Royal Kingston welcomes curling elite to 2024 Senior Provincials

KINGSTON - Hometown curlers Noel Herron, Steve Lodge, Jason Boyce, and Chris Barkley of the Royal Kingston Curling Club will lead a stellar field into competition at the 2024 Maloney + Elliott Group Men’s and Women’s Senior Provincial Curling Championships, March 13-17 at the Royal Kingston Curling Club.

Eight men’s and eight women’s teams will vie for the right to represent Ontario at the 2024 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships in Moncton, N.B., December 2-7.

Fighting to defend their titles are four-time Ontario senior champion and 2023 Canadian and world senior champion Howard Rajala from the Rideau Curling Club and 2023 Canadian champion Susan Froud from the Alliston Curling Club.

The elite roster of skips also includes silver Olympic medallist and 2004 Brier participant Mike Harris from the Brant Curling Club, three-time Brier contender Michael Fournier from the High Park Curling Club in Toronto, three-time Brier participant Adam Spencer and three-peat Ontario Senior Curling champion Brian Lewis from the Rideau Curling Club. Rounding out the field are Jim Wilson from the Oakville Curling Club and Gary Grant from the Lindsay Curling Club.

The women’s field includes five-time Ontario and one-time Saskatchewan champion Sherry Middaugh from the Thornhill Curling Club, Jo-Ann Rizzo from the Mississauga Golf & Country Club, whose multiple appearances at the Canadian women’s curling championships include her 2024 run with Team Kerry Galusha from the Northwest Territories, 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts winner Alison Goring representing the Gravenhurst Curling Club, Cheryl McPherson, 1990 Canadian women’s champion and World bronze medalist on team Alison Goring, 2019 Ontario Curling Club champion Laurie Shields from the York Curling Club, multiple Scotties participant Cathy Auld from the Thornhill Curling Club and Jennifer Harvey from the Cornwall Curling Centre.

The senior championships are open to athletes aged 50 and over. The eight-team round robin gets underway on Wednesday, March 13, with the first games at 2:30 p.m. and the opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. at the Royal Kingston Curling Club. The competition will conclude on Sunday, March 17.

The Royal Kingston Curling Club, 130 Days Road, welcomes everyone to come out and enjoy this elite level of curling. All draws are open and admission is free.