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CURLING CONNECTION
January 2017
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Gold for Team BC at juniors
Team Tardi will
represent Canada at
the 2017 VoIP Defender
World Junior Curling
Championships - becoming
the first BC junior men’s
team to take a national
title since Brad Kuhn’s
Kelowna team won in
2000.
But this is not the first
time two members of the
team will wear the Maple
Leaf.
Tyler Tardi and Sterling
Middleton were part of
the mixed team that took
gold at the Youth Olympic
Games in Norway. Now
they will take aim at
another gold representing
Canada when they head to
the world championships,
Feb. 16-26 in Gangneung,
South Korea.
The skip and third for
Team BC combined with
second Jordan Tardi, lead
Nick Meister and coach
Paul Tardi to win the men’s
gold medal on Sunday at
the 2017 Canadian Junior
Curling Championships,
presented by Ambrosia
Apples.
The game, which
took place in the Archie
Browning Centre in
Esquimalt, saw Team Tardi
beat Ontario’s Matthew
Hall (Kitchener) 9-7 in a
thoroughly entertaining
final.
Tardi, whose team
represented the Langley
and Royal City curling
clubs, said: “There are
literally no words you can
possibly say. It’s a dream
I’ve always had, and it’s
always seemed so distant.
Now that it’s here, it’s
just an unreal feeling. It’s
pretty spectacular.”
The game turned in
the later ends. Ontario
— Hall was backed up by
third Jeff Wanless, second
Joey Hart, lead David Hart
and coach Ray Bushfield
— recovered from being
down 4-1 at the fifth-end
break by scoring two in
the sixth end and adding a
steal of two in the seventh
to take the lead.
But Tyler Tardi, an
18-year-old student at
Kwantlen Polytechnic
University, shut the
comeback down
emphatically, making a
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IN THIS ISSUE
Abbotsford prepares
for BC Men’s event
2
Get your Early Bird
event pass for men’s
3
Team Mallett wins
BC Scotties title
4
Success for BC
wheelchair curlers
5
Register teams for
Mainland Club event
6
U18 teams qualify for
newly-minted event
7
Cloverdale and Peace
Arch to host nationals
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January 2017
Team BC take gold at Junior Curling Championships
From page 1
precision double-takeout
with his final delivery of the
eighth end to score four and
take a three-point lead.
“I thought it was there
for three, for sure,” said
Tardi. “ I wasn’t sure if it
would tick our own rock out.
I was pretty happy with the
result. We definitely needed
a momentum swing since
they’re really good when
they get the momentum. So
we really needed to take it
back from them.”
Hall would come back
with a deuce in the ninth,
but Tardi made an open nose
hit for the victory to prompt
a loud celebration from the
B.C. home crowd.
“We gave them
everything we had and
we have nothing to be
ashamed about,” said Hall.
“I’m so proud of my guys
for the whole week; it was
so amazing, and today we
just came out on the wrong
side of the inch. We had one
bad break and couldn’t quite
scramble back from it.”
It was B.C.’s fifth men’s
gold medal at the Canadian
Juniors, and first since Brad
Kuhn prevailed in 2000 at
Moncton, N.B.
Tardi and Middleton
joined Nova Scotians Mary
Fay and Karlee Burgess
on Team Canada at the
Youth Winter Olympics,
and Middleton said that
experience could help in the
preparations for the Worlds.
“I guess it gives us a slight
advantage because we know
what to expect, we know
how we’ll be feeling (wearing
the Maple Leaf), and we kind
of know how to prepare,”
Team Tardi won the Canadian Junior Curling Championship on
Sunday, January 29.
said Middleton. “So if we
can do a lot of the same stuff
that we did in Norway, then I
think we’ll do pretty good.”
For Paul Tardi, the
chance to coach a Canadian
champion was special — but
doing it with his family made
it even better.
“With both of my sons, it
can’t be any more exciting
than that,” he said. “Tyler’s
had a lot of opportunities
(with Junior Olympics), but
to have my older son part of
it to go to Junior Worlds, it’s
just amazing.”
Team Brown, with
Corryn Brown, Marika Van
Osch, Dezaray Hawes and
Sam Fisher, representing
BC, made it through to the
championship round, but not
the playoffs. They finished
with a 5-5 record.
The 2018 Canadian Junior
Championships will take
place in Shawinigan, Que.
Curl BC Provincial Coach
Melissa Soligo will be
travelling with the juniors as
a national coach.
Get your tickets to see the best men’s curlers in BC
BC’s best men’s curling teams will
descend on Abbotsford next week with
the 2017 belairdirect BC Men’s Curling
Championship, presented by Fountain
Tire, set to take place at Abbotsford
Curling Club Feb. 8-12.
