For Immediate Release
Sudbury wheelchair
curlers receive 2nd chance at National Championship March 18-25
The last minute withdrawal of New
Brunswick team allows 2nd place finishers in NOCA Provincial (MEDIchair
Sudbury) to fill vacancy.
Rick Prud’homme Skip and Sarah Lashbrook 3rd. Photo courtesy of Janet Young www.janetyoungphotography.com |
Sudbury, Ontario (March 01, 2012)
-- “The curling gods are definitely giving us a second chance,”
says an excited Norm Gervais who coached MEDIchair Sudbury to a close
second place finish at the 2012 Northern Ontario Wheelchair Curling Championship
in Sudbury earlier this year. “The winning team from New Brunswick unexpectedly
withdrew from the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship March 18-25, 2012 at
the Fort William Curling Club. Under the rules, NOCA is allowed to fill
the vacant spot with the second place team in the NOCA Provincial
Championships. This is such an unexpected, yet delightful turn of events for
us.”
Added Gervais, “We had to really
scramble to put things together quickly and in the end we decided to combine
the MEDIchair Sudbury and MEDIchair Thunder Bay teams to create one team for
the Canadian Championships.
The
revamped team is as follows:
Rick Prud’homme Skip (MEDIchair Sudbury)
Sarah Lashbrook 3rd (MEDIchair Sudbury)
Dennis Duclos 2nd (MEDIchair Sudbury)
Gino Sonego Lead (MEDIchair Thunder Bay)
Linda Kontunen 5th (MEDIchair Thunder Bay)
Norm Gervais Coach (MEDIchair Sudbury)
Sarah Lashbrook (3rd) and Dennis Duclos (2nd) celebrate successful
(Photo courtesy of Janet Young www.janetyoungphotography.com)
Gervais explained that the new team will have its work cut out. “The Thunder Bay curlers won’t be able to practice with the Sudbury team until we arrive in Thunder Bay for the week-long event. However, we can’t worry about that as we continue to practice and work on our accuracy, throwing weight and game strategies.”
“This recent turn of events is also
very exciting for our family, friends and hopefully the city of Sudbury. We
want all of them to be proud of our performance at this prestigious
event. We are also hopeful that many curling fans from Sudbury will make
the trek to Thunder Bay to cheer loudly for Team Prud’homme. Second chances
like this don’t come around very often and we want to make the most of our good
fortune.”
About MEDIchair Sudbury ‘the home medical equipment specialists’
MEDIchair Sudbury is a locally owned franchise that is part
of MEDIchair, North America’s largest and fastest growing Home Medical
Equipment (HME) franchise company with stores from coast-to-coast in Canada. We
carry a comprehensive line of Home Medical Equipment products including
wheelchairs, scooters, lift chairs, bathroom safety products, home
accessibility
solutions, and soft/disposable personal health care products
such as incontinence supplies, wound care, compression, and bracing. We treat
all our clients with the same respect, honour, dignity and care as we would our
own family. MEDIchair Sudbury is a full service home medical equipment
establishment offering a full range of home medical equipment and supplies and
services for each of our retail customers and professional clients. www.sudbury.medichair.com www.medichair.com www.curling.ca/championships/wheelchair
For more information or interviews please contact:
Mr. Norm Gervais, Coach, MEDIchair Sudbury (Team Prud’homme) and Owner, MEDIchair Sudbury, (705) 525-7442 sudbury@medichair.ca
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