Two Royal City Curling Club teams are heading to the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance B.C. Men’s curling championships.
The rinks of Joanisse and Geall claimed two of the first three berths to the provincial championships, thanks to points tallies from the World Curling Tour.
Joanisse, featuring skip Dean Joanisse, third Paul Cseke, second Jay Wakefield, lead John Cullen and coach Brett Kury, posted a 22-11 record over five tour stops.
The Geall rink, which includes skip Sean Geall, third Andrew Bilesky, second Steve Kopf, lead Mark Olson and coach Neil Houston, finished with a 14-9 record over four events.
Also qualifying was Team Cotter of Vernon/Kelowna. There are still 13 berths up for grabs.
The championships is slated for Nelson from Feb. 10 to 14.
