SUMMERSIDE – The City of Summerside has been selected as host of the Road to the Roar, Canadian Curling Pre-Trials.
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Curling Canada Chief Executive Officer Greg Stremlaw announces the locations of the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials and the 2017 Road to the Roar Pre-Trials.
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He said this event gets fairly substantial national television coverage.
Desrosiers said, “It brings a tremendous amount of athletes, television crews, event management teams from CCA along with the fans to the Island for a six-day period in November which is normally our slower season. The economic impact, it’s certainly a big event for us.”