Hall-of-Famer Ferbey and Olympic Gold Medalist Jones Round Out Pro Am Teams and announce local contest winners and selected pros for the first-ever Everest- Ferbey National Pro Am event.

For Immediate Release Thursday March 12, Toronto Ont. --- Hall-of-Famer and four-time world curling champion, Randy Ferbey and Olympic Gold Medalist, Jennifer Jones have finalized their winning Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am teams with the addition of four grand prize contest winners and two selected pro curlers. The complete team roster comes fresh off of Ferbey’s announcement this past February of the addition of Jones as the opposing skip.

Ferbey partnered with Everest Funeral Planning and Concierge Service, the new title sponsor of the Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, to create the Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am - a contest to senior curlers of all skill levels across the country and designed to create awareness for seniors curling in . Participants at Clubs entered for the chance to win a VIP trip to the 2015 Everest Canadian Seniors in and to play with Ferbey and Jones in the Pro Am at the event.

“The interest and participation in our first year of the Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am has been fantastic,” said Ferbey. “Jennifer and I are looking forward to meeting the four lucky contest winners and their guests at the Everest Canadian Seniors this month. We couldn’t have asked for a better group of senior players and pros to join our teams.”

Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am National Grand Prize Contest Winners:

1. Liz Armstrong – Brant Curling Club, Brantford, ON 2. Henry Welford – Twin Rivers Curling Club, Battleford, SK 3. Dianne Knutson – Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack, BC 4. Ron Pothier – Lakeshore Curling Club, Lower Sackville, NS

Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am Pro Curlers:

1. Hall-of-Famer and four-time world curling champion, Randy Ferbey – Edmonton, AB 2. Olympic gold medalist, Jennifer Jones – Winnipeg, MB 3. World senior curling champion, – Edmonton, AB 4. World curling bronze medalist, – Sherwood Park, AB 5. World curling champion, as honorary captain – Edmonton, AB

The Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am team draft will take place on Friday March 27th at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton during the 2015 Everest Canadian Senior Championships, followed by Pro Am event on March 28th at 12 p.m.

About Everest

Everest is the first nationwide funeral planning and concierge service. An independent consumer advocate, Everest was launched in Canada in 2001 with the goal of creating a continent wide service to help streamline and simplify the process for grieving families. Its sole purpose is to provide information

to consumers when they need to make informed choices about funeral-related issues. Serving as an impartial advocate, Everest is not a funeral home, nor does it sell funeral goods or services and does not receive commissions from funeral homes or other providers in the funeral industry. Today, Everest services are available to more than 25 million people in Canada and the United States. Visit www.Everestfuneral.com for more information.

- 30 - For more information contact: Rob Mabee [email protected] 403.512.3069