Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns
Ontario and Manitoba followed Northern Ontario s lead on Monday by cancelling their respective provincial curling championships.
The Canadian Press Rachel Homan , The Canadian Press
More star power was added to the national curling championships on Monday when Ontario and Manitoba cancelled provincial playdowns due to the pandemic and instead declared representatives to compete in the Calgary bubble later this season.
Both provinces followed the recent lead of the Northern Ontario Curling Association by turning to last season s playdown results to determine who would get invites.
For Ontario, that meant Rachel Homan got the nod for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts while fellow 2020 provincial champion John Epping was tapped for the Tim Hortons Brier.
McCarville s Northern Ontario team pulls out of Scotties due to COVID-19 concerns
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Team McCarville declines Scotties invite
Thunder Bay s Team Krista McCarville has declined the Northern Ontario Curling Association s invite to represent the region at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
TSN.ca Staff Krista McCarville , Curling Canada
Thunder Bay s Team Krista McCarville has declined the Northern Ontario Curling Association s invite to represent the region at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
It breaks our hearts to share that our team will be declining the invitation to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties. There were tears as we made this decision because we love the Scotties (1/6) Team McCarville (@TeamMcCarville) December 18, 2020
As defending Northern Ontario champions, the team of skip McCarville, third Kendra Lilly, second Ashley Sippala and lead Sarah Potts received an invite from NOCA earlier this month after the cancellation of provincial playdowns. However, they were forced to reject
McCarville s Northern Ontario team pulls out of Scotties due to COVID-19 concerns
Team Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville makes a shot during the 3 vs 4 Page playoff against team Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Sask., Saturday, February 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward December 18, 2020 - 9:05 AM
Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville says her team is declining an invitation to participate in the Canadian women s curling championship due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
McCarville s team from Thunder Bay, Ont., which won last year s Northern Ontario playdown, was nominated to represent its region at the upcoming Scotties championship after the Northern Ontario Curling Association cancelled its 2020 provincial playdowns due to the pandemic.
Team McCarville turns down 2021 Scotties berth
Veteran skip Krista McCarville said they decided as a team to forego the 2021 event for family and work reasons, not wanting to leave the Northern Ontario during a pandemic.
Dec 17, 2020 4:58 PM By: Leith Dunick
Team Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville in draw ten action at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian Womens Curling Championships, St. Catharines, Ont. (Andrew Klaver, curling.ca)
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay s Krista McCarville will not represent Northwestern Ontario at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary.
The 38-year-old skip and her teammates, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts and Sudbury s Kendra Lilly, made the collective decision to turn down an automatic berth at the national women s curling championship, offered when the Northern Ontario Curling Association decided not to hold play-downs for the 2021 event – originally scheduled to be played at Thunder Bay
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