Play begins Wednesday morning at the The Dominion national curling club championship, to be played at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto. PEI is represented by the women’s team of Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, and Heather MacRae from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and the men’s team of Louis Walsh, Doug Waugh, Walter Benson, and Ray Thompson from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

The Dominion Curling Club Championship is Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, with men’s and women’s teams from every province and territory, including separate entries from Northern and Southern Ontario. Curlers from communities as far away as Iqaluit, Nunavut and Glooscap, Nova Scotia – many of whom have never traveled outside of their home province or territory – will compete amongst the country’s very best amateur clubs.

World champion Canadian curler and Olympic hopeful Glenn Howard will be on hand November 24 at The Dominion Curling Club Championship’s opening banquet to kick-off the event.

On November 29, one men’s and one women’s team will emerge victorious, and The Dominion will declare Canada’s first-ever club champions. Toronto Mayor David Miller and celebrity curler Sherry Middaugh will congratulate winners that evening at the event’s closing banquet.

“The Dominion believes amateur sport is an exciting and vital part of Canadian life,” explains George Cooke, President and CEO of The Dominion. “We are excited to take our support of curling to the next level with The Dominion Curling Club Championship. Curlers have already started referring to our event as ‘The Dominion’, and we are overwhelmed by the curling community’s positive response.”

All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship will be re-directed to the Canadian Paraplegic Association and developmental curling initiatives in communities across the country.