The Curl Atlantic Championship, the premiere annual curling event for the region, will be held from Sept. 12-15 at the CARI Complex in Charlottetown, with twelve men’s teams and twelve women’s rinks from Atlantic Canada vying for their respective titles, and gaining experience curling on arena ice. Teams from PEI are skipped by Suzanne Birt, Kathy O’Rourke, Eddie MacKenzie, Rod MacDonald, and Jamie Newson. MacKenzie, and Newfoundland and Labrador’s Stacie Devereaux are the defending champion skips, while New Brunswick’s James Grattan and PEI’s Suzanne Birt won the inaugural event in 2011.
Click for rosters of teams entered (PDF)
The event will also include Ice Technical Courses, from Sept. 9-11, taught by a certified national and international curling ice maker, to teach arena ice technicians how to make and maintain curling ice.
Some of the games at this year’s event will be live-streamed at CurlingZone.com.
In an effort to support Atlantic Canadian athletes and coaches, four National Coaching Consultants will be on hand for the event to offer their expertise:
Gerry Peckham – Director of High Performance for the CCA
Jim Waite – Men’s National Team Program Coach
Bill Tschirhart – National Coach Consultant
Kyle Paquette – National Coach Consultant – Mental Training
The National Coaching Consultants, along with Gerry Geurts from CurlingZone, will host two separate high performance training sessions for athletes and coaches, on Thursday, September 12th at 8pm and on Friday, September 13th at 9am at the CARI Complex.
More information on this event can be found at CurlAtlantic.com