Randy Ferbey is a great curler. Everybody knows that.

The talented skip has won numerous tournaments, including both the Canadian and World championships.

A lot of people are aware of that too, but what most curling fans don't know is that Team Ferbey will be competing in Whitehorse, at the end of November, as the defending champions in the 2007 Skookum/WCT Yukon Cash Spiel.

The event will be the 2nd annual cash spiel hosted by the Whitehorse Curling Club from Nov. 22-25.

Other notable curlers include Rick Folk, who is a former world champion, Charley Thomas, who is a two-time world junior champion; and Kerry Koe, who has represented the Northwest Territories at the Scott Tournament of Hearts on multiple occasions.

'We (the club) are really getting full exposure for the future, for next year and the years to come by having these curling teams coming up here and really enjoying what the city has to offer (as well as) the beautiful facility we have to offer and of course just having a great experience with being apart of the cash spiel,' said Jon Solberg

Event passes for the four-day event will go on sale Thursday at a cost of $20 for non-members of the club. Members will be allowed to take in the tournament for free. The curling club has the capacity for more than 200 people and up to 200 tickets will be available for purchase. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance by calling the Whitehorse Curling Club.

This is the only cash spiel hosted at the curling club and it is one of the biggest events held throughout the season. The major sponsor of the spiel is Skookum Asphalt, which has agreed to a three-year deal guaranteeing this spiel will happen again next year. The purpose of the event is not only to showcase Whitehorse and the sport, but also to provide exposure to the curling club's facility in an attempt to increase its membership base.

This year's spiel will feature nine out-of-territory competitors who are coming from places such as Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Alaska. There will also be nine local teams playing in the cash spiel. Last year, Paul Hunter's Whitehorse squad had a chance to win the event when they took on Ferbey's team in the final.

All together there is a guaranteed cash purse of $30,000 at the event. The tournament starts off in a round robin format where each team plays five games before eight teams are qualified for the playoffs. The breakdown of the prize format from the fifth to eighth positions will be $1,750. The teams in third and fourth will be awarded $3,500, while the team that finishes second will be given $6,000. The winning team at the cash spiel will take home $10,000 and have their names inscribed on the 2007 Skookum/WCT trophy.

Solberg is excited about having such a large number of notable curlers competing in the spiel. He said there was more than one reason for inviting Team Ferbey and Team Folk to take part.

'One of the reasons why we chose these two particular teams is because both individuals who skip these teams are former world champions and above and beyond that they are very well spoken individuals,' he said. 'Part of the deal with them coming up is they have agreed to put on a clinic at the curling club as well as speak at several different schools to the youths around the community.'

Solberg is confident that this event will help attract people into joining the club.

'We think that this event has increased the interest in curling for the club to a certain degree, but really over the course of time what people need to see is the stability and consistency of the Whitehorse Curling Club in hosting these types of events,' he said.

Solberg expects the cash spiel to keep on morphing with time.

'Last year was a wonderful success,' he said. 'This upcoming event we expect to be probably that much more and it certainly gives us certain goals to strive for in the future.'