In 2013 in Prince George, Sarah Daniels had a crazy idea.
What about putting together a rink that included skips she was competing against at the juvenile provincial curling championship to try to represent B.C. at the 2015 Canada Winter Games?
Now, two years later, that notion has become a reality.
Daniels, the 2014 B.C. junior women's champion, teamed up with third Dezaray Hawes, second Cierra Fisher and lead Sydney Hofer and qualified in March 2014 at a Games playdown in Vernon.
"We all knew each other from the curling world, it's such a small community," said Daniels Monday night at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club. "I kind of knew them and kind of reached out to them. We went undefeated at the trials and that was only our second time playing together."
That's because Daniels, 15, curls out of the Port Moody Curling Club, 18-year-old Hawes out of the Delta Thistle, 15-year-old Fisher out of Kamloops and 18-year-old Hofer out of Vernon.
Besides geography to contend with, they also play on different teams at the junior women's level.
At the 2015 junior women's provincial championship in early January in Parksville, Hawes (the 2014 B.C. Winter Games champion) served as Daniels' second on her rink, while Fisher skipped a crew based in Vernon with Hofer as her third.
Daniels lost the B.C championship final to 2013 Canadian Junior champion Corryn Brown and her team from Kamloops.
"We tried to get together once a month and Curl B.C. organized teams we could play against," said Daniels. "Dezaray and I play a very similar style of game. And when I don't know what (shot to call), she does. It's a good balance of two teams."
Team B.C.'s coach, Ernie Daniels, Sarah's dad, said the team has all the shots in its bag.
"They all have what it takes," he said. "They're very technically sound. It's just a matter of putting it together. They've worked very hard and a lot of practice on the weekends. There's been a lot of travel put in."
B.C. went 2-0 on Monday in its Pool A round-robin with wins over Nunavut (10-3) and the Northwest Territories (8-1).
B.C. takes on the Yukon today at 10:05 a.m.
On Wednesday, B.C. battles P.E.I. (10 a.m.) and Ontario (4 p.m.) and wraps up its round-robin Thursday against Saskatchewan at 9 a.m.
The squad arrived in Prince George on Saturday and practiced Sunday for the allotted 60 minutes.
"We're expecting to have a lot of fun," said Daniels. "We expect to try our hardest and we would love to get on the podium. We're out to make B.C. proud. We've felt the love from all the parents and the fans."
The Northwest Territories and Nunavut are both 1-1 in Pool A, while Ontario and Saskatchewan are 1-0. P.E.I. and the Yukon are 0-2.
Manitoba and Nova Scotia are tied atop Pool B at 2-0, followed by Alberta and Quebec at 1-1. New Brunswick and Newfoundland are 0-2.
