(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.
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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.
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Thirteen men’s and 13 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon) will compete.
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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.
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Thirteen men’s and 13 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon) will compete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Â
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Québec has hosted four previous Canadian Junior Men’s (1950, 1960, 1970, 1993) and three Canadian Junior Women’s (1973, 1986, 1993) championships.
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Québec has hosted four previous Canadian Junior Men’s (1950, 1960, 1970, 1993) and three Canadian Junior Women’s (1973, 1986, 1993) championships.