Victoria curling rinks returned to the provincial capital with North Okanagan cash.

Mahra Harris and Jason Montgomery won the women's and men's divisions, respectively, at the annual Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic, held Oct. 3-5 at the Vernon Curling Club.

Harris – daughter of Olympic silver medallist and TV curling commentator Mike Harris – defeated Sarah Wark of Abbotsford 6-1 in the women's championship Sunday.

The Island squad, which includes third Meredith Cole, second Sasha Wilson, and lead Liz Bowles, stole five of the six points in the final, with the teams shaking hands after six ends. All matches were slated for eight ends.

The victory was worth $3,500 for the Harris rink, which is taking part in the inaugural Junior Grand Slam of Curling event starting Oct. 16 i

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