Battlefords and area fans hoping to make the trip to Yorkton, Saskatchewan to see Robyn Silvernagle’s team return to the Meridian Canadian Open got disappointing news Tuesday.
The field has been announced for teams at the event Jan. 14-19 in Yorkton, and Silvernagle’s team isn’t in the 16-team women’s field. On Twitter the team confirmed they had bowed out.
“We are very sorry to announce to our fans that due to work commitments and our Provincial Championship happening right after Yorkton we had to decline our invitation!” the Tweet read.
Earlier in December it was announced that Team Silvernagle was one of six pre-qualifying rinks that are confirmed to be in the 12-team field for the provincial Scotties happening in Melville January 25-30. The Silvernagle rink is the defending provincial champions.
The team had recently been in competition at the previous Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event, the BOOST National in Newfoundland, where they qualified for the quarter-finals.
