Merry LTC Christmas
- ROCKTalk-2023-2024
MERRY CHRISTMAS from our Learn To Curl members and coaches!
MERRY CHRISTMAS from our Learn To Curl members and coaches!
While travelling in New Zealand in May, 2023 and planning the drive from Dunedin to the west coast, we read that there was a curling rink in Naseby, 1.5 hours away.
Naseby is a very small village (population 123 in 2018 census) in a lovely part of scenic New Zealand. From the parking lot of the rink, run by Maniototo Curling International Inc., we noticed there was also an outside rink and a luge track.
The curling club was open, with four sheets of ice. There were banners and flags on the walls around the ice, including the Canadian flag.
We talked to the manager, Ewan Kirk. He moved to New Zealand with his family from Scotland 40 or so years before. He said as far as he knew, this was the only purpose-built curling rink in the southern hemisphere. Teams from New Zealand and Australia played there and trained for international competitions. Ice was available year-round.
In the very nice upstairs licensed lounge hung banners and shirts of teams from around the world, most signed by players/coaches, including Brad Gushue and Russ Howard’s team from the Torino Olympics.
The club brochure said they have seminar facilities for corporate meetings and other functions. There is an old rail line bike path nearby, that runs cross country, and Ewan said bicyclists sometimes package up a bike trip, local accommodation, local tourist attractions and a curling game.
We thanked Ewan for his time and invited him and others from the club to visit our club. It was fun, a totally unexpected visit. Naseby’s “catch phrase is ‘2000 feet above worry level’” (Wikipedia). Long live international curling! No worries!
SUBMITTED BY: David Belford and Cheryle Anne Mac Belford
It's hard to believe, but within a 2 week period LCC saw 3 different teams score 8-enders!!
November 10, 2023
L-R: Rhonda Persichilli, Eileen Rochefort, Lindsay Eve and Dayna Dann
November 17, 2023
L-R: Ian Newman, Carey Parkinson, Andre Cormier, Robert Dykstra
November 22, 2023
L-R: Robyn Nazarewicz, Larry Lawson, Doug Wilson and Wanda Lawson
On Saturday, November 11, 2023 LCC staff and club coaches took part in a full day of First Aid training. Leading the course was instructor and LCC member, Kim Randell. We hope to never use the skills that we've learned, but if necessary, we are prepared to help in an emergency situation.
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London Curling Club
377 Lyle Street
London, Ontario, Canada
N5W 3R5
519•432•3882
The London Curling Club is situated in the heart of London, Ontario, Canada, a busy city with a population of over 423,000 located halfway between Toronto and Detroit. The club has six sheets of great curling ice, a recently renovated and air-conditioned lounge area, an upstairs lounge with a full kitchen, and plenty of parking.