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BC Senior Curling Championships get underway

Langley91裸聊视频檚 Team Andrews hopes to repeat as women91裸聊视频檚 champs, Nanaimo91裸聊视频檚 Team Craig wants another men91裸聊视频檚 title

A piper played 26 teams on to the ice at the Langley Curling Centre for the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships on Wednesday, March 22.

Curlers from across the province were present, from Abbotsford, Castlegar, Chilliwack, Duncan, Kamloops, Kimberley, Kelowna, Langley, Nanaimo, Osoyoos, Vancouver, Vernon, Parksville, Penticton, Quesnel, and Victoria.

Langley91裸聊视频檚 Team Andrews, (Leanne Andrews, Jenn Routliffe, Tracy Strecker and Cathy Chapman) led the procession.

After winning the senior championships women91裸聊视频檚 title for the first time last year in Chilliwack, the foursome is looking for a repeat victory.

So are the men91裸聊视频檚 winners from last year, Team Craig from Nanaimo (Wes Craig, Steve Waatainen, Keith Clarke and Craig Burton), who have a slightly different lineup this year, with Norm Coate replacing Waatainen as third.

Team Craig will be looking for their fourth win. Skip Wes Craig is competing in a record-setting sixth BC Senior Championship.

Players were welcomed by Township Mayor Eric Woodward, who marked the spot for the ceremonial shot taken by Brent Pierce, four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion, with sweeping handled by Austin Arnold from Langley91裸聊视频檚 Team Jones, winners of the Optimist Junior Interclub Curling League event last month at the Langley Curling Centre.

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When the decision to hold the event in Langley was announced, Curl B.C. Competitions Manager Will Sutton referred to the Langley club91裸聊视频檚 history of successfully managing major events such as the 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships, 91裸聊视频渢hanks to the tremendous volunteers, staff and community partners that the club has developed at a strategic level.91裸聊视频

26 teams were piped on to the ice of the Langley Curling Centre for the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre on Wednesday, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
26 teams were piped on to the ice of the Langley Curling Centre for the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre on Wednesday, March 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Organized by a host committee headed up by Nick Douce and Wayne Moore, club manager Robyn Parkes, head icemaker Nick Meister and his team, head umpire Troy Matsumiya, and an army of timers, umpires, score updaters, live-streaming assistants and other volunteers, the event is seen as another coup for the club.

Douce, an Aldergrove resident, calculated the Langley curling club has hosted 91裸聊视频渁bout four significant91裸聊视频 and 91裸聊视频渧ery prestigious91裸聊视频 curling events over the last 10 years, like the senior championships.

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One reason has been the high quality of the Langley playing surfaces, he said.

91裸聊视频淚 think Langley probably has the best ice in the province,91裸聊视频 Douce told the Langley Advance Times.

91裸聊视频榃e91裸聊视频檝e got very good ice technicians and always had very good ice quality. [We91裸聊视频檙e ] very proud of that.91裸聊视频

Competition will take place over 18 draws, with the final gold medal games taking place Sunday, March 26th at 2 p.m.

Winners of the Langley championships will represent B.C. at the Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships.


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