McCarville, Horgan named to Boost National lineup

Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville and Tanner Horgan will round out the field for the 2016 Boost National in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

McCarville and Horgan were granted the sponsor’s exemption spots for the third stop of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season running Dec. 6-11 at the Essar Centre.

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McCarville, of Thunder Bay, represented Northern Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts last season and finished runner-up to Calgary’s Chelsea Carey. Team McCarville also features third Kendra Lilly, second Ashley Sippala and lead Sarah Potts.

The 18-year-old Horgan, of Sudbury, and his team will make their Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling series debut.

Horgan earned silver at last season’s Canadian junior men’s curling championship and has balanced his year playing both junior and men’s competitions. Horgan’s team includes his 16-year-old brother Jake Horgan at third plus second Nicholas Bissonnette and lead Maxime Blais. The Horgan brothers are the younger siblings of Tracy Fleury and Jenn Wylie of Team Fleury.

Winners of the 2016 Boost National will also qualify for the season-ending Humpty’s Champions Cup, running April 25-30, 2017, in Calgary. Allison Flaxey of Caledon, Ont., and Sweden’s Niklas Edin booked their spots by winning the season-opening WFG Masters and join the defending champs Jennifer Jones and Reid Carruthers, both of Winnipeg.

Teams also earn points towards the Rogers Grand Slam Cup, awarded to the season champions following the conclusion of the 2017 WestJet Players’ Championship.

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Below is the full field for the 2016 Boost National:

MEN’S TEAMS

WCT OOM Rank	Team	Hometown
1	Brad Gushue	St. John’s, NL
2	Kevin Koe	Calgary, AB
3	Reid Carruthers	Winnipeg, MB
4	Niklas Edin	Karlstad, SWE
5	John Epping	Toronto, ON
6	Brad Jacobs	Sault Ste. Marie, ON
7	Mike McEwen	Winnipeg, MB
8	Steve Laycock	Saskatoon, SK
9	David Murdoch	Stirling, SCO
10	Charley Thomas	Edmonton, AB
11	John Morris	Vernon, BC
12	Brendan Bottcher	Edmonton, AB
14	Peter de Cruz	Geneva, SUI
15	John Shuster	Duluth, USA
Sponsor’s Exemption	Tanner Horgan	Sudbury, ON

WOMEN’S TEAMS

WCT OOM Rank	Team	Hometown
1	Rachel Homan	Ottawa, ON
2	Jennifer Jones	Winnipeg, MB
3	Silvana Tirinzoni	Aarau, SUI
4	Eve Muirhead	Stirling, SCO
5	Val Sweeting	Edmonton, AB
6	Allison Flaxey	Caledon, ON
7	Chelsea Carey	Calgary, AB
8	Anna Hasselborg	Sundbyberg, SWE
9	Kelsey Rocque	Edmonton, AB
10	Anna Sidorova	Moscow, RUS
11	EunJung Kim	Uiseong, KOR
12	Tracy Fleury	Sudbury, ON
13	Kerri Einarson	Winnipeg, MB
14	Binia Feltscher	Flims, SUI
Sponsor’s Exemption	Krista McCarville	Thunder Bay, ON