Under the skilled guidance of international curler and WCA instructor, Bob Bomas, our aspiring umpires were able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the rules of curling while learning the practical application using on-ice game simulation.
Checking sheet dimensions (Photo: Bob Bomas)
Putting the biter measure to use (Photo: Bob Bomas)
Attendees enjoyed a fun and engaging course resulting in all six qualifying as WCA Game Umpire Level 1.
The list of qualified umpires includes:
Congratulations!
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With sessions in the classroom and on the ice, all eight students passed the course with flying colours making Curling WA tremendously proud.
The full list of qualified coaches includes:
Kim Irvine and Adrienne Kennedy have been invited to be part of the Senior Women's Team to represent Australia at the WCF World Senior Curling Championships in Korea from 21-29 April 2023. The championships will be held in the Gangneung Curling Centre, the home of Curling for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
In September 2022, Kim and Adrienne were invited by the then President of the Australian Curling Federation, Kim Forge, to join the team representing Australia to compete in Korea.
Kim and Adrienne are obviously thrilled and excited with being invited and we asked them about their preparation plans, travel arrangements and ambitions for the Championships in Korea with their responses below.
We have also asked them for some background information about their curling journey, when and where it started, people who were influential or inspired them, and memorable events and/or shots played. Have a look in our Member Bios blog.
We congratulate and wish them both good luck and good curling for this exciting opportunity - go Team Australia!!
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The likely line-up of the team will be:
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Whilst I am sure we have all been keeping active and fit (lol) over the festive season, but Curling after a break always seems to help you rediscover muscles you had forgotten about. Spending a couple minutes a day doing some simple exercises can really help soften the blow, and may even prevent an early season injury.
Here is a [link] to a short video that runs through some gentle mobility exercises to help you on the way to being ready for the start of the Curling season.
I hope this is of some use. Take care, and look forward to seeing you on the ice.