Kevin Martin, Canada’s 2010 Olympic representative, and defending champion Glenn Howard will meet in Sunday's championship final of the BDO Classic Canadian Open in Winnipeg... for the second straight season.

Martin versus Howard. West versus East. Red versus... Pink?

That's right. Fans have been invited to wear either red or pink to cheer for the favourite squad. Red, of course, is for Team Martin... the Olympians, who will "Paint The Town Red" in Vancouver just a few days from now.

Pink is for Team Howard, who use pink brushes and wear pink-trimmed uniforms in support of the fight against breast cancer.

If the fans respond, this will turn the MTS Centre into a violent clash of technicolour, er, mayhem.

And that would look simply AWESOME on CBC-TV!

Each team posted convincing victories Saturday night in the semi-finals of the season’s third Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event. Martin qualified for the final after defeating Thomas Ulsrud, Norway’s 2010 Olympic representative, by a 6-3 count while Howard overpowered old buddy and Ontario rival Wayne Middaugh of Toronto 7-2 in the other semi.

With the victories, both teams advance to the championship game with identical 7-0 records. The final is, of course, of December's final of the Canadian Olympic Trials, which qualified Martin for Vancouver.

Action gets underway Sunday, January 24 at 12 noon (1:00 pm EST) and will be shown live on both CBC Television and CBCSports.ca.

During the fourth end break of the championship game, Alma Laidlaw, 63, of Guelph Ont. will compete in the finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest... where she’ll have the chance to throw a stone to the button for $1 million (CDN).

[Capital One photo montage by Anil Mungal]