Carey adds Fyfe to complete foursome

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Chelsea Carey has recruited an old friend to round out her women’s curling team.

The former Winnipegger will continue to skip and has regular third Jolene Campbell and lead Rachel Erickson on board. She’s picked up free-agent second Liz Fyfe of Winnipeg for next season.

The two were childhood chums when Carey’s father, Dan, won the 1992 Brier throwing third rocks for Fyfe’s dad, Vic Peters.

Fyfe spent the last few seasons playing on the front end of Tracy Fleury’s crew out of East St. Paul. That squad, ranked No.1 in the world for much of the 2021-22 season, lost the Olympic Trials final to Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg last November.

The team disbanded in mid-March.

“When Fleury’s team split, I think that was a bit surprising to a lot of people. I’ve known Liz forever and I was with them a lot this last year and a half, in the bubble (2021 in Calgary) and at the Trials,” said Carey. “Any time you get a chance like her, it’s hard to ignre that opportunity.”

Fleury was absent from the ‘21 Scotties in Calgary and was replaced by Carey.

Carey, a two-time national Scotties winner, resides in Alberta, while Campbell and Erickson are in Saskatchewan. However, Erickson was born in Manitoba and, like Carey, has birthright rules.

But the foursome has yet to decide if it will compete out of Manitoba.

“Everyone is a rush for us to make that decision but we’re not,” said Carey.

— Staff