Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin is headed back to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship, and she’ll going to a city where she has some fond memories.

Nedohin clinched a fifth trip to the Scotties — and her first since 2000 — with an 8-5 win over upstart Jessie Kaufman on Sunday at the Leduc Recreation Centre. She’ll be joined by third Beth Iskiw, second Jessica Mair and Calgary-based lead Laine Peters at the Scotties, which kick of Feb. 18 at the Enmax Centrium in Red Deer — the city in which Nedohin captured the 1996 world junior women’s title.

Nedohin reached the final by beating Calgary’s Crystal Webster 6-5 in an extra end in the semifinal; then, in the final, she avenged earlier losses to Kaufman in Saturday’s Page one-two playoff and the A-event final on Thursday.

Nedohin will be among the early favourites in Red Deer in a field that includes reigning Scotties champ Amber Holland, along with four-time champ Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, who claimed the Manitoba championship on Sunday in Portage.

Other teams qualified include Tracy Horgan of Ontario, Marie-France Larouche of Quebec, Andrea Kelly of New Brunswick, Heather Smith-Dacey of Nova Scotia, Kim Dolan of Prince Edward Island, Heather Strong of Newfoundland and Labrador and Kerry Galusha of the Territories.

The Saskatchewan and B.C. reps are being decided later today; Michelle Englot and Stefanie Lawton were in the Saskatchewan final, while Kelly Scott is up against Marla Mallett in B.C.