John Morris and his Vernon, B.C., rink won the men's A-side qualifying game of the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, shading Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher 4-3. Morris, as B.C. skip, left, and vice skip Jim Cotter share a laugh in draw 12 action against Newfoundland and Labrador at the Tim Hortons Brier curling championship at Mile One Centre in St. John's on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan