Quebec To Hold 2010 World Curling Juniors
25/10/2008 07:56
Sorel-Tracy, Que, will host the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championship, the Canadian Curling Association announced Wednesday.
The event, scheduled for Jan. 16-24, 2010, will be held at the Aurele-Racine Curling Club and will feature 13 men's and 13 women's teams from all 10 provinces as well as Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon.
Quebec has hosted three previous Canadian junior men's (1950, 1960, 1970) and two junior women's (1973, 1986) championships. The province has hosted one championship (Trois Rivieres in 1993) since the two tournaments were combined in 1987.
"The sport of curling is gaining more and more notoriety in Quebec over the last few years," Guy Hemmings, two-time Brier runner-up and the host organizing committee president, said in a statement. "To host a major Canadian curling championship like the M&M Meat Shops Canadian juniors in Sorel-Tracy will certainly be a major step in the right direction and gives us an outstanding promotional tool in the years to come."
SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Count on this being just a great event with Guy Hemmings as President of the host organizing committee.