CALGARY – Veteran curler Cathy Overton-Clapham has joined Chelsea Carey’s curling team.
Carey announced the move Wednesday on her team’s Twitter account and said Overton-Clapham will compete with them in 2017-18.
Manitoba skip Cathy Overton-Clapham smiles after making a shot against Team Canada at the 2011 Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, P.E.I. in 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Overton-Clapham, from Winnipeg, replaces third Amy Nixon who announced her retirement at last month’s Canadian women’s curling championship in St. Catharines, Ont.
Carey is currently guaranteed a spot in November’s pre-trials tournament [in Summerside PEI], from which two women’s teams will advance to the Roar of the Rings Olympic trials in December.
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