Prince George will act as hosts once again when the 2013 Tim Hortons B.C. Juvenile Curling championship rocks into town.
The event will be held at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club from March 7-10 with the top eight juvenile boy's and girl's teams in British Columbia battling for the chance to represent Canada at the under-18 Optimist International Curling Championship.
The B.C. provincial title will divide the eight teams into two groups with the top two team in the round robin advancing to the playoffs on both the boy's and girl's side.
Prince George last hosted a major curling event in 2009 when the Roar of the Rings pretrials event decided the final eight teams for the Canadian competition in Edmonton for the 2010 Winter Olympic Trials.
Both the men's and women's provincial curling championships were hosted in Prince George in the past with the 1999 B.C. Men's Curling Championship won by Bert Gretzinger and the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts won by Kelley Law. In 2011 the B.C. Legion Curling Championship was held in Prince George.
The eight sheets of curling ice will also be a host during the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George.
