Jones and her new team in Quebec Summer Series

Merger between Jennifer Jones (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) and Team Zacharias begins against Ontario's Hollie Duncan. The long-awaited time is near as Jones and her new five-player team consisting of Mackenzie Zacharias at third, Karlee Burgess at second, along with Emily Zacharias and Lauren Lenintine on the front open play at Noon today. The Quebec Summer Series is a series of 8 events (5 International and three open spiels) played on arena ice over the last three weeks in Saint-Felicien at the Centre Recreatif Marianne St-Gelais. Jones will play Clancy Grandy of Vancouver on Saturday evening (8 pm), then take on Noemie Verreault of Quebec City on Sunday morning at 8 am. Jones wraps up round-robin play with a game against Lauren Mann of Ottawa at 4 pm on Sunday. The events wraps up with the semifinals and final on Monday morning. Robert Desjardins has spearheaded the building of this new competition featuring a men's and junior event on the opening weekend (Won by Vincent Roberge and Jayden King, with the Mixed Doubles event being played last weekend. Siblings Lauren and Greg Cheal defeated Laurie St-Georges and Felix Asselin in the Final. Five teams will also be playing in a Junior women's event, with a small open Senior event also taking place. The Strata Federations Cup, presented by the city of Saint-Félicien, is the main event of the Summer Series. Curling Federations battle in the 5 International events of the Summer Series. Teams will earn points for their federation each time they win a game. A federation can send a maximum of 5 teams. At the end of the 5 international spiels, the federation who earn the most points will be the winner. Delegations Canada Elite Québec Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Ontario Elite Nigeria Switzerland Outaouais Montréal Capitale Nationale Centre-du-Québec Est-du-Québec Germany British Columbia Cote-Nord New-Brunswick Saskatchewan Scores and streaming details are found at www.curlingzone.com.