The lineup is filling up for the upcoming 2016 Tim Hortons B.C. Junior Curling championships.
And local rinks are taking their share of spots.
Capturing one of the junior men’s Coastal A playdowns was Royal City Curling Club’s Kiss rink, skipped by Jordan Kiss.
The Kiss rink, which includes third Nicholas Umbach, second Travis Cameron, lead Zachary Umbach and fifth Matt Young, is coached by Craig Lightbody.
Trailing 3-1 after four ends, Kiss recorded points in four straight ends to knock off the Hagen rink from Cloverdale 5-4 in one of the A finals at the Port Moody Curling Club.
Earlier, they rallied and needed points in each of the final ends to top the Croteau rink from Kerry Park.
The other A final was won by Victoria’s Team Henderson, the defending junior boys champion.
Another Royal City foursome, led by skip Brayden Carpenter, earned a berth by topping the B qualifier and finishing third overall with a 3-1 record.
It went to 11 ends, where the Carpenter crew scored twice to beat Croteau 8-6. The team also includes third Tyler Proctor, second Matthew Chan and lead Breyden Chong.
The RCCC’s Mak rink, featuring Horace Mak, Troy Chong, Gordon Clarkson and Bradley Gagnon, finished with a 1-3 record, while the Royal City-Coquitlam team skipped by Hayato Sato wrapped up at 2-3.
Also on the team are Dawson Ballard, Kevin Harbrink, Joshua Miki and Kento Sato.
Another New Westminster team had already locked up a berth to the junior provincials through the B.C. Junior Curling Tour.
RCCC’s Matthew McCrady rink, with third Zac Curtis, second Liam Purgavie and lead Jacob Umbach, secured their spot a week earlier.
Other rinks qualifying through the Coastal playdowns included Team Croteau, through the C event, and in the junior women’s, A event winner Team Coulombe from Victoria, B event winner Team Loken of Delta, and the Jensen rink, which has curlers from Tunnel Town, Juan de Fuca and Parksville.
The provincial junior championships feature eight junior men’s and eight junior women’s teams competing
in a round-robin event at
Kamloops Curling Club from Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.
The junior men’s and women’s finals will be televised on Sportsnet on Jan. 3.
