Vernon to host provincials

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Vernon will host the senior provincial curling championships in February, Curl BC has announced.

Cranbrook will host the men's and women's provincials in an arena.

"We will once again be taking the men’s and women’s events and combining them in an arena setting, this time in the City of Cranbrook," said Will Sutton, Curl BC’s competitions manager.

Sutton added that the curling club challenge is a go for 2020.

"We will also once again be running the BC Club Challenge, our competitive event for club curlers," Sutton added. "We are really looking forward to helping make these events a positive experience for curlers, club volunteers and curling fans."

The communities hosting Curl BC championships are:

• BC Junior (U21) Curling Championships – Dec. 28-Jan. 2, Victoria
• BC Men’s and Scotties BC Women’s Combined – Jan. 28-Feb. 2, Cranbrook
• BC Senior Curling Championships – Feb. 18-23, Vernon
• BC Winter Games – February 20-23, Fort St John
• BC Mixed Doubles Curling Championship – Feb. 25-March 1, Hope
• BC Wheelchair Curling Championship – March 1-3, TBA
• Connect Hearing BC Masters Curling Championships – March 3-8, Duncan/Cowichan
• BC U18 Curling Championships – March 17-22, Parksville
• BC Club Challenge – March 26-29, New Westminster (Royal City)
• AMJ Campbell BC Mixed Curling Championship – April 1-5, Abbotsford

All events except the BC Winter Games lead to national curling championships, Sutton noted.

BC will also be hosting the 2020 World Women’s Curling Championship (Prince George) and the 2020 World Senior and Mixed Doubles Championships (Kelowna), he said.

The full list of qualification events for every category is now available at www.curlbc.ca/playdowns.