The chance to play for Canada at the next Olympics will be on the minds of some Vernon curlers when they take to the ice on Monday.
Team Morris from Vernon and Team Thompson from Kamloops are among the teams pursuing the final two berths for the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Dec. 2-10 in Ottawa.
To win a place, the teams are competing in the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar pre-trials which get underway Monday at in Summerside, P.E.I.
On the men’s side, John Morris, who won Olympic gold playing third for Kevin Martin in 2010 in Vancouver, is skipping his team of Jim Cotter from Vernon, Tyrel Griffith from Kelowna and Catlin Schneider from Saskatchewan.
Kamloops' Karla Thompson is joined by Coquitlam’s Kristen Recksiedler, Abbotsford’s Shannon Joanisse and Port Moody’s Trysta Vandale.
The 2018 Winter Olympics take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea.