VERNON, B.C. 鈥� A field of 20 women鈥檚 teams and 12 men鈥檚 rinks will compete in the annual Prestige Hotels cashspiel from Sept. 27 to 30 in Vernon.

Headlining the women鈥檚 field is 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan.

Vernon鈥檚 Kim Slattery, who competed at the 2018 B.C. Championships, is also among the field.

Among the men鈥檚 rinks competing will be seven-time provincial champion Jim Cotter of the host club, who will debut his new third, former World Curling Tour and Brier foe Steve Laycock of Saskatoon. Tyrel Griffith and Rick Sawatsky remain as Cotter鈥檚 front end.

鈥淭he cashspiel will start at 5 p.m. on the Thursday for the women. The men will start on Friday at 1 p.m.,鈥� said Merklinger.

Playoffs will go Sunday with the finals in both divisions set for late Sunday afternoon, either 3 or 4 p.m.

The women will compete for about $35,000 in prize money while the men will go after $18,000 in purse money.

A weekend pass to cashspiel is $25 or it鈥檚 $10 per day. The eight-end games will feature the new five-rock rule, introduced by the World Curling Federation and Curling Canada, where teams can鈥檛 hit an opponent鈥檚 rock until the sixth rock of the end.

Tickets are available at the Vernon Curling Club. The full draw for each division can be found on the .

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