Some top Tri-City curling talent has qualified for the 2017 junior championship, which will be held in New Westminster starting later this month.
Coquitlam’s Kyle Habkirk qualified for the B Division event and will compete with Duncan Silversides, Ryan Cassidy and Alex Hovarth who all hail from Victoria.
Team Sato has also qualified in the junior men event, with a rink featuring Coquitlam skip Hayato Sato along with Dawson Ballard, Troy Chong and Joshua Miki of the Royal City Curling Club.
Meanwhile, third Catera Park of Coquitlam will join Team Bourassa from Delta Thistle Curling Club, which is skipped by Megan Bourassa along with second Kim Bonneau and lead Heather Sinclair.
The latest qualifiers will join a list of competitors that features Team McCrady, led by Port Coquitlam skip Matthew McCrady, with Coquitlam’s Zac Curtis and Jacob Umbach. McCrady qualified for provincials after taking second place at the Optimist Junior Cashspiel in Esquimalt in November.
The annual B.C. Junior Curling Championship will see the province’s best competitors square off at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster between Dec. 27 and Jan. 1. The winners of the contest will head to the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championship, which will be held in Esquimalt, B.C., between Jan. 21 and 29.
