Photo (L-R): Shirley Lank (President, PEI Curling Association), Leigh Armstrong (The Dominion),  Susan McInnis (local organizer)

Leigh Armstrong of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company was in Charlottetown today to officially announce that the City of Charlottetown and the Town of Cornwall will co-host The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, from November 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs.

This will be the event’s second year, following last month’s inaugural competition in Toronto, which welcomed twenty-eight men’s and women’s teams representing each of the country’s provinces and territories, along with a guest list that included World Champion curler Glenn Howard and 1998 Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris. The 2010 event will continue the format over four days of tournament play, followed by playoffs to declare new men’s and women’s Canadian Champions.

All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship go to the Canadian Paraplegic Association, and to curling initiatives in communities across the country. On hand for the announcement were Charlottetown Deputy Mayor Stu MacFadyen, Wayne Long, City Events Development Officer, Tourism Charlottetown President Doug Newson, and Suellen Clow of Tourism Charlottetown, along with Susan McInnis of local “The Dominion” representatives Peake and McInnis Insurance, who will be coordinating the event on PEI, and Shirley Lank, President of the PEI Curling Association. Also in attendance were members of the 2009 PEI teams at The Dominion, the Vanessa Hamming and Louis Walsh rinks.

While on PEI, Armstrong will be touring the two clubs, and finalizing the event details.

The 2010  “The Dominion” provincial championship will take place March 18-21 in Cornwall.