Things are about to get exciting at the Comox Valley Curling Club in Courtenay, as the U21 championships begin and BC’s best junior curlers take to the ice.

Created for curlers 21 and under, the U21 championship will run from February 22-27th and see ten women’s teams and six men’s teams battle for their respective titles. Due to the large number of women’s entries, the women’s preliminary draws will be in pool play format, followed by playoffs and page playoffs, and then decided through a semi-final and then a final title game. The men’s preliminary draws will be round-robin, followed by a semi-final and then final championship game.

Games will be steamed live on Curl BC’s YouTube channel, and the semi-finals and finals will be streamed on cbcsports.ca.

The women’s teams are:

TEAM BOWLES

Emily Bowles, skip

Meredith Cole, third

Keira McCoy, second

Chelsea Taylor, Lead

TEAM BRISSETTE

Gabby Brissette, skip

Naomi Britz, third

TBD, second

Erin Fitzgibbon, lead

TEAM BUCHY

Kaila Buchy, skip

Katelyn McGillivray, third

Hannah Lindner, second

Elizabeth Bowles, lead

TEAM COLES-LYSTER

Kaelen Coles-Lyster, skip

Sydney Phillips, third

Sarah Wong, second

Amanda Wong, lead

TEAM HAFELI

Holly Hafeli, skip

Jorja Kopytko, third

Hannah O’Neill, second

Natalie Hafeli, Lead

TEAM WHEATCROFT

Amy Wheatcroft, skip

Ashley Dezura, third

Brook Aleksic, second

Hannah Smeed, third

TEAM WOIKE

Emma Woike, skip

Madison Munroe, third

Marijke MacDonald

Madeline Buhr

TEAM RICHARDS

Gracelyn Richards, Skip

Keelie Duncan, third

Grace McCusker, second

Carley, Hardie, Lead

TEAM WILSON

Kayla Wilson, skip

Mahra Harris, third

Sasha Wilson, second

Madi Penttila, lead

TEAM WONG

Bryelle Wong, skip

Morgan Bowles. Third

Taylor Bowles, second

Alexis Nguyen, lead

And the men’s teams are:

TEAM DEANE

Connor Deane, skip

Joshua Miki, third

Mack Ellis, second

Brenin Moore, lead

TEAM DENG

Daniel Deng, skip

Matthew Fenton, third

Bryan Yamada, second

Zander Landygo, lead

TEAM FENTON

Adam Fenton, skip

Alex Duncan-Wu, third

Sam Hudson, second

Wesley Wu, lead

TEAM KENT

Connor Kent, skip

Toby Mills, third

Daniel Dabiri, second

Michael Nunn, lead

TEAM KOPYTKO

Mitchell Kopytko, skip

Calder Fadden, third

Coburn Fadden, second

TEAM PARKINSON

Chris Parkinson, skip

Jackson Nowak, third

Connor Litton, second

Christian Klein-Beekman, lead

Good luck and good curling to all!