Brown rink touches down in Sochi

Corryn Brown (from left), Erin Pincott, Sam Fisher and Sydney Fraser are in Sochi, Russia, for the world junior curling championships, They are joined by fifth Cathlia Ward, from New Brunswick, and coaches Ken Brown and Brian Fisher.

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After a gruelling few days of travel, Corryn Brown’s Team Canada rink is in Sochi, Russia, where Draw 1 of the world junior curling championships gets underway on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Canada opens its tournament on Thursday against Denmark, which is skipped by Stephanie Risdal Nielsen.

The Brown rink — skip Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Sam Fisher, lead Sydney Fraser, fifth Cathlia Ward and coaches Ken Brown and Brian Fisher — left for Sochi on Saturday, Feb. 23, and arrived at 4 a.m. local time on Monday, Feb. 25.

Ward is the only rink member not from Kamloops. She is a New Brunswick product.

The Brown rink made stops in Calgary, Toronto and Istanbul en route to its final destination.

Canada will play nine round-robin games — Denmark on Thursday, Scotland (March 1), Russia (March 2), Japan (March 3), Czech Republic (March 4), the U.S. and Switzerland (March 5), and Norway and Sweden (March 7) — before the Page playoffs start on March 8.

The gold-medal game is slated for Sunday, March 10.

Ward is keeping a blog of the team’s experiences at worlds. Go online to cathlia.blogspot.ca to follow along.

Results from each draw will be posted on kamloopsthisweek.com.