Unique tournament in support of SickKids Foundation

Toronto, ON – Capital One, in association with the local organizing committee, has announced the return of the Capital One Celebrity Bonspiel – a unique curling tournament which offers single-entry participants the chance to curl for fun alongside Olympic and world champion competitors.

Last year’s inaugural event raised over $68,000 for SickKids Foundation, the fundraising arm of Toronto’s world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children.

In expanding the event from 24 teams to 30, a larger group of curling superstars will be descending on the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club on June 3-4, 2011. Many of curling celebrities have already confirmed their participation, including three-time world champion skip and London Brier hopeful Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON), three-time world junior champion Eve Muirhead (Blair Atholl, Scotland), 2006 Olympic champion skip Brad Gushue (St. John’s, NL) and Ontario curling sensation Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON).

Any household that raised $500 at last June’s 2010 event will have until Friday March 18 to confirm their guaranteed entry. All of these top fundraising households will be contacted personally by the local organizing committee.

The weekend kicks off with a junior curling clinic on June 3, hosted by the Capital One Rocks and Rings school educational program. The celebrity competitors will then meet their “new” teammates at an evening mixer.

Saturday, June 4 features the Celebrity Bonspiel (which includes three four-end curling games) followed by the event finals and the closing gala dinner.

Registration for the 2011 Capital One Celebrity Bonspiel will be conducted entirely online and will be open as of March 7 at: celebritybonspiel.com 

Fundraising and sponsorship inquiries are welcome at: sickkidsbonspiel@rogers.com