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Welcome the World Senior's Curling
Welcome the World Senior’s Curling

The Welcome the World Senior’s Curling event was held for the first time in November 2010 at the Stroud Curling Club in Stroud, Ontario. The idea for the event came from Robert Armstrong, an executive member of the Clif Thompson Senior Curling League. The format, planning and promoting was then taken on by Sherry Armstrong, chairperson of the executive committee. Other committee members involved in the initial planning were Doug Keffer, Judy and John Zima.

The Stroud Curling Club is located in the community of Stroud which is within the town of Innisfil (estimated population 35,000). It is located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, immediately south of the city of Barrie. The Stroud Curling Club has five sheets of ice and provides curling opportunities for over 250 members from Little Rocks to Seniors. In the 2011-2012 curling season the club celebrated its 100th Anniversary and purchased all new curling rocks.

Objectives

The goal of Welcome the World is to bring together senior curlers, age 50 and older, of all abilities and experiences and provide an opportunity for curling and fellowship.

Format

Welcome the World is hosted by the Stroud Curling Club in late October, early November. It is a week of curling and fellowship. Information is sent through the World Curling Federation and mailed directly to curling facilities and clubs around the world. Robert and Sherry Armstrong also made a trip to Scotland in February 2012 to promote the event.

Curlers enter individually and are guaranteed at least five games. Curlers and accompanying spouses and partners are home-hosted. There are tours of the local area throughout the week and evening home hosted meals with members of the Stroud Curling Club, Clif Thompson Senior League. The Welcome the World event coincides with the Innsifil Studio Tours which promotes local artisans. Transportation is provided to and from the airport as well as locally.

Curling opportunities give visiting curlers the chance to curl in a variety of formats including league games, mini-spiels and bonspiels. The format for all of these events is “jitney” team selection. Each player is assigned a position and then draws a tag to see which ice and color of rock they will play. This format gives curlers a chance to meet and curl with many different people.

History

The first Welcome the World senior curling event was held November 6-12, 2011. Visiting curlers were from Scotland and Ontario, Canada. In total seven curlers took part in the curling and activities. The four international curlers were Ron and Jane Paterson from Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland and Mary and Bill Radcliffe from Perth, Scotland. Canadian curlers included Ed Koshilka from Wasaga Beach, Ontario and Linda and Jeff Mackie from the Bradford Curling Club. Feedback from this group of participants was very favorable enabling the league to offer the event another year.

The funding for the inaugural event was a grant given to the project by the Town of Innisfil through the Community Reinvestment Program.

The 2012 event is being held from October 31 to November 7th. International registered curlers for this year are from Scotland and Denmark. In addition to these curlers there are curlers from Ontario, Saskatchewan and North West Territories.

Participating curlers are being charged a registration fee of $150 (CDN) which will cover the cost of the banquet, breakfast and lunches at the club as well as offset some of the transportation costs.

Clif Thompson Committee members directly responsible for the 2012 event are Sherry and Robert Armstrong, Edith Schultz, Len Hills, John Zima and David Carson.

Logo

The Logo was developed by Barb Winson, the granddaughter of Joe and Linda Winson, curlers in the Clif Thompson Senior league. Barb is a graphic arts student at a local college. She developed the logo in December 2011.

Sherryarmstrong (talk) 11:58, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Sources: Welcome the World submission written and presented by Sherry Armstrong to the Stroud Curling Club Board February 2011 Welcome the World pamphlets written by Sherry Armstrong