Bids to host 2014 BC Curling Championships are due Friday June 1st.

Hosting a Curl BC Championship has many benefits for facilities and their members. Some of the benefits are:

• Added revenue brought into the centre
• Community awareness of the sport and facility
• Relationship building with local businesses and politicians
• Entertainment from the best curlers in the province
• Opportunity for member development and certification through officiating & statistician courses
• Opportunity for members to earn credit for practical officiating & statistician hours to become eligible for work at future national and international events
• A stepping stone for the facility to host future national and international events
• Opportunity to build team spirit amongst your membership and encourage future member involvement in your facility

Click here to find bid forms on our hosting page. Please submit your bid to host or expression of interest to ac.cblrucnull@yttaebh.

Calling all Canadians! Is there a local curling club that needs new lights or a new chiller? Be a hero and nominate your community for the 2012 Kraft Celebration Tour by following the easy steps below: 

WHAT: The Kraft Celebration Tour

WHY: Because you could be one of 10 lucky Canadian communities this year to receive $25,000 from Kraft Canada to help renovate a recreation facility in your neighbourhood AND have TSN shine the national spotlight on your community with a live broadcast of SPORTSCENTRE right in your hometown. The Kraft Celebration Tour takes place this summer from August 17-26 and each of the 10 winners will be a stop on the cross-country tour.

HOW: To nominate your community, it takes 5 minutes and 3 easy steps – More »

Curl BC is pleased to announce the Curl BC award recipients for the 2011/2012 season. Nominations were received from Curl BC members across the province and winners were selected by the Curl BC Awards & Recognition Committee.

Recipients will receive their awards at the Curl BC Annual General Meeting at the Richmond Curling Club at 1:00pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Media representatives are invited to attend these presentations. Lunch will be provided at 12:00pm.

Curling Centre of the Year: Nanaimo Curling Centre

Junior Female Athlete of the Year: Kalia Van Osch, Nanaimo Curling Centre

Junior Male Athlete of the Year: Tyler Tardi, Langley Curling Club

Female Athlete of the Year: Kelly Scott, Kelowna Curling Club More »

Applications are now being accepted for the Coach Mentor Apprentice Program.
Application deadline: May 31st, 2012

The Coaching Mentor/ Apprenticeship Program (for female apprentices) is a partnership between ProMOTION Plus, Coaches BC and the BC Games Society. The program was developed to assist and support female coaches in their pursuit of higher levels of coaching certification. This program is designed to assist and support them as they enhance and develop their coaching skills.

Goals:

• The program will pair experienced coaches with female apprentices (a maximum of 10 mentor and 10 female apprentice coaches will be selected to attend the 2012 BC Summer Games in Surrey).
• To increase the number of qualified coaches starting at the club and provincial level and moving toward the national and international level. More »

Be part of shaping the future of our sport. The WCF wants to hear what you think about the rules of curling. Click here for more.

Curl BC is pleased to announce Canadian Western Bank as its newest sponsor. Canadian Western Bank will offer many preferred banking services to both Curl BC Regions and individual curlers.

Members will have access to a free personal chequing account including:

• No monthly fee and no transaction fees
• Monthly electronic paperless statement with cheque images
• Personalized cheques
• Free CWBdirect Internet Banking or In-Touch Telephone Banking

Members will also have access to investments, including rate specials over posted rates on WestEarner® RRSP, RRIF and TFSA GICs, plus mortgage specials.

Online banking services are available for individuals without a Canadian Western Bank branch in their area. Through Canadian Direct Financial, customers will have monthly electronic statements with cheque images and personalized cheques, with no monthly or transaction fees. They also receive rate specials over posted rates on KeyReturn® GICs and KeyReach® RRSP and TFSA GICs.

Curl BC members who would like to learn more about these services can visit www.cwbank.com/CurlBC or www.canadiandirectfinancial.com/CurlBC or contact Heather Rayment at moc.knabwcnull@tnemyaR.rehtaeH

Please help Curl BC improve by completing the online Member Satisfaction Survey. If you have been involved in curling in BC this year as a curler, manager, ice technician, official, coach, volunteer or ‘other’, we would like to hear your feedback. Please take 5 minutes to follow this link and complete the annual Member Satisfaction Survey before May 31: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JZFQ25M

Individual responses are kept confidential and the overall results of the survey will be covered at the Annual General Meeting on June 9th.

(Please forward the survey link to your fellow curlers, but keep responses to one per individual.)

Click here to visit post on our surveys page.

Congratulations to this year’s winners of The Dominion Curling Club Championships held in Richmond this past weekend.

Men: Peace Arch – Richard Brower, Berry Breton, Larry Macdonald, Deryk Brower
Women: Comox Valley – Deb Goodwin, Lonnie Schopp, Kim Jonsson, Lori Ross

Brower & Goodwin now advance to the The Dominion Canadian Curling Club Championships in in Scarborough, Ontario from November 19-24, 2012.

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, April 23… The World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced that the City of Fredericton will host the 2013 World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships and World Mixed Doubles.

All three world championships will take place at the new Grant-Harvey Centre, April 13-20, 2013. Approximately 30 teams are expected to compete for global honours in Mixed Doubles while almost 40 teams will seek to capture Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s world titles.

The $29.5 million Grant-Harvey Centre, scheduled to open in June, has two ice surfaces which will be utilized during the week…one Olympic-size (500 seats) and one National Hockey League-size (1,500 seats). The host committee executive director is 2000 Brier runner-up Wayne Tallon, with both the Fredericton Curling Club and Capital Winter Club acting as co-chairs and host clubs.

World Curling Federation President Kate Caithness said, “We are delighted to be returning to New Brunswick for two events which will run side by side in 2013 – the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the World Senior Curling Championships. More »

Curl BC is seeking award nominations for the 2011/12 curling season. Click here to nominate exceptional athletes, volunteers, sponsors and other deserving individuals before April 30.