Cloverdale to host 2011 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship

Curl BC is pleased to announce that the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts BC Women’s Curling Championship presented by Best Western has been awarded to the Cloverdale Curling Club. This event will run from January 17 – 23, 2011 with the semi-final and final games broadcast on Shaw TV.

The top ten women’s teams in BC will battle for the title and a berth into the Scotties Canadian Championship in Charlottetown, P.E.I. February 19-27, 2011. The BC Championship will begin with a full event round-robin followed by a four-team page playoff. Former World Champion Kelly Scott will return as defending champion while the second spot will be awarded to the top BC women’s team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of December 1, 2010. The remaining eight berths will be declared through regional playdowns.

The BC Women’s Curling Championship has hosted past teams such as Linda Moore’s 1985 & Pat Sanders’ 1987 World Championship teams, Kelley Law’s 2000 World Gold & 2002 Olympic bronze medalist team and Marla Mallet’s 2009 Canadian silver medalist team.

The Cloverdale Curling Club (formally the Valley Curling Club) was formed in 1954 and has six sheets of ice. It is the home of past champions Craig Lepine (BC Mixed Champion), Karin Lepine (BC Mixed & Canadian Senior Women’s silver medalist), Caroline Koehler (BC Master Women’s Champion) and Tyler Klymchuk (BC Junior Men’s Champion).