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Kitkat is soft and friendly and he needs a new home. So give him a break for goodness sake. Please stop by and make Kitkat your new pet. SpayedNeutered Up-to-date with routine shots House trained Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. Kitkat Male - Adult Looking for a new home By CRAIG GILBERT Just two more years of this relegation stu and champi- onship curling inCanada will returntoamorefamiliarand franklymorefriendlyformat. The 2017-18 season cannot come fast enough for Kerry Galusha and the rest of her Yellowknife Curling Centre rink third Megan Cormier second Danielle Derry lead Shona Barbour and alternate SharonCormier.Inthemean- time they are focused on edg- ing out fellow regional cham- pions from British Columbia Nunavut and Yukon in what is called the pre-qualication tournament over this coming weekendinadvanceofthe2016 ScottiesTournamentofHearts inGrandePrairieFeb.20-28. For this season and last Curling Canada shook up the structureofitsnationalcham- pionships the Scotties for- merlytheScottandtheBrier byforcingteamswiththeworst records into relegation. The change drew swift criticism frommaleandfemalecurlers among their chief concerns was the erosion of signicant and storied national champi- onships for the sake of saving a few bucks on the length of the tournament. How could it be a Canadian champion- ship unless it represented all of Canada Therulechangedispropor- tionately aected Northern teams who face a signicant cost and logistical exercise in bringing ve players plus a coach and any supporters along for the ride across the worldssecond-largestcountry by landmass for the national tournament. Last year when Galushas rink lost the rele- gation nal to Tracy Horgan and team Northern Ontario 7-6 that meant they made the trip from Yellowknife to Moose Jaw Sask. for three games less ice action than they would get at a weekend bonspiel. Its like youre going to the Scotties but youre not really thereGalushasaid.Itwasa dierent experience because we were used to curling for the week. You have your uni- forms and youre kind of part of the tournament but youre not really. Lastyearwasalearningex- perienceallaround.Justthree years previous Galusha won the long-running Ford Hot Shotsskillscompetitionatthe 2012ScottiesinRedDeertak- inghomeatwo-yearleasetoa newvehicle.Relegationteams donotqualifytosendmembers to the individual skills com- petition in fact the Hot Shots and the NWT-NO nal took place at the same time at last years Scotties hours before the start of the tournament proper. This year they have beenscheduledfartherapart. They were announcing numbersfromtheskillscom- petition over the intercom whileweweretryingtothrow our shots Galusha said still sounding almost surprised. Thats why we have a 730 a.m. game Friday this year. After we had lost and it was nationally-televisedtherewas a huge outcry about it and we got lots of support so it was good in that sense but it was really hard on our team. The changes have been re- versed but will not take eect until the 2017-18 season in other words after the 2018 WinterOlympicGamesinPy- eongchangSouthKorea.Rules are kept consistent within an Olympiccycletoavoidjeop- ardizing Canadas chance of qualifying for the games. Galushas rink is the only team to have already gone through the pre-qualifying round which she sees as an advantage heading into the next stage of competition. It was a little bit of a tough weekend for us last year but we feel like were a lot better prepared for it she said. Theyarealsotheonlyrinkon the womens side in the NWT thatspendsalotofmoneyseek- ingoutseriouscompetitionand practicesweeklytopreparefor thenationalstage.Galushahas been to 10 Scotties as a skip her lead Barbour who lives in Inuvik has been to eight. Even Cormier their youngest memberhasveheartsonher pendantplusanappearanceas a skip at the juniors in 2007. We have a lot of experi- ence. What we lack is getting gamesinagainsttopcompeti- tiveteamsGalushaexplained. Thats what happens we go down to the Scotties and ev- eryone knows were a good team its just we miss shots weshouldreallybemakingat the level were at but we dont get the games in so were not as consistent. So weve been working to get more games in and we feel were a bit better prepared this year. Playing out of the Yellowknife Curling Centre from left Shona Barbour Kerry Galusha Megan Cormier and Danielle Derry will represent the Northwest Territories at the pre-qualication round ahead of the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie this weekend. Joined by alternate Sharon Cormier right and coach John Epping they will have to beat out fellow relegation teams Yukon Nunavut and British Columbia to stick around for the rest of the national womens curling championships Feb. 20-28. PhotocourtesyofKerryGalusha