C E L E B R A T I N G C U R L I N G I N N O R T H E R N O N T A R I O OCT 2019 ISSUE JASON BISONETTE BOARD PRESEIDENT AT CURL SUDBURY MEMORIAL GARDENS | NORTH BAY OCTOBER 22 – 27, 2019 @CURLNOCA ON THE WEB @ CURLNOCA.CA INSIDE THIS ISSUE Adult Learn to Curl Train the Trainer Workshops NOCA is pleased to be able to help clubs learn about delivering and Adult Learn PAGE 3 POSTER: to Curl program by offering Train the Trainer sessions. These one-day CANADIAN U18 CURLING workshops will teach volunteers/staff how to run this successful program at CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING their club. If your club is interested in learning about the Adult Learn to Curl TO SUDBURY program, please contact [email protected]. Watch the NOCA website and Facebook page for a training session coming to your area this fall. PAGE 4-5 RONNEBECK: COACH TRAINING & COACH SYMPOSIUM PAGE 5 YOUTH CHALLENGE SCHEDULE PAGE 6 POSTER: GRAND SLAM OF CURLING OCT. 22-27 IN NORTH BAY PAGE 7 ROWAN’S LAW & SAFE SPORT + CAAWS WISE Other Courses PROGRAM FUND NOCA offers several types of courses to our clubs annually; including: PAGE 9 MEN OF • Club Coach Youth: a one-day workshop designed for people running a CURLING CALENDAR youth program • Club Coach: a two-day program designed for people instructing at the + DOUBLES CURLING club level • Competition Coach: a two-day course designed for people coaching a PAGE 10 POSTER: THE competitive team or wanting to get involved at that level ONTARIO 4-ROCK CHAIRTY • Make Ethical Decision: a one evening course which helps coaches CHALLENGE identify the legal, ethical, and moral implications of difficult situations PAGE 11 COMPETITION that present themselves in the world of team and individual sport. • Level 1 Officiating: designed for people who want to become involved as DEADLINES on ice officials at competitive events + COURSE SCHEDULE • Level 2 Officiating: the next step in Officiating – designed for people who want to become Chief Umpires at competitive events + COMPETITION If your club is interested in holding any of these courses, please contact SCHEDULE [email protected] PAGE 12 CHEER FOR TEAM MACEWAN AT THE New Floor for Curl CANADIAN MIXED Sudbury NOVEBER 3-9 New name, new rocks, new floor are PAGE 13 SPONSORS & rejuvenating the curling rink atop PARTNERS Wessex Street in Sudbury. A $150,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant helped the club achieve their latest improvement, which will allow the club to entertain more summer rentals on their new concrete floor. including U18, U21 and U25 webinar. There are new age groups. Glenn provided features and Stephen will this description: share with you some best “In this talk, which I call practices related to how to “Building a Brushing get the most out of Curl Strategy”, I will explore the Coach. idea of building a brushing November 20 – Emotional strategy for a team. The talk Intelligence and How it is largely targeted at Affects Coach Leadership U18/U21 coaches and athletes. We will look at This webinar will discuss the RONNEBECK: brushing techniques, importance and value of Coach Training & normative data, gender Emotional Intelligence and how it is applied to Coaching differences, energy pathways and fitness, and Coaching Leadership. The Symposium some additional ideas and webinar will address how tools that coaches can use vision statements and At times coaches may feel to improve the brushing coaching philosophies are isolated when they face performance of their connected to emotionally issues within their teams or teams.” intelligent coaching haven’t had opportunities leadership. There will be for development themselves. October 25 – 5 Rock Rule tips on enhancing your Coaches often spend Forum emotional intelligence. countless hours developing Pat Simmons, Canadian Leith Drury, PhD, is a sport and encouraging their teams Champion, will be answering psychology consultant for and may feel they have few questions and facilitating a the CIS teams at Ryerson chances for personal discussion about the 5 rock University and a learning growth. rule. This rule has been in facilitator with the Canadian The Ontario Curling Council place now for about a year Sport Institute in Ontario. is offering webinars with and coaches and athletes Leith has worked with various professionals on a may have specific questions national and international variety of topics throughout about situations they and calibre athletes from a October, November and their teams have faced with multitude of sports. December. There are the change. This will be a several interesting sessions very interactive session with December 5 – Curl Coach coming up. the mics open the whole and Statistics time for discussion. October 21 – More on Stephen Orr, the developer Brushing November 7 – Curl Coach of Curl Coach