The Chelsea Carey team sent out the following release today:
New team forming in Edmonton
Two skips with major championship experience will be joining forces in Edmonton for the remainder of the 2013-14 curling season and beyond.
Chelsea Carey and Laura Crocker are pleased to announce that they will be playing together, beginning with the third annual Pomeroy Inn and Suites Prairie Showdown, from March 27-30 in Grande Prairie, Alta. They will be joined by Jen Gates at lead, and are in the final stages of selecting their second.
Carey, who won her first Manitoba women’s championship this season and won the bronze medal at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal, will be moving to Edmonton and will skip the team.
“This is an amazing opportunity for me to curl with Laura, who is one of the great young players in Canada,” said Carey, who also competed at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Winnipeg last December. “It was a privilege to play with my team in Winnipeg. I had an amazing experience with Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster and Lindsay Titheridge, and I am truly grateful for the wonderful years I spent with them and the accomplishments we shared.”
File photo: Erin Carmody
“I really enjoyed playing this season with Erin Carmody and Rebecca Pattison, and wish them both nothing but the best for the future” said Crocker. “Jen and I are looking forward to this new challenge. Playing with Chelsea, who’s one of the best women’s skips in Canada, is such an amazing and rare opportunity, so we’re eager to get going with the new team.”