Young curling teams showing they can compete with the best

(The Star Phoenix)

By Craig Slater, Postmedia News September 26, 2010
 
 REGINA — Kathy O’Rourke was ready to settle into retirement before the kids got to her and convinced her otherwise.

They were so convincing in their push that O’Rourke, a six-time provincial champion curler from Summerside, P.E.I., put off retirement and hitched her wagon to a team that boasted a pair of recently graduated juniors in Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay.

The influx of talented youth in women’s curling was hard to ignore.

“It was too good of an opportunity to turn down,” O’Rourke said after a weekend draw at the Sandra Schmirler Charity Curling Classic.

“These were two young girls who had a lot of success at junior and I felt they had a lot of potential.”

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Erin Carmody/Kathy O'Rourke rink
Photo (L-R): Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Kathy O’Rourke, Trish Affleck

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