Rebecca & team head to Alaska Friday

Rebecca and the other members of Team Ely are scheduled to depart Friday for Fairbanks, Alaska, to compete in the USA Curling Junior Nationals.

The tournament begins Sunday at the Fairbanks Curling Club. Ten men’s and 10 women’s teams from across the U.S. will play a round-robin schedule through Thursday, followed by playoffs. The gold-medal games will take place Saturday, Feb. 5. The winning teams will move on to represent the U.S. at the 2011 World Junior Championships March 5‐13 in Perth, Scotland.

Rebecca is vice-skip of "Team Ely," based at the Rochester Curling Club. It was one of two teams to qualify from the Grand National Curling Club playdowns in Schenectady last month (see story). This is Rebecca's second trip to the Junior Nationals: She was a member of "Team Beebe" when it came in fifth at 2009's tournament in North Dakota (see story).

Learn more about the team and follow the action throughout the tournament:

• Team Ely's web site has the team's draw schedule and plans to provide live video coverage of each match. It also has information on how to follow the team on Facebook and Twitter.
• The tournament web site promises frequent updates.
• The USA Curling web site will have information and streaming video.