The Curl BC AGM is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, 2013, from 1:15pm to 4pm. You’ve saved the date. Now register to be there! You can attend in-person (Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn, 319 North Road, Coquitlam) or over the phone and we ask that you register online beforehand. Visit http://curlbc.ca/membership/meeting-minutes/2013-curl-bc-agm-registration/ to register. Those attending in person can take advantage of the lunch offered beforehand, starting at 12:30pm. We will be sending out material for your review, including the agenda, the Curl BC Annual Report, the Curl BC Financial Report, and proposed bylaw changes, before the AGM. Questions? Prefer to register by talking to someone in person? Please contact Curl BC Administrative Assistant Rita Mikk at 604-333-3618 or 1-800-667-2875.

The winners of the Curl BC Annual Awards for the 2012-13 season can now be revealed. Among the winners are Team Brown, from Kamloops Curling Club, who won gold at the M& M Meat Shops 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in February. The team went on to represent Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia. The team has been awarded the Team of the Year award. Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Samantha Fisher, lead Sydney Fraser and coaches Ken Brown and Brian Fisher all live in Kamloops. Langley Curling Club was awarded the Curling Centre of the Year award for the wonderful service it provides to the curling community – to both recreational and competitive curlers. The club was home to a number of BC champions this past season, including both the men’s and women’s senior champions, the women’s master champions and junior curlers from the winning 2013 Tim Hortons BC Junior Men’s Curling Championship team and the winning 2013 BC Mixed Doubles Championship team. The full list of winners is: Team Brown – Team of the Year (see above) Team Karen Lepine (Langley Curling Club) – Master Curler Team of the Year. Three members of this team from Langley Curling Club were BC Senior Champions as well as Masters Champions and travelled to both PEI and Thunder Bay to compete at the national level. The team is made up of Karen Lepine (Surrey), Lorraine Jeffries (Port Alberni), Carol Martel (Vernon) and Agnes Sigurdson (Langley). Katie Witt – Anita Cochrane Coach of the Year Award. Katie (who lives in Coquitlam and coaches at Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster) is an extraordinary advocate for curling. The Level 3 Certified coach teaches all ages, abilities and personalities and wins them over to being the best and wanting to learn more. She has been a wonderful asset to her club. She is very generous with her time, both on and off the ice in teaching new curlers and has brought in many new curlers to the game. In 2012-13 she was a coach at women’s provincials, junior provincials and masters provincials. Patti Caldwell (New Westminster) – The Wally M’Lot Official of the Year Award. Patti is a respected umpire and has volunteered countless hours at Curl BC events. She is liked by junior curlers because she does a great job of explaining the rules, educates the players, comforts young players and tells them to hold their heads high when things are not going as well as they hoped. She is respectful to the kids and kind-hearted. Megan & Sarah Daniels (Delta Thistle Curling Club) – Female Junior Athlete of the Year. These two sisters have been jointly awarded the Female Junior Athlete of the Year award for their great record in 2012-13. Sarah, 13, skipped the juvenile team to a gold medal at the 2013 Tim Hortons BC Juvenile Curling Championship and the Optimist International U18 Curling Championships. Megan was third on the team. Both girls competed at the Junior level as well, achieving bronze medals. Sarah also teamed up with her father Ernie Daniels to take part in the inaugural Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, held in Leduc, Alberta. Corey Chester (Victoria Curling Centre) and Kyle Habkirk (Coquitlam Curling Centre) – Male Junior Athlete of the Year. Corey Chester was a member of the team who won gold at the 2013 Tim Hortons BC Junior Curling Championships. He travelled to Fort McMurray for nationals. Kyle Habkirk won bronze at the 2013 Tim Hortons BC Junior Curling Championships, gold at the 2013 BC High School Curling Championships and gold at the 2013 Tim Hortons BC Juvenile Curling Championships. Karen Lepine – Female Adult Athlete of the Year. Karen Lepine won gold at the 2013 Tim Hortons BC Senior Curling Championships and the 2013 BC Master Curling Championships. Despite breaking her arm at the senior national event in Summerside, PEI, Karen continued to curl for the rest of the season, also travelling to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the national masters championships. Andrew Bilesky – Male Adult A

Curl BC is moving from Richmond to new offices in Burnaby. The move, which will lead to savings of more than $8,000 a year, is planned for the end of June. The new offices will be located on Kensington Avenue near Sprott in Burnaby in the new Fortius Athlete Development Centre, located next to the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. As part of the plan, Curl BC will be sharing office space with another provincial sport organization, BC Athletics. The Fortius Athlete Development Centre is a not-for-profit facility integrating world-class amenities with sport and health resources. In addition to Curl BC and BC Athletics, it will house BC School Sports, the provincial governing body for inter-scholastic sport, Canoe-Kayak BC, BC Water Polo and Synchro BC. The centre will also be home to SportMedBC, a network of more than 600 sport medical practitioners and paramedical professionals in BC. The centre will be run by Fortius Sport & Health, an organization made up of the Fortius Foundation, a registered charity, the Forti

Five BC curling centres will benefit from funding from the Canadian Curling Association’s Curling Assistance Program (CAP). The five centres, 100 Mile House, Barriere, Campbell River, Oliver and Peace Arch (White Rock), have been allocated a total of $41,500 in funding. The CAP is intended to help grow the sport of curling through programs at the community level, as well as contribute to capital projects at curling clubs to keep them operating at a high level. The grants are awarded in two categories: Business Development and Bricks & Mortar. The Peace Arch Curling Centre in Maple Ridge was awarded a Business Development grant of $4,000 for a marketing campaign to increase their membership, while the four other centres were awarded Bricks & Mortar funds. 100 Mile House was given $2,500 for new house rings and lounge renos, Barriere was given $6,000 for kitchen upgrades, Campbell River was given $14,000 for new siding and a new chiller and Oliver was successful in its bid for $15,000 for upgrading to geotherm

Telus community funding applications are being accepted for Vancouver and Victoria charitable organizations. The deadline for groups from the Vancouver area is May 15 and the Victoria deadline is May 27. Telus guidelines can be found at:  http://about.telus.com/community/en/how_to_get_funded/guidelines/ Centres may be eligible to apply through Telus if their project has been opened under the National Sport Trust Fund. Details about this process can be found at:  http://sportbc.com/services/national-sport-trust-fund/provincial-sport-organizations/.

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Sports enthusiasts from the Kamloops area are being recruited to work with elementary-school-age children to encourage them to be more active. SOAR (Sharing Our Activities and Resources) is an initiative developed by Tennis BC, British Columbia Golf and Curl BC. Kamloops residents who want to get involved with their community and promote active living should sign up for the training program being offered. People who successfully complete the training will become SOAR instructors. The instructors will run: The Capital One Rocks & Rings program, which is a gym-based curling game for 6 to 12-year-olds. The Playground to Fairway (P2F) School Golf program, which introduces basic golf skills to school-age children with a focus on fun. The Learn & Play program, a fun tennis program aimed at younger children which uses mini racquets and foam balls. Training will take place at the following locations: SUNDAY, May 12, 10am – 4pm: Tournament Capital Centre, Kamloops – gym theory training MONDAY, May 13, 8:30am

It was not long after hearing the news that John Morris was leaving Team Martin, that David Nedohin got a phone call from his old rival. It seems like a bit of an odd couple relationship, especially after all...

Former Randy Ferbey team member Dave Nedohin has joined Edmonton skip Kevin Martin and given his bid at winning the Olympic curling trials new life.

The 2014 Tim Hortons Brier is coming back to BC! Kamloops will once again host the coveted Canadian curling championship from March 1-9, 2014.