A raucous crowd armed with cheers, chants, bells, and yells descended upon the George Preston Recreation Centre in the Township of 91原创 on Sunday evening (Jan. 21) for Draw 6 action of the 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships.

While many of the fans have travelled from all across Canada to be in British Columbia鈥檚 lower mainland to support friends and family representing varying provinces and territories, many were BC locals who showed up to watch some of Canada鈥檚 best youth curlers take to the ice.

B.C. fans were sent home happy by British Columbia鈥檚 Kaila Buchy and her Kimberley Curling Club rink comprised of third Jaelyn Cotter, second Katelyn McGillivray, lead Cassidy Schwaerzle, alternate Samantha McLaren and coach Tom Buchy after they defeated the Northwest Territories鈥� Tyanna Bain (0-3; Inuvik) by a score of 9-7

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The top four teams in each pool of seven qualify in to the championship pool.

At the conclusion of the championship pool, the top team of each gender advances to its respective final on Sunday, Jan. 26, while the second- and third-place teams meet in a semifinal on Saturday, Jan. 25 to determine the other finalist.

鈥淲e played really well that game and we鈥檙e still in it,鈥� said skip Kaila Buchy. 鈥淚f we keep that up, we鈥檒l have a chance at making the championship round.鈥�

Alternate Samantha McLaren added that the home crowd motivation kept them sharp on the ice: 鈥淚t鈥檚 really special because all our friends and family can come out and watch us. We definitely hear that extra cheering.鈥�

Buchy knows the road to the championship round is a difficult round and is keeping her expectations realistic.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 our first goal, if and when we can make it (to the championship round). All the teams here are excellent so it鈥檚 still anyone鈥檚 game.鈥�

As of Tuesday (Jan. 21), the B.C. women had won three and lost two in their pool, putting them in a three-way tie for third place with Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Rankings for the two men鈥檚 teams from B.C. had them third and fifth in their pool.

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