OTTAWA - The reigning world and Canadian women’s curling championship team skipped by Rachel Homan has announced Heather Nedohin as its coach for the upcoming season.

Homan, third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew, lead Sarah Wilkes and alternate Rachel Brown out of the Ottawa Curling Club are No. 1 in the world in World Curling’s women’s team rankings.

Nedohin, from Sherwood Park, Alta., is a two-time national champion (1998, 2012) and two-time world championship bronze medallist.

Homan’s team started last season with Brendan Bottcher as its coach, but he stepped away from that role when he joined Brad Gushue’s men’s team at second.

Jennifer Jones filled in as Homan’s coach in the playoffs at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., where the team became the first to go

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