Young twin curlers shoot for the stars at Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Twin sisters Kamryn and Khloe Einarson of Camp Morton, Man. are participating in the Future Stars program at the national women's curling championship, where they were paired with Team Manitoba (Einarson) for Tuesday's pre-game ceremony with the athletes.
They curl about three to four times a week at the Gimli Recreation Centre. The 11-year-olds often watch their mother play on television, and but say they prefer getting to see her curl in-person .
"I think it's a lot more stressful because you don't know what happened, but it's also just not as fun just because you get to see her after the games," said Kamryn of watching her mother on screen.
Ahead of Tuesday morning's draw, the girls said the advice they would offer their mother would be to "relax and just have fun and do her thing," said Khloe.
Kamryn plays second or third while Khloe usually plays as skip.
"Just being on the ice, doing the thing that we love," said Khloe.
They also had some words of encouragement to share with other young people who may be interested in curling.
"Try it, you might turn out to like it. And if you have people to help you, I think you could grow to be a really good [curler]," said Khloe.
"One day you could be on the ice like they are now, or even in the Scotties, so I think you should really try," said Kamryn.
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