Music: {allcanada} CANADA CUP HEADS TO CRANBROOK, OLYMPIC TRIALS BERTH AT STAKE

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

{allcanada} CANADA CUP HEADS TO CRANBROOK, OLYMPIC TRIALS BERTH AT STAKE

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Some of the top curlers in the country are in Cranbrook, B.C., this week for the Capital One Canada Cup.

Competition begins Wednesday, the finals are Sunday and the winning men's and women's teams will earn a berth in the 2013 Canadian Olympic curling trials in Winnipeg.

The men's teams include two of Winnipeg's best, world champion Jeff Stoughton and top World Curling Tour money winner Mike McEwen and three other former world champions: Kevin Martin and Kevin Koe, both out of Edmonton, and Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont.

Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Steve Laycock of Saskatoon round out the men's event.

On the women's side, Scotties champion Amber Holland of Kronau, Sask., is joined by defending Canada Cup champ Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon, former world champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, and Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary.

Chelsea Carey of Morden, Man., Rachel Homan of Ottawa and Heather Nedohin of Edmonton complete the women's lineup.