The event will showcase the top 12
men’s teams from across the province
— including this past weekend’s
national junior championship team
from Surrey/Langley Team Tardi — and
will decide the BC team that will go on
to compete at the 2017 Tim Hortons
Brier.
Tickets for the 2017 belairdirect
BC Men’s Curling Championships are
available through the Abbotsford
Curling Club’s website at: http://
abbotsfordcurling.com/curling/
events-bonspiels/.
“This tournament brings together
BC’s best men’s curling teams and will
provide some of the most exciting
curling this province has seen this
year,” Curl BC CEO Scott Braley said.
“Curl BC is confident Abbotsford will
put on a top-notch tournament for
curling fans from across the province.”
Teams from Burnaby/New
Westminster, the Kootenays, Victoria
and Vancouver Island, Kelowna,
Vernon, Vancouver, Richmond and
Surrey will compete in this provincial
championship tournament. Among
the teams is six-time BC champion Jim
Cotter, from Vernon, who is curling
with Alberta’s John Morris as well
as Kelowna’s Tyrel Griffith and Rick
Sawatsky.
Hometown curlers Dean Joanisse
and Sean Geall will skip two teams in
Abbotsford, although representing
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rinks from outside the Fraser Valley.
Visit http://belairdirectmens2017.
curlbc.ca/teams/ for a complete team
roster.
“The Abbotsford Curling Club is
excited to be hosting this prestigious
event and to have such talented
curlers on our ice,” club manager Kent
Bird said. “We’re encouraging the
community to come out and support
this event that showcases our popular
club and sport.”
For live scores and the draw
schedule, visit http://playdowns.
curlbc.ca.
Four playoff games will be
televised on Shaw TV on February 11
and 12. For the television coverage
or for more information about the
Curl BC championship, visit: http://
belairdirectmens2017.curlbc.ca/.
January 2017
Abbotsford Curling Club
February 8-12, 2017
2555 McMillan Road, Abbotsford, BC
604-859-9244 [email protected]
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January 2017
Team Mallett off to Ontario after taking BC Scotties title
The last time Marla Mallett won a BC
Scotties title was in 2009 – with Diane
Gushulak by her side, playing second on
her team.
In 2017, it has been a different story.
Gushulak has been by her side, but in a
different role – as skip of the final team
she had to beat to win the competition.
The final game was a close affair but
Mallett, who also won the BC title in
1995 and 1997, proved she was with the
top team. Deuces in the sixth and ninth
ends helped the Walnut Grove skip on
the way to a 6-3 win over Gushulak.
“We played really well all week. We
were good and solid and stayed within
our processes. We got to where we
wanted to be, in the final, and finished it
off,” Mallett said after the win.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been in
the final and after having taken two
years off, I got lucky. I got an offer I
couldn’t pass up from these girls and
came here and we did what we needed
to do.”
Mallett, a Canadian junior champion
(1988), was joined by third Shannon
Aleksic, from Abbotsford, who also has
national experience. She travelled to the
national Scotties Tournament of Hearts
as part of Team Saskatchewan (1999)
and Team BC (2007).
Sisters Brette Richards (Kelowna) and
Blaine de Jager (Prince George) round
out the team. They have also been to
the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Blaine was part of Team Alberta in 2014
and Brette travelled to the Scotties in
2009 as part of Team Manitoba.
Team Mallett were dominant
throughout the competition. They
finished at the top of the table after
Team Mallett won the BC Scotties in Duncan.
round robin play, with a 6-1 record.
Then they went on to easily defeat
Team Hudyma 6-1 in the page 1 vs 2
playoffs for a bye to the final.
Diane Gushulak’s Royal City rink of
third Grace MacInnes (Langley), second
Jessie Sanderson (Coquitlam) and lead
Sandra Comadina (Vancouver) were
awarded the silver medal.
The bronze medals went to Team
Hudyma, featuring Vancouver duo
Lindsay Hudyma and Holly Donaldson
and the Victoria duo of Stephanie
Jackson-Baier and Carley Sandwith.
The 2017 BC Scotties took place
at the Glen Harper Curling Centre in
Duncan, with the final four games
broadcast on Shaw TV.
Team Mallett will now represent BC
at the national Scotties Tournament of
Hearts in St Catharines, Ontario, from
February 18-26.
To view the end by end scores, visit
http://playdowns.curlbc.ca.
To re-watch any of the games,
including post-event interviews, visit
https://www.curlbc.ca/missed-actionwatch/
Team Gushulak won silver in Duncan.
Team Hudyma won bronze in Duncan.
Register for free Autism Training and Try It workshop featuring curling
Canucks Autism Network is
partnering with Curl BC, Tennis BC and
BC Golf to host an “Autism Training and
Try It Workshop” at Fortius on Saturday
Febuary 4, 2017. Open to anyone
interested in learning more about
autism spectrum disorder and including
children and youth with this disorder in
regular sport and recreation programs.
