All the spots are now spoken for.
The Royal City Curling Club’s Team Bowles punched its ticket to the 2018 Boston Pizza B.C. Junior Curling championships, thanks to a strong showing at the final playdowns held in Gibsons two weeks ago.
Team Bowles, which includes skip Elizabeth Bowles, Sarah McCrady, Hailey Dubois and Grace McCusker, emerged as the first qualifier for junior girls at the Gibsons-hosted playdown.
They will join Team Daniels (Delta Thistle/Royal City), who qualified by earning the most points on the B.C. Junior Curling Tour. The defending champion Daniels rink includes skip Sarah Daniels, third Kayla MacMillan, second Megan Daniels and lead Sarah Loken. Also advancing to the tourney is Team Fisher (Royal City/Kamloops/Chilliwack/Prince George), who are skip Cierra Fisher, third Dezaray Hawes, second Jordan Henson and lead Cailin Cooke.
On the boys side, a quartet of rinks with New West ties will hit the ice. The Royal City’s Team McCrady, with skip Matthew McCrady, third Brayden Carpenter, second Nicholas Umbach and lead Jacob Umbach; Team Ballard (Royal City/Coquitlam), with skip Dawson Ballard, third Hayato Sato, second Joshua Miki and lead Troy Chong; Team Habkirk (Victoria/Royal City), with skip Kyle Habkirk, third Duncan Silversides, second Derek Chandler and lead Matt Chan, and Team Tardi (Langley/Royal City), with skip Tyler Tardi, third Sterling Middleton, second Jordan Tardi and lead Zachary Curtis.
Team Ballard took the A event spot in Osoyoos, while Team Habkirk collected the B event spot.
Earlier, defending Canadian champion Team Tardi secured its space by topping the junior men’s B.C. Junior Curling Tour.
The B.C. championships are slated for the Langley Curling Centre from Dec. 18 to 23.
