Scotties winner Carey claims Champions Cup spot

Chelsea Carey is the latest to book a spot in the season finale Humpty’s Champions Cup in Sherwood Park, Alta.

Carey and her Calgary-based crew of third Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters qualified after winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., 7-6 in Sunday’s final.

The Humpty’s Champions Cup, the seventh event of the 2015-16 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season, features all of the top winners of the curling year in one final showdown and runs April 26 to May 1 at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre.

McCarville and Scotties bronze medallist Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg will also be among the field at the Humpty’s Champions Cup as winners of World Curling Tour events.

Tickets are now available for the Humpty’s Champions Cup, visit thegrandslamofcurling.com/tickets for details to purchase yours today.

Humpty’s Champions Cup teams

Men’s Teams	Women’s Teams
Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Kevin Koe	Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Silvana Tirinzoni
Masters Mike McEwen	Masters/National/Canadian Open Rachel Homan
National Brad Gushue	Players’ Championship TBD
Canadian Open John Epping	European Championship Anna Sidorova
Elite 10 TBD	World Championship TBD
Players’ Championship TBD	World Junior Championship TBD
European Championship Niklas Edin	Pacific-Asia Championship Satsuki Fujisawa
World Championship TBD	Scotties Tournament of Hearts Chelsea Carey
World Junior Championship TBD	U.S. National Championship Erika Brown
Pacific-Asia Championship Soo-Hyuk Kim	Canad Inns Women’s Classic EunJung Kim
Tim Hortons Brier TBD	DEKALB Superspiel Jennifer Jones
U.S. National Championship Brady Clark	Colonial Square Ladies Classic Krista McCarville
Canad Inn Men’s Classic Steve Laycock	Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Stefanie Lawton
DEKALB Superspiel Reid Carruthers	Red Deer Curling Classic Kelsey Rocque
Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic Pat Simmons	Tour Challenge (Tier 2) Kerri Einarson

Note: If a team wins more than one qualifying event (e.g. a team captures the Elite 10 and the Players’ Championship titles) additional WCT/CCT winners based on strength of field will be invited to complete the 15-team field.