The Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships are as it sounds: an event for the best club curlers in the country.

Stacey Stabel has been there more than once and she knows what sheSA国际影视传媒檒l be up against when she hits the ice in Ottawa for her opening game.

Stabel and her rink of Krista Wesley, Jill Andrews and Alison Davis are the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 womenSA国际影视传媒檚 representatives for this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 national championships and they will be up against Ontario in their opening contest on Monday afternoon. The ladies left for Ottawa on Thursday.

This will be the third time Stabel will have played at this event, having won the right to go after winning the territorial playdown this past March, and she said there are no surprises.

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A total of 14 teams from every province and territory will be in action next week and theySA国际影视传媒檝e been split into two pools of seven for the round-robin. The top four from each pool will advance to a double-knockout playoff and from that, the last four teams left standing will play it out for the medals.

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Being that this is a club championship, there wonSA国际影视传媒檛 be any of the big guns i.e. the teams which chase the big money in Grand Slam events.

But that doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 mean the competition will be any less tough, said Stabel.

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The ice will be a bit more manageable to deal with as itSA国际影视传媒檚 on club ice as opposed to arena ice, which any top-level player will tell you plays much more differently than club ice.

Stabel said that makes things more familiar.

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And the overall goal for Stabel this time? Hopefully hit the win column.

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