Thank you, Madam Speaker. The national junior curling championships were held last week in Truro, Nova Scotia and I would like to congratulate our junior men's and women's teams on their fine performances.
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As you know, our junior men's team was in the final against Alberta on Saturday, which is the only time that a curling team from the Northwest Territories has accomplished this. Despite a heartbreaking extra end loss to Alberta in the final, the junior men's rink has demonstrated to us and to the country what our Northwest Territories athletes are capable of.
I would like to make special mention of George Gibson and Ernie Comerford, the coaches of our junior teams for the 3M awards they received for being selected best coaches of the tournament, and, Kevin Koe, the skip for the junior men's team for his winning the all-star skip award.
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Madam Speaker, I'm sure our Members will join me in congratulating Kevin Koe and his team of Mark Whitehead, Kevin Whitehead and Jamie Koe for their fine performance in the Canadian Junior Men's Championships. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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