JASON SIMMONDS – The Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE — This year’s P.E.I. Scotties Tournament of Hearts carries extra significance for defending champion Suzanne Birt.
The 27-year-old Summerside native, who has won five of the last six P.E.I. women’s curling championships, will be competing for her first provincial title at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside since junior. Birt began her curling career at The Fox, her home club when she won back-to-back Canadian junior titles in 2001 and 2002 and the world junior women’s championship in 2001 and bronze medal in ’02.
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