Many of B.C.sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s top curlers will end their season in Kelowna this weekend.

The and the take over the Kelowna Curling Club as teams from across B.C. will battle it out on the rink for a chance at a berth to the Scotties Curling Championships.

Kelowna skip Brette Richards will look to lead her team against the stiff womensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s competition which wonsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™t include Team Brown, who sits atop the tour standings as theysa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™ve already been invited to the Pintysa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Grand Slam of Curling Tour in Nova Scotia which already means a likely berth to the Scotties.

Team Richards, who sits fourth place in tour standings, will have to out-play third-place Kamloopssa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™ Team Thompson for the final berth to the Scotties. The two rinks are only separated by four points and the result of this weekendsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s tournament at the KCC will decide who stays home and who goes to the championships.

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Meanwhile, this weekendsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s tournament wonsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™t produce an immediate advancing team to the BC Mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Curling Championships as there will be one more mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s tournament, the Ashley Home Store Curling Classic in Penticton on Nov. 22, that will need to be played before the final placings.

Jeff Richard from Kelowna will lead his rink against the tough competition at this weekendsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Raymond James Kelowna tour. Team Richard will look to get some points against the tour-leading Team Tardi from Langley and Team Gaell from Abbotsford.

Vernonsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Jim Cottersa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s rink will also be competing, but as last yearsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s defending championships, have already secured a position in the BC Mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Curling Championships.

Both the womensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s and the mensa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s tours will be .

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