Team Buchy from Kimberley/Kelowna/Vernon:  Skip: Kaila Buchy Third: Jaelyn Cotter Second: Katelyn McGillivray Lead: Cassidy Schwaerzle Fifth: Samantha Mclaren Coach: Tom Buchy (submitted/Curl BC)

By Pete McIntyre

Vernon curler off to provincials

Dec 9, 2019 | 2:27 PM

A Vernon curler will be off to the 2020 B.C. Junior Curling Championships in Victoria later this month.

Jaelyn Cotter is third for Kaila Buchy’s foursome that qualified over the weekend at playdowns in Kelowna.

Cotter is the daughter of eight-time B.C. men’s curling champion Jim Cotter of Vernon.

There is now a total of eight junior men’s teams and eight junior women’s teams preparing to travel to Victoria for the 2020 BC Junior Curling Championships.

The provincials take place from Dec. 28, 2019, to Jan. 2, 2020.

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“It is an exciting year for B.C. teams because the top junior women’s team and the two top junior men’s teams will represent B.C. at national championships taking place in Langley,” said Rebecca Connop Price, communications and marketing manager for Curl BC. “The junior men were recently offered that second berth as a result of Nunavut withdrawing from the competition.”

The New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships takes place from Jan. 18-26, 2020, at the George Preston Recreation Centre and Langley Curling Club.

The final junior women’s team to book their ticket to Victoria was Team Buchy, who were last year’s U18 champions. The rink with connections to Kimberley, Kelowna and Vernon curling clubs features skip Kaila Buchy, third Jaelyn Cotter, second Katelyn McGillivray, lead Cassidy Schwaerzle, fifth Samantha Mclaren and coach Tom Buchy.

The final two junior men’s teams headed to the championships are Team Reed from Golden Ears Winter Club/Royal City and Team Marr from Kamloops. The Reed team is skipped by Thomas Reed and features Kazune Eugene Fei, Adam Fenton and Matthew Fenton. The Marr team is skipped by Colorado Marr and features Bryan Yamada, Zander Landygo and Connor Rafferty.