Gregory Strong
Team Northern Ontario skip Krysta Burns is shown in action at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Victoria in a 2017 handout photo. Team Krysta Burns has accepted an invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, a spot that was declined by Team Krista McCarville last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Michael Burns MANDATORY CREDIT December 21, 2020 - 2:18 PM
More star power was added to the national curling championships on Monday when Ontario and Manitoba cancelled provincial playdowns due to the pandemic and instead declared representatives to compete in the Calgary bubble later this season.
Both provinces followed the recent lead of the Northern Ontario Curling Association by turning to last season s playdown results to determine who would get invites.
Team McCarville declines Scotties invite
Thunder Bay s Team Krista McCarville has declined the Northern Ontario Curling Association s invite to represent the region at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
TSN.ca Staff Krista McCarville , Curling Canada
Thunder Bay s Team Krista McCarville has declined the Northern Ontario Curling Association s invite to represent the region at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
It breaks our hearts to share that our team will be declining the invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties. There were tears as we made this decision because we love the Scotties (1/6) Team McCarville (@TeamMcCarville) December 18, 2020
As defending Northern Ontario champions, the team of skip McCarville, third Kendra Lilly, second Ashley Sippala and lead Sarah Potts received an invite from NOCA earlier this month after the cancellation of provincial playdowns. However, they were forced to reject