Team McCarville turns down 2021 Scotties berth
Veteran skip Krista McCarville said they decided as a team to forego the 2021 event for family and work reasons, not wanting to leave the Northern Ontario during a pandemic.
Dec 17, 2020 4:58 PM By: Leith Dunick
Team Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville in draw ten action at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian Womens Curling Championships, St. Catharines, Ont. (Andrew Klaver, curling.ca)
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay s Krista McCarville will not represent Northwestern Ontario at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary.
The 38-year-old skip and her teammates, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts and Sudbury s Kendra Lilly, made the collective decision to turn down an automatic berth at the national women s curling championship, offered when the Northern Ontario Curling Association decided not to hold play-downs for the 2021 event – originally scheduled to be played at Thunder Bay