event manager Bruce Korte said.
A look at the elite 8 as Scotties heat up with championship pool
After seven days of curling action from the Calgary bubble at Canada Olympic Park, 10 rinks are packing their bags for home while the remaining eight get set to battle in the championship pool. Let’s take a closer look at the championship pool and which teams have the best chance at advancing.
Ryan Horne, TSN.ca Kerri Einarson , The Canadian Press
After seven days of curling action from the Calgary bubble at Canada Olympic Park, 10 rinks are packing their bags for home while the remaining eight get set to battle in the championship pool.
By Derek Taylor
Jan 14, 2021 1:56 PM
CURLSASK has named its representatives for this year national curling championships. They do not include two-time defending Scotties champion Robyn Silvernagle.
CURLSASK decided to cancel the Tankard, Scotties and Mixed Doubles Championships for 2021 after the provincial government rejected the group’s proposal for a “bubble” event. Without a play-down, CURLSASK had to pick representatives to play at the national events.
With player changes to both the men’s and women’s provincial champions from last year, CURLSASK says they used performance over two seasons “calculated based on the current registered lineups of each team” according to to a release.
REGINA With the Scotties Tournament of Hearts fast approaching and sporting events currently paused in Saskatchewan, CurlSask has a difficult decision ahead of them to determine who will represent the province at the annual tournament. On Dec. 2, CurlSask said their goal was to host a qualifying competition. However, public health restrictions, which include competition in sport, have been extended until Jan. 29. Robyn Silvernagle, who has skipped Saskatchewan at the last two Tournament of Hearts, isn’t optimistic about a provincial competition. “I think we would love to play, everybody wants to win to get to a Scotties. But, it’s not looking promising,” Silvernagle said.