John Morris and his Vernon, B.C., rink won the men's A-side qualifying game of the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, shading Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher 4-3. So, we're going to prepare for a grind for the entire event and we won't let up one inch until the very last rock is thrown. Julie Tippin clinches final women's berth at Canadian Olympic curling trials1:29That will send Team Tippin to Ottawa as the ninth women's team playing for the right to represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Earlier, in the B-side semifinal, Tippin was scored at 89 per cent as her team piled up an 8-5 win over Edmonton's Kelsey Rocque. Howard moves into the final game of the 2017 Road to the Roar, the men's B-side final against Bottcher, with the winner joining A-side winner John Morris in the men's field at the Roar of the Rings.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2017 18:18 UTC