Curling fans in both Watrous and Wadena got to witness part of Curling's future on the weekend.

The two communities hosted both the women's and men's Junior Q spiel's, with 4 spots each to Provincials in Melfort in January on the line.

Lee Johnson is from the Wadena Curling club, where the Junior Men's Q-Spiel was held.

He explains how teams get through the grueling schedule of qualifier spiels.

"I think a lot of that is preparation. For some of these curlers it's their first time, so they're learning as they go, but you can tell the other teams that have experienced it before. They're nutrition is on point probably, they're stretching and probably getting they're rest and what not. The schedule can change on you; you win and you're good to the next day, you lose and you got three in a row all of a sudden, and you just have to adapt, and I think that comes with experience."

Johnson was also an official at the event.

He talks about the steps a community has to go through in order to host an event like this.

"First of all, you have to apply for the event through CurlSask, and if you're granted you start the process of getting the venue ready and getting volunteers together, forming a committee, and after that it kind of all comes together and you bring the teams in and do the best you can with the ice, and housing every body, feeding them and all that."

Johnson says this may not be the last big bonspiel that will be held in Wadena this season.

"The next thing we're hosting is a Men's Sask tour event held at New Year's here. It's a bonspiel where the CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System) points count but there isn't a birth to the Tankard."

Team Bindig from Wadena was one of the last teams to qualify. The team consists of players from both Foam Lake and Wadena. Dustin Mikush from Wadena is on team Dales, and they qualified for Provincials 3 weeks ago in Estevan.