Friday, April 12, 2013

World Mixed Doubles This Weekend

Robert Desjardins and Isabelle Neron. This Quebec duo is going to represent Canada in the World Mixed Doubles, kicking off this weekend in Fredericton, NB. It will begin Saturday, April 13 and go till the 20th. It will all begin with Canada meeting Italy at 3:30 pm on Saturday. And guess who will be commentating...none other than longtime BRCC pal, Dean Gemmell. They will be streaming the games live and you can watch them...just go to www.youtube.com/WorldCurlingTV  Check it out, I'm sure there will be some good curling and Dean will no doubt have excellent insights.

Just google 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling and you can check out game times and who the other competing teams are.

Mixed Doubles is really catching on. It is a fast game and certainly an interesting game. If you ever wanted a way to improve your shooting shills, then start playing Mixed Doubles. Certainly it would make practice more fun!

It would be nice to start a Mixed Doubles league at the BRCC...at the very least have a Mixed Doubles tournament some weekend. I think I will attempt to make this an agenda item at a board meeting this summer. I think we could generate enough interest in it and perhaps grow this type of curling match within the club. Now that our beloved Maymar and Al are back, I am betting they would be interested in this as well.

Don't forget, the Players Championship, the final stop of the Grand Slam events will be kicking off in Toronto on April 16. All the big teams will be there and here's the thing, if Team Jacobs does well, they will secure a berth in the Roar of the Rings. At this point, I think the Jacobs rink have a slight edge, pointswise, on Team Epping so hopefully the boys can keep it going. Stay tuned for my updates and predictions.

With the readership growing on this blogsite, I am going to try to keep the blog going all summer long. There is always curling news going on and perhaps I can also keep you abreast on what is happening at the BRCC as well, in terms of summer repairs, etc. So, stay with me during the summer.

Rock On!

The Curling Chronic

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