'Wheelchair Watch' columns published in
SWEEP! Magazin
2007/8 Season Wrap-up - April
2008
The sixth season of wheelchair curling in Canada closes with the TSX
sponsored 2008 National Championships in Winnipeg at the end of March.
Norway repeat as World Champions -
March 2008
Defying team
statistics,
Norway
(worst) beat Korea (best) 5-3 in an extra end to retain their World
Championship title in Sursee, Switzerland.
Canada,
6-3 in round robin play, made the 1-2 Page playoff game, but for the
third successive championship failed to reach the podium.
Goodbye Chris.
Hello Jim? February 2008
..... "Having an Armstrong, or a similarly knee-wrecked
Pal Trulsen, call the game
would be a huge advantage over teams skipped by players limited in
experience to the six years or so of this sport's existence."
"What have you done
for me lately?" December 2007
Coach selection for
last season's Team Canada was heavily weighted to favour the Torino gold
medalists. This year it's "what have you done for me lately."
When is a wheelchair curler not a wheelchair curler?
- November 2007
When he (or she) does not use a wheelchair
for their daily mobility, according to WCF eligibility rule 2g. Enter
all-round good guy and 6-time Brier competitor Jim Armstrong whose playing
career was curtailed by knee injuries.
[read
more]
Team Canada berths
wide open - October 2007
The 13
wheelchair curlers in the National Team Program Athlete Pool have been told
they start the season with an equal opportunity to wear the maple leaf at
the 2008 World Championships in Switzerland. [read
more]
National team
selection
breaks with tradition - January 2007
The 13 wheelchair curlers in the National Team Program
Athlete Pool have been told they start the season with an equal
opportunity to wear the maple leaf at the 2008 World Championships in
Switzerland. [read more]
We Welcome Wheelchair Curlers - April 2006
Curling seems an ideal winter recreation for the tens of thousands of people
in Canada who use wheelchairs. Games are played with the same rocks on the
same ice as regular curling and almost every community has a curling rink,
with generally a ramp-able drop onto the ice for access. Equipment costs are
minimal; no more than a delivery stick, often available for loan from the
club. [read more]