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Friday, June 28, 2013

BRITISH OPEN WHEELCHAIR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP


                                                                             

BRITISH OPEN WHEELCHAIR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

SUNDAY 19 - TUESDAY 21 January 2014

LANARKSHIRE (Hamilton) ICE RINK, HAMILTON

 


ENTRY FEE


£170 per Team

 
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT

Entry is limited to 12 teams

Each team will play 6 matches - 5 group matches and 1 final or play off match

2 matches will be played per day

1st match 5pm Sunday - Tournament finish by 6pm Tuesday

8 ends or the Bell will be played

 

TRANSPORT

 

Transport can be arranged from your arrival airport.  We can provide details of transport availability during your stay.  All costs for transport to be paid directly by each team.

 

ACCOMODATION

 

We can provide details of local accommodation. All accommodation to be booked and paid directly by each team. 

 

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES


31st August 2013


 

Teams will be informed if their entry has been accepted not later than 7th September

 

Thank You

Ian Archer - Tournament Coordinator

ianarcher@yahoo.co.uk

 
ENTRY FORM

 

 

TEAM             _______________________________

 

Skip                _______________________________

 

Third               _______________________________ 

 

Second          _______________________________

 

Lead               _______________________________

 

 

Team contact details

Name             ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________

e-mail             ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________

Telephone     ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________

 

Entry Fee Payment

 

Payment should be made by bank transfer to:

Royal Bank of Scotland

Sort Code: 83-20-22

Acc No: 00150114

Account name: Scottish Wheelchair Curling Association

Reference: British Open - Your Team Name

 
Completed entry forms should be returned to: gordon.rainey@talktalk.net 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

2014 Canadian Wheelchair Championship awarded to Boucherville, Que.


For Immediate Release

June 24, 2013

 

2014 Canadian Wheelchair Championship awarded to Boucherville, Que.

 

The reigning champions will get a chance to defend their title in their home province at the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, it was announced today by the Canadian Curling Association.

 

The 11th edition of the national wheelchair championship will be played April 28 to May 4, 2014, at Club de curling Boucherville in Boucherville, Que.

 

At the 2013 championship at the RA Centre in Ottawa, Quebec’s Benoît Lessard and his team from Magog — Carl Marquis, Sébastien Boisvert, Johanne Daly and coach Germain Tremblay — claimed their province’s first Canadian wheelchair title.

 

“Curling Quebec is excited that the country’s top wheelchair curlers will be in Boucherville for the Canadian championship,” said Curling Quebec executive-director Marco Ferraro. “It’s going to be a wonderful season of curling in our province, with both the Canadian wheelchair championship and the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal. Quebec’s curlers and curling fans couldn’t be happier.”

 

The 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Championship will be organized and operated by Défi sportif AlterGo, a Quebec-based organization focused on raising awareness of sports for athletes with a disability.

 

“We have an extensive background in running competitions for athletes with a disability, and we know there’s a passion for wheelchair curling in this country,” said Maxime Gagnon, the director for Défi sportif AlterGo. “We’re truly excited to be a part of this championship as it’s staged in Quebec for the first time. We’re confident that the curling community in Boucherville and around the province will embrace the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship and make it a big success.”

 

The Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship began in 2004 and has previously been won by Team Canada (skip Chris Daw) in 2004, 2005 and 2006; by British Columbia in 2007 (skip Darryl Neighbour), 2008 and 2009 (skip Jim Armstrong) and 2010 (skip Gary Cormack); by Manitoba (skip Chris Sobkowicz) in 2011; and by Saskatchewan (skip Darwin Bender) in 2012.

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For more information:

 

Danny Lamoureux

Director, Championship Services & Curling Club Development

Canadian Curling Association

Office: 613-834-2076 x116

Cell: 613-878-3682