The World Curling Tour (WCT) and Curling Champions Tour (CCT) have announced a formal merger, creating a truly global tour of some 170 championship curling events. [Read more…]

The countdown clock is on before the torch is lit at the Vernon & Area 55+ BC Games. [Read more…]

A ‘strong suggestion’ for curlers under the age of 12 to wear helmets on the ice has been made by Curling Canada. [Read more…]

Delta curler Megan Daniels has won the Spirit of Sandra scholarship for a second time. [Read more…]

Curl BC will be taking part in a Sport BC Summer Warm Up event at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday July 1 to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. What better way to celebrate our nation than to enjoy one of the country’s most beloved sports? Kids and adults alike will be able to try floor curling and learn more about the sport as it is played on the ice by talking to one of our volunteers.

If you would like to help out, please contact Melissa at msim@curlbc.ca or call 604-333-3620.

Two fantastic grant opportunities are available for clubs that would like to get funding for senior programs or improve their accessibility.

The deadline for the New Horizons for Seniors Program is June 23 so apply as soon as possible!

The New Horizons for Seniors Program can provide up to $25,000 per centre and is for projects at your curling centre that are led or inspired by seniors and address one or more of the following five program objectives:

• promoting volunteerism among seniors and other generations;
• engaging seniors in the community through the mentoring of others;
• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including financial abuse;
• supporting the social participation and inclusion of seniors; and
  providing capital assistance for new and existing community projects and/or programs for seniors.

Visit https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/new-horizons-seniors-community-based.html for more details or to apply.

There is also a great opportunity to make improvements at your curling centre through the Enabling Accessibility Fund. The deadline for this is July 26.

Examples of Community Accessibility Stream projects:

• installing an access ramp and automated door openers to enable the access of people with disabilities to the main entrance of a church.
• enhancing lighting in a recreational centre, to accommodate people with low vision;
  replacing doorknobs that are difficult to grasp and turn with accessible levered handles and installing accessible washrooms in a local tourist information office;
• installing appropriate signage, tactile cues, and painting baseboards and door frames in a community hall with contrasting colours for individuals with visual impairments;

Visit https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/enabling-accessibility-fund.html for details or to apply.

Curl BC welcomed 80 delegates from more than 30 BC curling centres to our 2017 Business of Curling Symposium in Kelowna. [Read more…]

The road to the Brier will go via the beach in 2018. [Read more…]