Lauren Lenentine heading to world ch’ship with Nova Scotia squad (Guardian)

 

The Cornwall Curling Club skip leaves Tuesday for Scotland as the alternate for the Nova Scotia-based squad that will represent Canada at the World Junior Curling Championship.

 
The Kaitlyn Jones rink will represent Nova Scotia at the world junior girls curling championship next month in Scotland. The Truro Curling Club recently held an event where friends, fans and family members gathered to wish the team well. Members of the foursome are, from left, skip Kaitlyn Jones, third Kristin Clarke, second Karlee Burgess, lead Lindsey Burgess and alternate Lauren Lenentine. – Joey Smith
 “It’s kind of incredible,” said Lenentine, a 17-year-old New Dominion native. “Not many people have the chance to say that they represented Canada at an international event.”

The Kaitlyn Jones-skipped rink defeated Quebec 5-3 a month ago to win the national championship in Shawinigan, Que. Lenentine skipped P.E.I. to a 5-0 start at the event and finished 5-5 as all four Atlantic provinces finished in the top eight.

“We had a really good week at nationals,” said Lenentine, who has three years of junior eligibility remaining. “It shows that the P.E.I. curling teams can compete at that level.”

The Grade 12 student at Bluefield High School said she was watching the men’s final in Shawinigan when she got a text from her coach, Pat Quilty, to come downstairs at the rink. When Lenentine walked around the corner, there was the Nova Scotia squad. Lenentine wasn’t sure what was going on at first, but she didn’t hesitate when they asked her to join them for the worlds.

“It’s not something you kind of expect to happen,” she admitted, noting “a lot of tears were shed.”

 

The team leaves Tuesday, has a practice day Friday and starts play on Saturday.

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