There is no cost to attend but please
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register in advance. More information:
https://www.curlbc.ca/curlers/
introductory/soar/canucks-autismnetwork-training-try-event/ or contact
Penny Bartel at [email protected].
January 2017
Team Austgarden wins BC Wheelchair Curling Championship
It was a great weekend for Gerry
Austgarden from Kelowna, who
claimed his fifth BC Wheelchair Curling
title.
The skip was joined by 2010
Paralympic champion Darryl
Neighbour, from Richmond, at third,
as well as first-time BC champion Bob
Macdonald and returning BC champion
Janice Ing. The team was coached by
Brad Burton.
Winning the BC title will mean
another trip to nationals for
Austgarden, who got his first taste of
a Canadian championship in 2004, and
then traveled again in 2005 (as the
second BC team), 2010, 2012 and 2015.
The nationals take place in
Boucherville, Que, from April 24-30,
2017. Austgarden led his team to victory
at the national level in Boucherville in
2015 and will look to repeat the feat.
Neighbour will be on his sixth trip
Team Austgarden won gold at the BC
Wheelchair Curling Championship. Photo
courtesy Langley Advance.
Tracy Boyd from Team Sticks and Stones in
action. Photo courtesy Langley Advance.
to nationals. He has also competed in
three world wheelchair championships,
winning gold at two of them.
The 2017 BC Wheelchair Curling
Championship took place at Richmond
Curling Club from January 27-29.
It featured three wheelchair curling
teams including one skipped by Prince
George’s Frank LaBounty, last season’s
champion, as well as BC wheelchair
curling veterans Alison Duddy, Ellis Tull,
Vince Miele and coach Karen Watson.
Team LaBounty got the silver medal.
Team Sticks and Stones, featuring
skip Cyril Kinakin, third Mark Peeren,
second Tracy Boyd, lead Zosia
Ettenberg, were awarded bronze
medals. The team from Langley and
Kelowna curled together for the first
time at this event and featured one
member new to competitive curling.
The discipline is a Paralympic event.
Two BC curlers on national wheelchair curling team
Two BC curlers have been selected
to be part of Canada’s national
wheelchair curling team.
The team will be aiming not only
for a world championship gold medal,
but also to get some 2018 Paralympic
Winter Games momentum when
the 2017 World Wheelchair Curling
Championship takes place in March.
The Canadian team — announced by
Curling Canada — will feature a blend
of experience and new faces as Canada
takes aim at a leading fourth gold
medal.
The 2017 team includes Jim
Armstrong (Ont.), as well as
Armstrong’s Ina Forrest, second Marie
Wright (Sask), lead Mark Ideson (Ont.),
and alternate Ellis Tull from Nanaimo.
The team will be coached by Wayne
Kiel of Balgonie, Sask. The 2017 World
Wheelchair Curling Championship
is scheduled for March 4-11 in
Gangneung, South Korea.
Mark your calendar! Upcoming curling events in BC
• February 2-5, 2017 BC Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Kelowna Curling Club
• February 8-12, 2017 belairdirect BC Men’s Curling Championship, Presented by Fountain Tire, Abbotsford
Curling Club
• February 20-26, 2017 BC Senior Curling Championships, Salmon Arm Curling Centre
There are still
dozens of bonspiels
to sign up for!
Visit https://www.
curlbc.ca/bonspielcalendar/ to find one
near you!
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January 2017
Register at www.curlbc.ca/bc-mainland-club-challenge/
REGISTER YOUR TEAMS
Your curling facility’s
top club curlers are
invited to the
BC Mainland
Club Challenge —
April 7-9, 2017,
Richmond Curling Centre.
Registration is $250 per team
(maximum one men’s and
one women’s team per club).
The registration deadline has been
extended from Jan 31 to Feb 15.
The winners will go on to
compete at
The Travelers BC Club
Challenge and
Pacific International Cup
April 19-23, 2017
Richmond Curling Centre.
Your curlers will get the chance to
compete with the best club curlers in BC!
www.curlbc.ca/bc-mainland-club-challenge/
For more information:
www.bcclubchallenge.ca
604-333-3618
[email protected]
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January 2017
U18 teams qualify for newly-minted BC championships
The final U18 teams have qualified for the 2017 BC U18
Curling Championships.
The teams will be making history as they will be
participating in the province’s first U18 championships. The
BC U18 Curling Championships, for curlers 17 and under as
of June 30, 2016, take place at Nanaimo Curling Centre from
March 16-19, 2017.
These championships were previously for those 16 and
under and it was called the Juvenile Curling Championships
and the winners went to the Optimists International U18
Curling event (which featured teams from several provinces
– but not all provinces – as well as places like the USA and
Japan).
