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BC Curling Tour season wraps up at Kelowna Curling Club

The womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s final tour takes over KCC Nov. 9 to 11
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Vernon skip Jim Cotter will lead his squad as the final BC Curling Tour concludes this weekend as both them menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s and womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s tour at the Kelowna Curling Club. (Black Press file photo)

Many of B.C.º¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s top curlers will end their season in Kelowna this weekend.

The and the take over the Kelowna Curling Club as teams from across B.C. will battle it out on the rink for a chance at a berth to the Scotties Curling Championships.

Kelowna skip Brette Richards will look to lead her team against the stiff womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s competition which wonº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™t include Team Brown, who sits atop the tour standings as theyº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™ve already been invited to the Pintyº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s Grand Slam of Curling Tour in Nova Scotia which already means a likely berth to the Scotties.

Team Richards, who sits fourth place in tour standings, will have to out-play third-place Kamloopsº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™ Team Thompson for the final berth to the Scotties. The two rinks are only separated by four points and the result of this weekendº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s tournament at the KCC will decide who stays home and who goes to the championships.

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Meanwhile, this weekendº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s tournament wonº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™t produce an immediate advancing team to the BC Menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s Curling Championships as there will be one more menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s tournament, the Ashley Home Store Curling Classic in Penticton on Nov. 22, that will need to be played before the final placings.

Jeff Richard from Kelowna will lead his rink against the tough competition at this weekendº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s Raymond James Kelowna tour. Team Richard will look to get some points against the tour-leading Team Tardi from Langley and Team Gaell from Abbotsford.

Vernonº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s Jim Cotterº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s rink will also be competing, but as last yearº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s defending championships, have already secured a position in the BC Menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s Curling Championships.

Both the womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s and the menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s tours will be .

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