The Highland's Kelly Knapp is looking forward to taking part in his second Saskatchewan Tankard as a skip.
Knapp had spent the bulk of his curling career playing second or lead. That was until last year, when he decided to skip his newly formed Highland Curling Club’s men’s team.Stay on the ball with the 306 Sports Fix newsletter. You’ll get the best sports stories of the week, insightful commentary from long-time Leader-Post columnist Rob Vanstone and more!By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“As a skip, that was my biggest win,” Knapp said. “We approached it like a Tankard in that we went into it with that intensity to get a win. The field was pretty much what it would be at the Tankard without Colton Flasch. It was nice to come out on top of that and we have a lot of confidence in that one.”Article content
There is a lot of curling karma with the Knapps. There are the family ties between Kelly and Trent. Kelly is also married to Breanne, whose father Rob Meakin was a 1985 Canadian men’s and world champion while curling out of Winnipeg. Kelly and Breanne met at the 2010 Canadian junior championships in Quebec.Article contentRegina Leader-Post
She has reached three Canadian women’s championships, but has taken time off to raise the Knapps’ nine-month old son, James.
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