Now the provincial event is a U18 event and the BC
winners will go on to compete in the first-ever Canadian U18
Curling Championships, featuring fourteen teams from all
provinces and territories (including two from Ontario).
Eight U18 girls’ teams and eight U18 boys’ teams have
now qualified.
The Kootenay playdowns took place at Grand Forks
Curling Club and the Thompson Okanagan playdowns took
place at the Eastlink Curling Centre in Oliver. Meanwhile the
Island playdowns were staged in Nanaimo and the northern
playdowns took place in 100 Mile House. The following
teams qualified:
Team Douglas from Parksville/Alberni Valley/Victoria
features skip Rebecca Douglas, third Julia Kresse, second
Libby Elliott, lead Michaela Morrill, fifth Lauren Onushko and
coach Dave Douglas.
Team Richards from Comox Valley Curling Centre features
skip Gracelyn Richards, third Chanelle Meeres, second Keelie
Duncan, lead Bryn Woloshyn and coaches Darren Richards
and Adam Duncan.
Team Hessel from Invermere and District Curling Centre
features skip Kaitlyn Hessel, third Alexa Von Niessen, second
Lily Flamand, lead Abigail Wells, fifth Anna Stevens and
coach Holly Jones.
Team Connor from the Prince George Golf and Curling
Club features fourth Carly Connor, third/skip Lorelei Guidos,
second Hannah Lindner, lead Jordan Henson and coach
Doug Dalziel.
Team Cotter from Vernon Curling Club features skip
Jaelyn Cotter, third Winter Harvey, second Katelyn
McGillivray, lead Cassidy Schwaerzle, fifth Elijah Meixner and
coach Jim Cotter.
Team Schmidt from Winfield Curling Club features skip
Clare Schmidt, third Abby Otteson, second Hunter Libke,
lead Jaiden Lloyd and coach Dave McGarry.
On the boys’ side, Team Silversides from Victoria Curling
Centre features Duncan Silversides, Zane Bartlett
,
Ryan Cassidy, Dennis Williams and coach Ken MacDonald.
Team Geiger from Invermere and District Curling Centre
features Matt Schiman, Tyler Powell, Jordan Geiger, Jacob
Umbach and coach Joe Evanoff.
Team Brown from Prince George Golf and Curling Club
features skip James Brown, third Alasdair Wilson, second
Tyler Slaney, lead Andrew Sherstan and coach Bill Fisher.
Team Love from Vernon Curling Club features skip
Thomas Love, third Erik Colwell, second Brendan Chapple
and lead Logan Miron with coach Dean Chapple.
Team Raber from Vernon/Salmon Arm features skip
Adam Raber, third Ben Morin, second Andrew Colwell, lead
Gray Simms and coach Dale Hofer.
Team Murray from Kelowna/Kamloops curling clubs
features Ramsay Murray, Tyler Makar, Ewan Murray, Jaryn
MacInnes and coach Monica Makar.
The Lower Mainland teams competed at playdowns at
Mission Granite Curling Club. Teams Tardi, Sato, Drexel and
Daniels won berths. Click here to read about the four U18
teams who qualified in Mission.
The scores and standings will be updated at http://
playdowns.curlbc.ca for the provincial championships.
The winners of the U18 events travel to Moncton, New
Brunswick, from April 17-22, for nationals.
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January 2017
Cloverdale and Peace
Arch to host nationals
Curl BC is pleased to announce that Surrey’s
Cloverdale Curling Club and White Rock’s Peace Arch
Curling Club have joined forces to host the 2018
National Masters Curling Championships from April
1-8.
The event will feature Men’s and Women’s
60+ Champions from provinces and territories
across Canada. Previous championships have
included participants who were past Brier and
Scotties Tournament of Hearts mainstays, such
as Ed Lukowich (Alberta) and Sue Ann Bartlett
(Newfoundland). The 2018 event promises to be a
highlight of next year’s curling season.
Curl BC’s CEO, Scott Braley, said: “We’re really
pleased that the volunteers and staff of Cloverdale
and Peace Arch have agreed to collaborate on
hosting the 2018 National Masters Championships.
The master curlers champions from across Canada
are in for a treat when they visit Surrey, BC’s largest
city, and the adjoining City of White Rock, which has
arguably one of the most scenic beaches in Canada.”
The 2017 event is being held April 2-9 in Guelph,
Ontario.
Matt Holbrook will serve as the General Manager
for the 2018 event in cooperation with Co-Chairs
Susan Martin from Cloverdale and Darrell Zbeetnoff
from Peace Arch. A website has been set up and will
be updated as more information is finalized. Visit
https://www.2018masterscurling.com/.
