My Curling Story by Luba Tasevski How it all began: One Saturday morning when I was about 8 or 9 years old, I wake up and made my way to the living room where my older brother was watching tv. I didn’t know what he was watching so I just...
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I started into curling in my late teens first by watching and than volunteering with different events. When I was younger I didn’t have many friends in school and was very shy. I started curling of and on in my home community in parts of junior and high school in...
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Our story goes back to 2002. I started my curling journey in 1998 at Sydenham Community Curling Club in Wallaceburg ON. I felt an immediate sense of community and instantly fell in love with the game. The club is well known for The Crazy Legs bonspiel. It has drawn attention...
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New curler in the house. My parents were avid curlers. There wasn't much else to do in Baie Comeau on the wintery north shore of the St. Lawrence in the 1960s. Copper bas-relief plaques of curlers delivering rocks decorated our house, evidence of their participation in regional bonspiels. Their occasional...
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A good friend and former skip of mine once told me, "You'll always find good people at the curling club." I never truly appreciated the meaning behind those words until I needed those 'good people' the most. Three years ago, I relocated from Calgary to the Lower Mainland to start...
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In November 2018, I had the privilege of joining 21 other curling Rotarians from across Ontario in a month-long curling tour of Scotland. We played 19 games in 13 different ice rinks ranging from 8 sheets in a shopping mall, arenas shared with ice hockey and skating, a converted potato...
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In October 2022, our club had a real treat. Team Mouat came to visit, and we were really excited to meet them. They were charming and friendly to all the club members who came, and we all go to chat, see the Olympic medals etc. I remember thinking that the...
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It was a hot summer in 2018 in Moncton, NB. While people were outside enjoying the sunshine, I was inside a refreshingly cold curling rink and having a great time! I was at a 5 day long adult curling camp and was extremely excited to meet the guest coaches from...
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The story is attached in a PDF. Thank you.
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14 years ago one teacher changed my life by introducing the sport of curling to me, the day when I first stepped on the ice I knew I was in love. I used to live in a small town called sayward valley and the closest rink was in Campbell River...
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More than a dozen years ago, a physical education teacher in a local elementary school was offering an introduction to curling during her winter program. There were some limitations in terms of what they could learn, since the Grade 3 students were confined to their gymnasium. Some innovative thinking directed...
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Back in 2003-2004, my husband and I joined the Barrie Curling Club in Ontario, and we sure enjoyed our first season of curling while learning the game and meeting so many amazing people. On the second last week of the season, I found out I was expecting our second son,...
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In the quiet outskirts of town, my husband and I found our slice of paradise—a cozy home on sprawling land, surrounded by the familiarity of the countryside. Our neighbours, with their warm smiles and friendly waves, welcomed us into their midst, yet beneath the surface, a longing lingered—a yearning for...
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On Monday, January 29, 2024 our team of tag draw curlers scored an eight ender at our Tam Heather Curling Club in Toronto.I have been curling for 50 years and this is my first eight ender and it immediately became the highlight of my curling career ! At age 74...
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July of 2008 I was golfing with my Dad when the phone rang. We do not usually answer the phone on the course but it was a call from my Mom. Dad took the call and then immediately dropped the phone because Mom announced that she had leukemia, which was...
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Hello, this is my story. Started curling when I was 13 years old with my father who was a member of the local railroad curling league, Basicly they were a bunch of fella’s out having a couple of drinks and having fun. Fell in love with the game and realized...
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In October of 2010, my husband and I joined our local curling club in Milton, Ontario. Neither of us had curled previously, outside of one or two experiences with friends/work. The curling club was close to home, and it seemed like a great way to be active and social throughout...
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Miracles On Ice - see pdf attached
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Last year, my team wanted to compete in the TCA Goldline Bonspiel in Toronto. It turns out that on the day of the finals, I had a wedding to shoot. But my teammates said, don’t worry, we won't make it to the finals. And you know what, it turned out...
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The Couch Curling Generation by Kathy with a K The brooms have changed. Rules have changed. Players have changed. But the love of the sport of curling hasn’t changed -actually it’s grown. However, for many of us, we have to curl from the couch now. That means we are the...
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