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Let us help you create yours. worldfinancialgroup.com ©2016 World Financial Group Canada Inc. 3044CNF/8.16 2016-17 FACT BOOK World Curling Federation Management Committee . 4 2015-16 SEASON IN REVIEW Acknowledgments . 6 World Mixed 18 Curling Canada Board of Governors . 7 Canadian Mixed 20 Curling Canada Administration . 8 Travelers Curling Club Championship 24 Season of Champions Contacts . 10 Home Hardware Canada Cup 26 Special Events . 12 World Financial Group Continental Cup 30 Event Officials . 13 Canadian Juniors 36 Curling Canada Awards . 14 Scotties Tournament of Hearts 44 Ford Hot Shots . 16 World Wheelchair 48 Canadian Curling Hall of Fame . 92 Tim Hortons Brier 50 Past Presidents . 102 VoIP Defender World Juniors 54 Honorary Life Ambassadors . 104 Ford World Women’s 58 The Member Association Cup . 107 CIS-Curling Canada University Championships 62 Canadian Curling Reporters . 108 Everest Canadian Seniors 66 Home Hardware Canada Cup Profiles . 110 Canadian Mixed Doubles 72 Home Hardware Canada Cup Draw. 115 World Men’s 74 2017 World Financial Group Canadian Wheelchair 78 Continental Cup . 116 Canadian Masters 80 Combining Education and Curling . 118 World Seniors 84 2016 National Curling Congress . 120 World Mixed Doubles 88 2016-17 TSN Broadcast Guide . 122 MEDIA INFORMATION: Questions on any aspect of curling, including information pertaining to former Canadian or world championships and Season of Champions records, should be directed to Al Cameron at [email protected] or by calling 403-463-5500. CURLING CANADA: 1660 Vimont Court, Orleans, Ontario K4A 4J4; Tel: 613-834-2076; Fax: 613-834-0716; Web: www.curling.ca EDITOR: Laurie Payne MANAGING EDITOR: Al Cameron ART DIRECTOR: Otto Pierre PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Marylou Morris PRINTER: Sunview Press COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: Neil Valois Photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Michael Burns SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS PHOTOGRAPHY: Andrew Klaver The 2016-17 Season of Champions Fact Book is published by Curling Canada. Reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher is prohibited. 3 WORLD CURLING EXECUTIVE BOARD DIRECTOR OF COMPETITIONS PRESIDENT AND DEVELOPMENT Kate Caithness of Scotland Keith Wendorf Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT, AMERICAS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Graham Prouse of Canada Richard Harding Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT, EUROPE COMPETITIONS AND Bent Ånund Ramsfjell of Norway DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS Email: [email protected] Scott Arnold VICE-PRESIDENT, PACIFIC-ASIA Email: [email protected] Hugh Millikin of Australia Allen Coliban Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SECRETARY GENERAL Darrell Ell Email: [email protected] Colin Grahamslaw of Scotland Email: [email protected] Eeva Röthlisberger Email: [email protected] DIRECTORS Andy Anderson of the United States BROADCAST AND MEDIA Email: [email protected] Joanna Kelly Hew Chalmers of Scotland Broadcast manager Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cathrine Lindahl of Sweden Cameron MacAllister Email: [email protected] Communications and media relations manager Email: [email protected] Toyo Ogawa of Japan Email: [email protected] Chris Hamilton Digital media officer Email: [email protected] FOLLOW WEB www.worldcurling.org FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/WorldCurlingFederation WORLD CURLING YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/WorldCurlingTV FEDERATION TWITTER @worldcurling ACTIVITIES AT: LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/company/world-curling-federation 4 FEDERATION PRESIDENT Kate Caithness Scotland’s Kate Caithness is THE WORLD the first female president of the CURLING FEDERATION World Curling Federation and the first female president of any The World Curling Federation is the recognized Olympic winter sports federation. governing body of curling in the world. First elected president of The WCF’s first formal constitution was the WCF in April 2010 and re-elected without approved in 1967 under the original charter of opposition in 2012 and 2014, Caithness has been the International Curling Federation in Perth, involved with the sport of curling since the 1980s. Scotland. The constitution was significantly As a member of Scotland’s Royal Caledonian adjusted in 1982, when the federation was Curling Club, she went from playing the game declared independent from Scotland’s Royal to putting something back into the sport in the Caledonian Curling Club, to which its original late 1990s. She served as president of the RCCC constitution had been tied. In 1991, the official Ladies’ Branch in 1997-98, then became an RCCC name was changed to World