Team UPEI off to CIS Curling Championships, starting Wednesday in Kamloops

The UPEI Panthers women’s curling team, skipped by Cornwall’s Veronica Smith, are on their way to the CIS Curling Championships, March 20-24 in Kamloops BC. The team includes third Jane DiCarlo, second Emily Gray, and lead Aleya Quilty, and is coached by Paul Smith.

Curl Atlantic photo (L-R): Veronica Smith, Jane DiCarlo, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coach Paul Smith

Atlantic Canada’s other women’s representatives at the CIS Championship will be the Sara Spafford team from Saint Mary’s, which includes Seven Mile Bay PEI’s Anita Casey. Other members of the Spafford rink are Amanda Colter and MacKenzie Proctor, with coach Marie Christianson.

Curl Atlantic photo (L-R): Sara Spafford, Amanda Colter, Anita Casey, MacKenzie Proctor, coach Marie Christianson

The Atlantic men’s reps are the Lea Buott rink from Dalhousie, and the Robert Mayhew foursome from Acadia, coached by PEI native and 1977 World Junior champion Alan Mayhew.

Click for team rosters and photos

Here is the draw schedule