will share a 2019 general approach on how Glenn Paulley will be stats can be used (and mis- speaking about brushing This webinar is extremely used), how to understand and the latest technology, useful if you been using Curl the wealth of data that is training methods and Coach for a while and want available and focus on those findings related to to get more out of the tool. things that are most equipment and technique. In this session, Stephen Orr, important for a team today, Glenn and his colleague the developer of Curl Coach with some specific John Newhook have will share some of the examples, and anecdotes to measured over 600 high updates to the app that were added since the last make the whole thing more performance athletes approachable. Register for Archived OCC latest in technical Webinar Series developments, up to date You can register for any or technology and many other all of these webinars by As with all the webinars, innovations. going to the following link: coaches will earn one professional development If you have any questions, Register for the OCC point for every webinar that suggestions or would like to Webinar Series is participated in or viewed. discuss anything, please Additionally, the OCC has contact me. As a last item, the Ontario made past webinars Curling Council is in ------------------------------------------- available via the link below. preliminary planning for a Coaches and athletes will Submitted by: Coaching Symposium to be find many topics presented held in the spring or ANDREA RONNEBECK by knowledgeable experts. summer of 2020. We will be Education Manager – North Topics include strategy, seeking input as to topics, [email protected] team dynamics, coaching your desire for such an Phone: 807-466-8351 women, learning to win, Curl event, the cost, etc. We Coach and many others. hope that this will be an These are all viewable at opportunity for coaches to one’s leisure. network and to view the C H A L L E N G E S Y UTH ROWAN’S LAW AND SAFE SPORT As reported in the September edition of NOCA News, Rowan’s Law now has mandatory requirements for all sport clubs. Effective July 1, 2019, Curling Centres are LEGALLY required to comply with the following immediately. Rowan’s Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 makes it mandatory for sports organizations to: 1. Ensure that athletes prevention** provided information about under 26 years of what clubs must do, and how 3. Establish a Removal- to complete these age,* parents of from-Sport and requirements. The webinar athletes under 18 Return-to-Sport presentation and audio file of and the athletes, protocol. ** (The the webinar are available on coaches, team rules for removal- the Ontario Curling Council trainers and officials from-sport and website under the Member confirm every year Clubs tab in the menu: Safe return-to-sport that they have Sport. This information is protocols are reviewed Ontario’s protected by password and is expected to be in Concussion available only to NOCA and place by July 1, Awareness Resources CurlON clubs. Please contact 2020). [email protected] to obtain the pasword. 2. Establish a **Templates available for Concussion Code of NOCA/CurlON affiliated clubs) Each NOCA club will be receiving two posters to display Conduct that sets out Four webinars were delivered in pertaining to Rowan’s Law and rules of behaviour to October to explain Rowan’s Concussion Awareness this support concussion Law and Safe Sport and week. CAAWS WISE PROGRAM FUND The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) knows that there is a lack of funding dedicated to sport opportunities for women and girls is a barrier for organizations working to advance gender equity in sport. With the support of Sport Canada, the 2020 WISE Fund will grant 30 organizations $2500 to advance gender equity in Canadian sport – helping CAAWS bring our strategic goals to life. (Click Image for Application) The new WISE Fund program is designed to inspire innovative initiatives, creating quality opportunities for women and girls to participate and lead through sport. LEARN MORE: Click Here MEN OF CURLING One of the goals of the Men of Curling fundraising calendar is to provide an opportunity for clubs to raise dollars for their ‘youth-development’ programs. Participating CLUBS will have the option of setting their own ‘sales’ price – not to exceed $25. This will allow them to either generate some revenue for the club/youth program or pass their preferred purchase pricing (see options below) on to their members/fans. Contact Rick Warner at 519- 212-4121 or rick@thecommunityfundraiser. com BASIC CLUB CALENDAR KIT : PRE-PURCHASE: • 1 counter display unit with easy-to-insert header card • $15.00 ea. (15 – 25 calendars) • $12.50 ea. (26 – 50 calendars) • 5 – 8 ½” x 11” mini-posters • $10.00 ea.