(CCA) The M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships will be contested in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec from January 16-24.
It’s the fifth year of title sponsorship by M&M Meat Shops, Canada’s leading retail chain of specialty frozen foods, in an extended agreement with the Canadian Curling Association through 2012.
Thirteen men’s and 13 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon) will compete.
It’s the fifth year of title sponsorship by M&M Meat Shops, Canada’s leading retail chain of specialty frozen foods, in an extended agreement with the Canadian Curling Association through 2012.
Thirteen men’s and 13 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon) will compete.
Among the skips are Prince Edward Island’s Brett Gallant of Charlottetown, the reigning Canadian junior men’s champion and 2009 world junior silver medalist. Manitoba¹s Breanne Meakin of Winnipeg, who played lead last season for Kaitlyn Lawes when winning the Canadian Juniors and a silver medal at the World Juniors and Ontario’s Rachel Homan of Ottawa who also skipped at the pre-Trials in Prince George last November.
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Round robin games will be played at both Colisée Cardin and Club de curling Aurèle-Racine. At the conclusion of the round robin, the first place teams advance to their respective finals, while the second and third place finishers meet in semi-finals on Saturday. Television coverage of both the Women’s and Men’s Championship Final games will be available live on TSN at 3:30 and 8 pm respectively on Jan. 24.
Round robin games will be played at both Colisée Cardin and Club de curling Aurèle-Racine. At the conclusion of the round robin, the first place teams advance to their respective finals, while the second and third place finishers meet in semi-finals on Saturday. Television coverage of both the Women’s and Men’s Championship Final games will be available live on TSN at 3:30 and 8 pm respectively on Jan. 24.
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The winners will then represent Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, March 6-14 in Flims, Switzerland. Canada has won a leading 16 world junior men’s titles since 1975 and eight women’s crowns since 1988.
The Canadian Junior Men’s Championship began in 1950 in Quebec City. Since then, Québec has won three Canadian titles – in 1980 by skip Denis Marchand, in 1992 by skip Michel Ferland and in 2008 by skip William Dion. Alberta leads all provinces with 15 victories.
The winners will then represent Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, March 6-14 in Flims, Switzerland. Canada has won a leading 16 world junior men’s titles since 1975 and eight women’s crowns since 1988.
The Canadian Junior Men’s Championship began in 1950 in Quebec City. Since then, Québec has won three Canadian titles – in 1980 by skip Denis Marchand, in 1992 by skip Michel Ferland and in 2008 by skip William Dion. Alberta leads all provinces with 15 victories.
Saskatchewan leads all provinces with Canadian Junior Women’s Championships with 10 titles, while Quebec has one win, that by skip Marie-France Larouche in 1999.
Québec has hosted four previous Canadian Junior Men’s (1950, 1960, 1970, 1993) and three Canadian Junior Women’s (1973, 1986, 1993) championships.
Québec has hosted four previous Canadian Junior Men’s (1950, 1960, 1970, 1993) and three Canadian Junior Women’s (1973, 1986, 1993) championships.