Curling Federation. representative to the World Curling Federation. Since 2000, Caithness has been the driving Further significant changes were made in 1994. force behind the WCF’s development of wheelchair The WCF has a four-part mandate: curling. She was on the team that created the first p5PSFQSFTFOUDVSMJOHJOUFSOBUJPOBMMZBOEUP World Wheelchair Curling Championship and facilitate the growth of the sport through a was instrumental in the sport’s inclusion at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. network of member associations From 2005 to ’09 Caithness was an elected p5PGPSNVMBUFSVMFTPGUIFTQPSUPGDVSMJOHGPS member of the International Paralympic world competition and all other competitions Committee’s five-person Sports Council approved by the WCF and to further the Management Committee and she served on the interests of world curling Paralympic Games Committee from 2006 to ’09. Caithness was elected vice-president of the p5PDPOEVDUXPSMEDVSMJOHDPNQFUJUJPOT WCF in 2006 and served two two-year terms p5PQSPWJEFDPPQFSBUJPOBOENVUVBM under former president Les Harrison. understanding among member associations In March 2011, Caithness was appointed to the and to unite curlers throughout the world Olympic Program Commission, responsible for reviewing and analyzing the sports, disciplines and WORLD CURLING FEDERATION events program, as well as the number of athletes in 3 Atholl Crescent each sport, for the Summer and Winter Olympics. Perth, Scotland Married and the mother of two sons, PH1 5NG Caithness became a grandmother in 2008. She Tel: 44-1738-451-630 spends her free time with family and, when Email: [email protected] she has a chance, curling and playing golf at her home club in Edzell, Angus, where she Web: www.worldcurling.org was the Lady Captain from 2002 to ’04. 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CURLING CANADA EXTENDS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ITS PARTNERS AND ITS 14 MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS AND 14 AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS. PARTNERS Season of Champions Sponsors Official Broadcaster Funding Partners Business Partners MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS Alberta Curling Federation Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian Deaf Curling Association Ontario Blind www.albertacurling.ab.ca Curling Association www.deafcurlcanada.org Curlers Association Curl BC www.curlingnl.ca Canadian Firefi ghters Tel: (613) 722-8084 www.curlbc.ca Northern Ontario Curling Association Ontario Curling Council Curling Québec Curling Association www.cffca.ca www.ontariocurlingcouncil.com www.curling-quebec.qc.ca www.curlnoca.ca Canadian Police Curling Association Optimist Junior Interclub CurlManitoba Northwest Territories www.policecurling.ca Curling League www.curlmanitoba.org Curling Association Canadian Postal Employees optimistjuniorcurling.ca www.nwtcurling.com Curl Prince Edward Island Curling Classic Ottawa Valley www.peicurling.com Nova Scotia Curling Association www.postalcurling.ca Curling Association www.nscurl.com www.ovca.com CurlSask Curl Atlantic www.saskcurl.com Nunavut Curling Association www.curlatlantic.com Peace Curling Association Tel: (867) 645-2534 www.peacecurl.org New Brunswick Hamilton and Area Curling Association Ontario Curling Association Curling Association Southern Alberta www.nbcurling.com www.ontcurl.com www.hamiltoncurling.com Curling Association Yukon Curling Association Northern Alberta Curling Association www.saca.ca www.yukoncurling.ca www.northernalbertacurling.ca Toronto Curling Association www.torontocurling.com 6 CURLING CANADA BOARD OF GOVERNORS PETER INCH nearby St. Thomas, and was director of Chair ceremonies for the 1994 Ontario Men’s A native of London, Ontario, Curling Championship and the 1997 Ontario Peter Inch takes over as chair Intermediate Curling Championship in of Curling Canada’s board St. Thomas. of governors — a role he’s Inch’s hard work has earned him a number prepared for over the years of civic awards. In 2014, he was given a through countless volunteer lifetime membership at the St. Thomas hours devoted to the sport of curling. Curling Club. In 2011, he was named Sports Before being elected to the board at the Person of the Year in London and in 2007, 2013 National Curling Congress in Ottawa, he was named to the Mayor of London Inch worked tirelessly on behalf of the sport, New Year’s Honours List for Outstanding helping to organize numerous championships Contributions to Sports in the City of London. in his hometown. In addition to his duties as vice-chair He was the host committee chair for the last season, Inch was chair of both the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts and the Governance Review and the Events Review 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, the latter bringing committees