"It's a natural fit," said club president Gord Jenkins, "given the types of improvements the club has made since its building was condemned a few years ago.
“When we did the renovations, we said, ‘Let's make this a barrier-free facility.'”
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The 2010 championship banner will hang in the Richmond CC as four of the five team members play there. The 2011 Worlds are scheduled for Prague February 21 - March 3, so it is possible that Sonja Gaudet, Ina Forrest and Jackie Roy will be available in 2011, potentially doubling the number of teams that may compete.
National silver medalist Alison Duddy was profiled in the Quesnel Cariboo Observer.
Alison Duddy with teammates Whitney Warren and Frank LaBounty
"For my first time out to the nationals, I’m happy,” Duddy said.“But at the same time there is a little bit of bittersweet.”
The sweet side of getting the silver medal Duddy said, was the one − two finish for the B.C. teams, and they did it on home ice in front of family and friends.
“[But] we had our chances in the gold medal game, unfortunately we just couldn’t pull it out.”
Duddy also acknowledged the play of opposing skip Cormack, particularly in the gold-medal game, as one of the highlights of the tournament.
“In one end we were sitting six and he had to make a perfect shot and he did to count one,” Duddy explained, adding Cormack did the very same thing in a subsequent end with her team sitting with five counters in the rings. [read more]
CurlBC is inviting applications for its High Performance program which is open to all players and coaches in BC. Details can be found HERE.
Finally, with Team Canada and the national championship final virtually all-BC affair, to what do you attribute BC's success, and what must happen outside of BC to broaden the spread of competitive honours?
Is it simply success breeding success? The presence of Jim Armstrong? What do you think?
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