New curling championship; Korab madness
September 6, 2008
New curling championship; Korab madness
This is in addition to their partnership with Canadian Curling Association, which offers an amazing curling club insurance program, plus their work with numerous curling teams and grass roots events.
First came word of the new name of the Toronto Curling Association’s Junior Bonspiel, a legendary post-Christmas affair which has served as a kind of curling exchange program with Switzerland. Past champions – which indicate just how old this venerable event is – include Wayne Middaugh, John Kawaja, Alison Goring, Mike Harris and many more. Glenn Howard even lost the final.
Now comes the news of a new national event aimed at recreational club curlers, known as The Dominion Curling Club Championship.
Imagine winning your club championship, and then having a national championship to go to for your efforts!
With the first such championship set for November 2009 in Toronto, and with plans to take the event across the country in the years to come, this is yet another step in The Dominion’s direct outreach to the average curling club and its local community.
Great news and we look forward to further details coming in the future.
What else is happening? Tons, actually …
• Team Brad Gushue lead man and chief funnyman Jamie Korab has been busy. His company, Bell/Aliant, is an official Canadian Olympic partner and sponsors four athletes, all of whom will be in Beijing for either the Summer Olympics (which starts Friday) or the Paralympics (which begin September 6).
Turns out Korab went around with a professional crew and filmed them in action, and conducted some interviews. He also tried their sports out… yes, we’re serious!
See Jamie try kayak! And fencing! And wheelchair basketball! And good heavens!
So is the beloved Korab the new Rick Mercer? Or not? We’ll let you be the judge – you can find the various shows here …
• Speaking of Korab, his teammate Mark Nichols, sister Shelley Nichols and 2006 Paralympic wheelchair curling champ Chris Daw recently made a recent show of support for CanFund, aka Canadian Athletes Now …
• 2007 world champ Kelly Scott is happy to announce the arrival of her first child, Nash MacKenzie Scott, on July 24 …
• 2007 world men’s champion Craig Savill was married August 2 in gorgeous Prince Edward Island …
• With new beginnings come sad endings, and we say farewell to Elmer Schmidt, a community curling legend in Regina …
• World Junior champions Team Chris Plys hosted a recent golf fundraiser for the coming season …
• The methodical drive through the curling world continues for Compete-At software, who have now partnered with Curl BC in western Canada …
• We have yet another Texas curling feature, this one out of Houston …
• Looks like some out-of-town friends recently enjoyed curling (and kayaking) …
• Much ado about New Zealand, as their nationals are underway (here and here) and it looks like they’ll be doing more outdoor rock chucking this week, starting today, in fact …
• Michael Little has reposted his ode to curling from two years ago. We love this, specifically:
I used to believe that the world was divided into those who loved anchovies and those who would rather starve than eat one. Now I am convinced that the world is divided into those who don’t get curling, those who love curling, and those who would love curling if they only gave it a chance.
We also love the name of Michael’s blog, but for otherworldly reasons which have nothing to do with curling …
• And finally, we at TCN can remember the times when curling was scoffed at in the press… and even further ago, when it wasn’t even mentioned in the press. However nowadays, irregardless of sarcasm, we have stories – like this one – in which curling is actually praised while luminary summer Olympic sports, like athletics, get lampooned.
Is this really happening? Perhaps one day we’ll wake up, and it’s all been just one crazy dream …
McDonalds Faces Fine in New New York Law
At Fast-Food Outlets: Premature Sticker Shock for the Weight Conscious - New York Times
World’s eyes are on McDonalds to see if they comply with new laws put in place by New York that enforces restaurants to display calorie information.
The New York State Restaurant Association, went to court last week to try to block the changes. It argued that the rule was an infringement of the First Amendment, which prevents government messages being forced onto businesses.
However, the judge found that the new rules served the public interest by providing customers with accurate nutritional information.
The Department of Health stated that a district court judge has set Friday, April 25th as the new date for the law to go into effect.
The date the grace period ends has also been pushed to June 6.
If McDonalds don’t post calorie information by then there could be trouble.
Yvonne Bishop-Weston, Foods for Life nutritionist London says “Calories are just the tip of the fast food nutritional iceberg but it’s a good start. How can people make informed responsible decisions on their health if the information is kept from them? When we shop for groceries the information on basic nutrients is all there but when we eat out we are often choosing in the dark”
Mirror - McDonalds CEO Says UK is Ahead
[...] New curling championship; Korab madnessJust a few days after The Dominion golf-fest for the Sandra Schmirler Foundation (see previous posting) comes word that Canadian curling’s favourite insurance company is jumping in – again – with two more event sponsorships. … [...]
[...] New curling championship; Korab madnessJust a few days after The Dominion golf-fest for the Sandra Schmirler Foundation (see previous posting) comes word that Canadian curling’s favourite insurance company is jumping in – again – with two more event sponsorships. … [...]