 THE HEART OF CURLING IN THE VALLEY Well …. we did it !!! Congratulations to everyone from the Abbotsford Curling Club who volunteered or attended the Major Welding Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Qualifying event played in Maple Ridge at the GEWC last week. Congratulations to the winners, Team Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter from Alberta, who have now earned a direct birth to the MD Olympic Trials in Liverpool, Nova Scotia January 1-5, 2025. https://www.curling.ca/blog/2024/11/04/qualifier-winner/ The event was a huge success and again shows what an amazing club we are. I am so proud of our club and it’s members for your help in making this event as successful as possible. The feedback from the curlers was most definitely positive, from the excellent ice conditions, hospitality, and amazing fans. Many of the teams have already confirmed they will be back next year. You would never have guessed 2 weeks ago we had to move this event from Abbotsford to the GEWC in Maple Ridge. I must recognize our event chair Debi Sand and her amazing hospitality team of Cynthia Zwaagstra, Allyson Hambly, Della Bird, Don Truscott, Judy & Art Heppner and many more, the ice crew of myself with Nic Hoffard and Dale Herbert, Bert Creasy, Rick Davidson, Jody Graboski for picking up and delivering the bleachers, the list goes on and on, my apologies if I missed anyone. The hours and hard work everyone put in to this event is simply just amazing, the Abbotsford volunteers put in over 1,000 hours yes that number is correct 1,000+++ hours. I am so proud of all of you and it was an honor to work with such wonderful people. If they didn’t already know, CurlBC and Curl Canada now know that the Abbotsford Curling Club can provide a World Class event and ice for our premier curlers. I truly believe this will open up many doors for future events at our club. I must thank Scott Pheifer from Curl Canada, Shannon and Dean Joanisse from the GEWC and all of their volunteers. I still can’t believe we pulled it off, we are all truly blessed to be involved in such a wonderful sport with such great people. You all were amazing. Please support our sponsors of Major Welding, Save on Foods Abbotsford – Sumas Way, and Curl Canada. Without all of their support this event would not happen. Cheers, Kent & Della Bird |