Team Kelly Scott
Team Scott inducted into hall of fame
Team Kelly Scott was
inducted into the Okanagan
Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
The team of Kelly Scott (skip),
Jeanna Schraeder (third), Sasha
Carter (second), Renee Simons
(lead), Michelle Allan (spare)
and Gerry Richard (coach) were
recognized.
The team won a world
championship in 2007 and were
Canadian Champions in2006
and 2007.
The Scott team also won the
BC Women’s title in 2005 and
2006 and were runners-up at the
2005 Canadian Olympic Curling
Trials.
Kelly Scott was the first
female skip to win a gold medal
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at both the World Juniors (1995)
and World Championships
(2007).
The team has already been
inducted into BC Sports Hall of
Fame in 2008.
The Central Okanagan
Sports Hall of Fame is a branch
of the Kelowna Museums
Society and honours athletes,
coaches, teams, builders and
pioneers who have distinguished
themselves on the local, national
or international sports scene.
Nominations are forwarded from
the public and are scrutinized by
a nomination committee, then
a selection committee with the
final approval done by the Sports
Legacy committee.
January 2017
Julie Bilesky is still a threat on the ice aged 95
Julie Bilesky from Rossland
still curls aged 95.
A long-time curler from Rossland Curling
Club was recognized by his club for his
dedication to the sport.
Julie Bilesky, aged 95, who lives in Trail,
is not only still playing the game, he is also
winning.
In recent years his name has been on
a club trophy five times -- playing with a
different team each time.
Bilesky, whose grandson is 2013 BC
Men’s champion Andrew Bilesky, was a
steel fabricator for Teck Cominco for 45
years.
But he was also a local athlete.
“I started curling when I finished the
active sports like baseball, fastball, soccer
and lacrosse,” said Bilesky.
The 95-year-old started using a stick
after hip replacement surgery.
During his first few games he used a
crutch, like the one pictured, but he has
now moved on to bigger and better things.
“I make my own stick. I started out with
a crutch, and now I have made a different
version. I use a hockey stick handle, part
of that, and then I combine that with the
broom part. So then I have a pusher and
a brusher so that I only have to carry one
thing.”
Curling was a big part of Kootenay life
when Bilesky started curling in the late
1940s. Frenchy D’Amour lived two houses
away, and was the first BC skip to lead a
team to a Canadian championship win.
Bilesky didn’t compete at quite that
level, but once made it the BC Interior
Curling Association final, an event that
featured 64 teams.
His games are not as competitive these
days, but Bilesky still curls twice a week.
“But then we’ll have a competition with
the neighbouring cities, and we get a bit of
extra time in,” added Bilesky.
Lloyd Joyce, who curls with Bilesky, said
he was a great guy to have on the ice. “The
guys love to play with him but fear when
they play against him.
“He is a wonderful man, his background
in sports is vast, his competitiveness is
unbelievable.”
In his honour, the club surprised him
with a gift during a recent banquet.
Schmirler fundraising winners
Chilliwack and Kelowna
Curling Clubs have been
recognized as big supporters
of the Sandra Schmirler
Foundation.
Chilliwack was awarded the
silver medal and Kelowna the
bronze after they contributed
the second and third biggest
amounts to the foundation
this season.
Chilliwack will receive a
Jason Robins painting and two
week-long passes to the 2017
Tim Hortons Brier in St. John’s,
courtesy of Curling Canada.
Kelowna will receive a
Jason Robins painting and
two week-long passes to
the 2017 Ford World Men’s
Championship in Edmonton,
courtesy of Curling Canada.
Since 2003, well over a
hundred curling clubs from
every province and the
territories have donated or
raised funds in support of the
Sandra Schmirler Foundation.
Monies raised have funded
the purchase of life-saving
equipment for NICUs in 45
different hospitals across
Canada. Thank you for helping
save the lives of babies born
premature and critically ill.
February 19 is Sandra
Schmirler Day.
Visit the foundation
website to find out what your
club can do to mark the day.
http://www.
sandraschmirler.org/english/
what-you-can-do/sandraschmirler-day/
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January 2017
Senior teams qualify for Salmon Arm provincials
The eight senior men’s teams and
eight senior women’s teams from
across the province who will be vying
for the opportunity to represent BC at
nationals have now been named.
The Salmon Arm Curling Centre will
host the senior curlers from February
20-26 when the 2017 BC Senior Curling
Championships roll into town.
On the men’s side, most of Team
Ursel will be back to defend their BC
title from last year. Kelowna’s Bob Ursel
could not rejoin the team so it will be
skipped by Rob Koffski and rounded
out be the defending champions Dave
Stephenson and Kootenays duo Don
Freschi and Fred Thomson. The team
made it through to the championship
round at nationals last year. They will be
joined in Salmon Arm by another team
with a Kootenays connection – Team
Kent, from Cranbrook and Elkford.
