The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling GP Car and Home Players’ Championship in Summerside is less than a month away, and the teams are now known for the event, April 17-22 at The Eastlink Arena at Credit Union Place. The Players’ Championship features a separate men’s and women’s draw consisting of the world’s top 8 ranked teams from the 2011-12 season.
Here are the teams that are coming:
Men: Kevin Martin, Glenn Howard, Jeff Stoughton, Brad Gushue (with Summerside native Adam Casey), Niklas Edin (Sweden), Kevin Koe, Mike McEwen and John Epping.
Women: Jennifer Jones, Sherry Middaugh, Heather Nedohin, Eve Muirhead (Scotland), Silvana Tirinzoni (Switzerland), Cathy Overton-Clapham, Chelsea Carey and Stephanie Lawton.
Kevin Martin and Jennifer Jones were last year’s champions.
Here is the draw schedule (PDF): http://grandslamofcurling.com/Portals/282/Schedule/PEI-TourChampionship-Draw%20Formatted.pdf
Tickets may be purchased at CupEvents.ca.
Full event passes are still available at $157.50 a seat, while Flex packages are also on sale now, with the Evening and Weekend Pass, which includes all 7:30 pm draws throughout the week and also includes all weekend draws, available for $95.00, and the Grand Slam Flex Pass, which is valid for 7 round robin draws for 11 total admissions, and also includes semi-finals and finals as well as any tiebreakers if necessary, available for $125.00.
Individual draw tickets will go on sale later this month.
For more information, visit GrandSlamofCurling.com and CupEvents.ca.