- Curling

~ Curling will be a demonstra-

‘tion: sport at the 1992 Olympic
Winter Games, which will be

held February 16-23 in France.
Canada’s representatives are the

1991: National» Champions —
teams skipped. by Julie Sutton

‘of B.C. and Kevin Martin of

Alberta:

The Sutton rink (from Vic-
~ toria) has third Jodie Sutton, se-
=yeond Melissa Soligo, lead Karri

_-Willms © and coach/alternate
"Elaine. Dagg-J ackson. :

As national champions, the
* “Sutton. team also gains a berth
‘into: the Scott Tournament of

_ Hearts . (Canadian Women’s
-Championship), to be held this

. * year in. Halifax, from February
“29 to March 7,

“It will be difficult for the

“women (0. prepare for two high

-”-galibre ‘competitions which are

>. held within one week of each
other, but the team has taken
the year. off work and school to
concentrate on all aspects of the
sport. of. curling. They have
- devoted time to fitness training ,
” mental preparations, nutrition,
and.of course, curling practices
and | games, °
These _women are the top
~ curlers in the country — but
_ they. have. a lot of great tips for
“curlers who enjoy the game at a
less. competitive level too! Here
are their suggestions to.help you

- with. your game, along with
_;Some motes on how they ap-

‘proach the game of curling.

 Warm-ups:

«. Always prepare yourself for a
game or. practice session,

Warm-ups can help loosen you
up, both mentally and physical-
ly, and prevent injury and
soreness of muscles. The team
Hikes to jog around the curling
rink, to ‘‘get
moving’. Then, they do at least
20 minutes of stretching before
the on-ice session,

As well, they have a short
meeting to discuss either the
game plan (strategy to be
employed}, or the goals of the
practice. This way. you can
eliminate any surprises.

, Practices

The. Olympic team trains on
the ice for | to 2 hours. They
begin with slides (3 to 5 without

the. blood.

Space the rocks so that there is
just enough room to slide
through; at first place them on
either side of centreline, then
move them to the left and then
the right so that other possible
lines out to the broom are-at-
tempted. Practise sliding
through the rocks, first without
a stone and then with one. This
shows you if you are drifting off
line in your delivery,

Sweeping

To improve fitness levels as.

well as technique, the team
members suggest that you sweep
up and down the centre line,
from. tee-line to tee-line, rest
and then try again. The team

The mental aspects of the game are important no
matter how often you play, or what type of league or
tournament in which you play.

the rock), and then throw the
rocks to keen up the ice and to
loosen up. (to “‘get in the
groove’’). In team practices,
they concentrate on their
delivery: they throw al a broom
to work on line and the execu-
tion of «various shots (draws,
tapbacks, etc.); and releases are
practised one at a time.

Some sample practices, which
can be done individually or as a
team, are as follows:

!. Line up rocks at the
hogline. Try sliding out towards
each of the rocks, to work on
consistency of sliding out to the
broom,

2. Line up pairs of rock at the
backline, tee-line and hogline.

practises sweeping for 20
seconds, resting about 4
seconds, sweeping 20. seconds,
and so-on, starting with 12

minute drills and then increas-

ing gradually, Quite a test!

For communication and
weight judgement, for two ends
during a practice they throw on-
ly draws, having two sweepers
trying to guess the weight .of
each shot and sweep it correctly.
(They alternate throwers and
sweepers.) Also, they work on
communication, and on sweep-
ing and throwing accuracy, by
trying to draw around guards.

Games _

League games are used to

concentrate on different goals.

~ Olympic-cali bretips |

‘One game they will concentrate
on line of delivery, then another
they will work on- releases,
another communication, and so
on,

The mental aspects of the
game are important no matter
how often you play, or what
type of league or tournament
(recreational or competitive) in
which you play. Each member
of the curling team must take
responsibility: for their part in
the shot: the thrower must con-
centrate on delivering the rock
correctly, the sweepers on judg-
ing the weight and com-
municating that to the skip, and
the skip must think about. the
amount of ice and weight that
are needed to complete a par-
ticular shot. If the thrower

thinks too much about the out- -

come of the shot, the odds are
the shot will be less successful.
Also, everyone should try to
block out external factors (such
as problems at the office) which
cause you to lose focus during a
game.

The winning formula for the
team is ‘one shot at a time, one
end at atime, and one game ata
time’’. Their overall goal is to
win. But it can only be ac-
complished by setting smaller
goals within the game and
within the competition.

We hope that you enjoy try-
ing out these tips. And I would
like té wish good luck to the
Sutton team in the Olympics, as
well as to all the teams that
represent B.C. in curling cham-
pionships this year.

Free throw winners announced

Contributed
‘Bight Terrace boys and girls
were named local champions of
the. 1992 Knights of Columbus
International Free Throw
Championship and have earned
the right to compete at the

oe district level.

~All youngsters aged 10 to {4
were &
Fath
sponsored, the local competition
“at Veritas-School.

- Jeremy “Bennett was the

10-year-old champion. In the
11-year-old bracket of the com-
petition, Kathleen Gook was the
girls’ champion and Joshua
Straw was the bays’ champion.

Twelve-year-old. winners in
the girls’ and boys’ division in-
cluded . Kristi Panchuk and

gibleito participate, ‘Sait: “ay ravis:Lamiming. ‘The: 13-yeare:»,
Andrew Allison, whotesidgin! :
Julie ‘Kirkwoo . and the: boys?”

by Kyle King. The 14-year-old
boys champion was Terry Ken-

muir,

Each contestant was allowed
15 basketball free throw at-
tempts in the contest and ties
were settled by successive
rounds of five free throws per
contestant until a winner emerg-
ed.

+ «Thee Knights of -Columbus

Free” Throw, Championship is
sponsored annually by the K of
C and consists of competition at

the local, district, and provin- —

cial or state level. International
champions are determined bas-
ed on the scores at the state
competitions. Last year more
than 199,000 boys and girls par-

ticipated in 2,990 local competi-:

tions. Local winners will com-
pete in the district competition
to be held in’ February in
Kitimat. aos BREE :

The Knights of Columbus is
an international Catholic frater-
nal service organization.

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