The men’s teams from the Lower
Mainland travelling up to Salmon Arm
will be Richmond’s Team Moss, Royal
City’s Team Wright, Langley/Vancouver/
Penticton’s Team Lepine and Royal City/
Langley’s Team McArdle.
Representing the north will be
Quesnel’s Team Plant and representing
Vancouver Island will be Duncan’s Team
Craig.
On the women’s side, Teams Richter,
Cowan, Deputan and Lepine qualified
at playdowns over the weekend of
January 6-8 at Peace Arch Curling Club.
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Regular Curler Reporting Form – All regular curlers who
are part of your curling centre’s leagues (including rental
or corporate leagues) http://www.curlbc.ca/wp-content/
uploads/2015/09/2015-sample-membership-list.xlsx
School Group Reporting Form – Groups of drop-in curlers
who participate 3 or fewer times in a curling season. Individual
names not required. http://www.curlbc.ca/wp-content/
uploads/2015/09/School-Group-Participation-Form.xls
Introductory League Form – All individuals who participate in
an introductory/novice league lasting 8 weeks or less. (Charged
at a rate of $8/member for next year’s Curl BC affiliation
fees) http://www.curlbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/
Introductory-League-Form-2015.xlsx
Due April 15 (or when your curling centre closes):
Drop In Curler Reporting Form – Individual names of drop-in
curlers (including spares who curl 3 or fewer times in a curling
season) for personal accident insurance coverage at a cost of
$1 per name on the list. http://www.curlbc.ca/wp-content/
uploads/2013/11/Drop-In-Curler-Reporting-Form.xls
More information on reporting, definitions, and who
to include on your lists: https://www.curlbc.ca/memberresources/affiliation-reporting/
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Karen Lepine, who skipped a team
which won gold nationally in the 201415 season, is at the helm of a new team
in 2016-17. One women’s team will
be supported by a home crowd, with
Salmon Arm’s Team Jenkins winning
the Okanagan berth.
The women’s team representing
the Kootenays is Team Nichol from
Castlegar Curling Club, and the
women’s team representing Vancouver
Island is Team Noble, from Qualicum
and District Curling Club. Team Bulleid
from Terrace rounds out the women’s
roster.
The winning teams will go on to
represent BC at the 2017 Canadian
Senior Championships in Fredericton.
Playdowns coverage
All Curl BC playdowns and provincial championships are
now available to view at playdowns.curlbc.ca. This new
site for 2016-17 replaces the playdowns.com site which
Curl BC had previously used for scoring.
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International Tankard
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The International Tankard will be hosted at the Marpole
Curling Club in March.
BC curling centres in regions 8, 9, 10 & 11 are being
asked to nominate curlers to take part in this event, which
is designed to recognize and reward volunteers. The
deadline to submit nominations is February 17, 2017.
Worthy volunteers from British Columbia (24) and the
United States (24) will participate in a weekend of friendly
competition and curling fellowship.
The 2017 International Tankard is marking its 55th year.
Our neighbors to the south, Washington State Curling
Association (WASCA) look forward to championing their
volunteers each year as well. The event takes place March
17-19.
The directors/executives/presidents of each of the BC
clubs within these regions are encouraged to submit their
nominees prior to the deadline date of February 17
A link to the International Tankard website is www.
internationaltankard.com.
Nominations should be submitted to either Ross:
[email protected] or Katherine: traveller39@
telus.net.
A poster with more info about the event can be
found on the Curl BC website at https://www.curlbc.ca/
nominate-volunteers-take-part-international-tankard/.
Sticky Mat is a new Curl BC sponsor that can offer its high quality
mats and frames to BC curling centres.
Mat Dimensions
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18”x36”
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25”x37” (for 24”x36” mats) $39.00 in white or blue
19”x37” (for 18”x36” mats) $29.00 in white or blue
The company will ship using your carrier account or will ship
Greyhound door-to-door express and will add the cost to your
invoice. Payment can be made via cheque. Call Jason Kang at
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January 2017
CAMP FEES
Early bird: Until Jan 31 - $420
After Jan 31 - $470
BONSPIEL FEES
Individual - $60
Team - $240
What you can expect
from Rockslide:
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JULY 4TH-7TH & 7TH -9TH 2017
ROCKSLIDE SUMMER
CURLING CAMP AND BONSPIEL
KELOWNA, BC
We encourage recreational, developing and high performance teams and
individuals of all levels to come to Rockslide. Curlers up to 18 years in
age are delivered a curriculum based on where they have developed
along the Long Term Athlete Development Model for Curling. Curlers will
learn the latest in technical delivery, sweeping, strategy, team dynamics,
mental training and much more. Come to Rockslide and learn what it
takes to take your game to the next level and continue down the podium
pathway.
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On-ice and in-class sessions
with BC’s best coaches
Extra curricular activities and
team building fun
Snacks, lunches and dinners
are included
Camp clothing and resources
Lots of time on the ice
Days begin at 9 a.m. and end
at 8 p.m. (except on that last
day where camp ends at
approx. 1:30 pm.)
For more details and to
register visit:
https://www.curlbc.ca/cour
sescamps/rockslidecamps/rockslide/
Visit our website for details
on our Coach Camp
https://www.curlbc.ca/cour
sescamps/rockslidecamps/rockslide-coachcamp/
Deadline: June 1st, 2017
January 2017
Congratulations to 16 Masters teams heading to Cranbrook
Congratulations to the 16 Master
curling teams who have qualified
for the 2017 BC Masters Curling
Championships, taking place at
Cranbrook Curling Club from March
7-12.
Curlers from across the province
took part in playdowns over the
weekend of January 27-29. Playdowns
took place in Castlegar, Ashcroft, Juan
de Fuca and Coquitlam.
The teams who qualified on the
women’s side were Team Noble from
Qualicum & District Curling Club, Team
Strilesky from Nanaimo Curling Club,
Team McLeod from Nelson, Castlegar
and Trail curling clubs, Team Klebe from
Chilliwack, Cloverdale and Richmond
curling clubs, Team Mick from Marpole
Curling Club, Team Clark from Royal
City and Langley curling clubs, Team
Bentley from Quesnel Curling Centre
and Team Blashko from Summerland,
Oliver and Kelowna curling clubs.
The teams who qualified on the
men’s side were Team Walker from
Esquimalt and Glen Meadows Curling
Club, Team Kent from Cranbrook and
Elkford Curling Club, Team Beaudry
from Trail Curling Club, Team Rafter
from Tunnel Town Curling Club, Team
Pughe from Royal City Curling Club,
Team Watson from Chilliwack Curling
Club, Team Koffski from Kelowna
Curling Club and Team McKie from
Sparwood Curling Club.
The winners of the event will go
on to compete at the 2017 Canadian
Masters Curling Championships April
2-9 in Guelph, Ontario.
BC will play host to the
2018 Canadian Masters Curling
Championships. The event will be cohosted by Peace Arch Curling Club and
Cloverdale Curling Club.
Honour for Curl BC coach and symposium success
It was a great weekend for
curling coaches in Victoria.
Curl BC coach Melissa
Soligo, of Victoria, was
honoured during the
last weekend of the 2017
Canadian Junior Curling
Championships with
her Level 5 coaching
certification.
There are only two
coaches in Canada who have
achieved Level 5. The other
is Elaine Dagg-Jackson, the
Curling Canada Olympic
and National Women’s
Team coach who also lives
in Victoria. Dagg-Jackson
presented the certificate to
Soligo.
But that was not the only
treat for coaches in Victoria.
More than 20 coaches
came together for a Next
Gen Curling Canada/ Curl BC
Coaching Symposium.
The coaches were from
across BC and also across
Canada - many were
coaching teams at the
Canadian Juniors.
Highlights of the event
Coaches at the symposium.
Elaine Dagg-Jackson and Melissa Soligo.
included a talk by DaggJackson, who presented on
‘The Gold Medal Pathway’
– Creating a Culture of
Excellence towards Podium
Performance. The talk
included information on
what athletes need to
know at this age and stage
to ensure to meet their
potential. Also speaking was
Adam Kingsbury – Curling
Canada Consultant and Team
Rachel Homan Coach, who
presented on ‘Becoming
Your Team’s Mental Coach’.
It was an introduction to
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Trainwave for curling which
is an introductory sports
psychology workbook
developed in collaboration
with Curling Canada on
‘Identifying Barriers in
Emerging Elite Curlers’.
The camp also featured
sweeping, technical, and
training updates from Soligo.
Also teaching on these
topics was Will Sutton , Curl
BC Education Manager & HP
Development Coach, Glen
Jackson, Curling Canada
Sweep Consultant Lead
and Bill Tschirhart, Curling
Canada Consultant.
The coaches who
attended the two days of
development received NCCP
professional development
points for doing so. Please
visit https://www.curlbc.
ca/coaching/professionaldevelopment-pdpoints-maintenance-ofcertification/ to find your
next PD opportunity.
Anyone with questions
about coaching can contact
Will Sutton at wsutton@
curlbc.ca or call 604-3333622.
January 2017
Biggest ever Mixed Doubles championship gets going
A total of 28 teams will be taking
part in the largest ever BC Mixed
Doubles Curling Championship, which
gets underway at Kelowna Curling Club
tomorrow (February 2).
The teams feature a bevvy of
past and current BC and Canadian
champions, including Tyler Tardi
(Surrey) and Sterling Middleton
(Burnaby/Fort St John), who won
gold medals at the Canadian Juniors
last weekend, as well as Jim Cotter,
of Vernon, the reigning BC Men’s
Champion.
Tardi is playing with Dezaray Hawes
(Anmore, near Port Moody), who has
twice represented BC at the national
level at juniors and also won the curling
event at the 2014 BC Winter Games.
The duo won the BC Mixed Doubles
championship in 2013, the first year of
the competition, and 2015. Middleton
is playing with Sarah Daniels, who
won silver at last year’s Canadian
Team Cotter with Jaelyn and Jim.
Junior Curling Championships then
travelled with Team Fay (Nova Scotia)
to the worlds, where she helped the
team achieve gold for Canada. Cotter,
meanwhile, is playing with his daughter
Jaelyn. The Cotters won the 2016 event,
held in Enderby.
The winner will represent BC at
the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles
Championship, which will take place at
the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon
from April 5-9.
Participants there will hope to get a
step closer to a trip to the 2018 Winter
Olympics in South Korea.
The Canadian championship duo
will wear the Maple Leaf at the World
Mixed Doubles Championship, April
22-29 in Lethbridge, Alta. That event
will determine the final eight-country
field for the 2018 Winter Olympics. It is
hoped that Canada will be among the
eight teams in the field in Korea.
The Mixed Doubles game format
is played over eight ends (instead of
the usual 10). Each team has only six
stones and one of those stones from
each team is prepositioned before
every end of play. One player delivers
the first and last stones of the end while
the other player throws the second,
third and fourth stones. If they choose
to, the two players may swap positions
from one end to the next. Both team
members are also allowed to sweep.
To follow the scores visit http://
playdowns.curlbc.ca.
Gear up for exciting Business of Curling Symposium
Event runs June 2-4, 2017. Registration is now open
The 2017 Business of
Curling Symposium will take
place from June 2-4, 2017, in
beautiful Kelowna, BC.
The weekend will feature
seminars and workshops
on variety of topics that are
relevant to curling centres
across the province. On-ice
sessions are also planned
in order to facilitate handson learning. Planned topics
covered on the ice include
learning mixed doubles and
how to integrate it into your
club’s programming, leading
a successful adult learn to
curl program and building
successful junior programs
and leagues.
There will also be
opportunities to learn about
revenue generation for your
club including marketing
ideas, grant writing and best
practices when determining
fees and rental rates.
Sessions are also
planned targeting club
management topics, such
as insurance and liquor
licensing requirements. A
session on hosting provincial
and national events is also
planned.
The weekend will also
feature an opening address
from keynote speaker Kathy
Henderson, the CEO of
Curling Canada. She will
talk about how to build the
curling brand.
Also on the agenda on
Saturday, June 3, is the 2017
Curl BC Awards Banquet,
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where great volunteers,
builders and athletes are
recognized.
In addition, Level 1 and
2 Ice Technician courses are
planned with the Level 2
starting on May 31 and the
Level 1 starting on June 1.
All this content is
available for the price of
$350 per participant, which
includes accommodation
based on double occupancy
at the Best Western Hotel
and Suites in Kelowna.
Discounts apply for more
than one delegate per club.
Registration is now open.
Check https://www.curlbc.
ca/2017-business-curlingsymposium/.
January 2017
Curl BC Office
2001A - 3713 Kensington Ave, Burnaby, BC, V5B 0A7, Phone: 604-333-3616, Fax: 604-333-3615
Scott Braley
Melissa Soligo
CEO &
Executive Director
Shannon Aleksic
HP & Competitions Manager
Provincial Coach &
HP Director
Participation Manager
Penny Bartel
Rebecca Connop Price
Will Sutton
Lindsay Shannon
Maimie Li-Cleto
Education Manager &
HP Development Coach
Administrative
Coordinator
Communications &
Marketing Manager
Financial
Coordinator (Part-Time)
Curl BC Consultant Coaches
Gerry Richard, Karen Watson,
Cindy Tucker, Katie Witt, Brent Giles,
Ken MacDonald, Brad Kuhn, Brenda Nordin
Curl BC Officers
Paul Addison
Peter Muir
Chair
Terry Vandale
Region 1&2
George Horner
Vice-Chair
Terry Vandale
Vice-Chair
Past-Chair
Curl BC Governors
George Horner
Region 3,4&7
Paul Addison
Governor at Large
Ron Phillips
Region 5&6
Jan Mori
Governor at Large
Teri Palynchuk
Region 8,9&10
Peter Muir
Governor at Large
Dale Gregory
Region 11
Michelle Ramsay
Governor at Large
Contact information can be found at www.curlbc.ca/about/staff or www.curlbc.ca/about/board
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