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Media Day for 2018 Winter Olympics

Contact: Dion Warr
Media Day Representative, Schenectady Curling Club
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Schenectady Curling Club Media Day

Come and learn about one of the world's fastest growing sports

The 2018 Winter Olympics starts on February 9th, are you ready to answer your viewers and readers questions on curling? Did you know that mixed doubles is a new Olympic sport this year in addition to traditional curling?

In preparation for the Olympics, the Schenectady Curling Club will be hosting a Media Day on Saturday, February 3rd from 1pm to 4pm. We will be teaching and demonstrating the fundamentals of curling. We will also review rules, history, ice-preparation, and the science of the sport. 

Test your curling skills! It looks easy on TV, but can you throw a rock across the hog line? Club members will be on hand to give lessons and demonstrations, as well as interviews.  Snacks will be provided. 

Anyone who will be going out on the ice should bring clean athletic shoes. Boots, heels, and dress shoes will not be permitted on the ice. Warm, athletic wear is recommended. 

Details

When: Febraury 3, 2018
Where: Schenectady Curling Club
1084 Balltown Road
Niskayuna, NY 12309
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Schenectady Curling Club Members in Attendance and Available for Interview:

Jim Meinhold - Club President
Chrissy Haase - 4-time medalist at US Women's Nationals, runner-up in 2009 USA Curling Olympic Trials
Jim Ridenour - Lead Ice Technician
Dion Warr - 2014 US Mixed Nationals competitor and Media Day Representative
Kathy Brown - Curler and Media Day Representative
Other club members including those with National Level Experience

About the Schenectady Curling Club

The Schenectady Curling Club is a 501(c)(3) Sports Education organization, and was founded in 1907. Our current building opened in 1951 on Balltown Road in Niskayuna. The club is run by volunteers and hosts nightly leagues for curlers of all levels, including youth programs. We have about 200 members and host many tournaments each year.

Website - www.schenectadycurlingclub.us
Twitter - @curlschenectady
Facebook - www.facebook.com/curlschenectady/



The Schenectady Curling Club offers ice to college students around the area. If you are part of a college curling organization and are interested in hosting your organization at our club, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details. Also, check out College Curling USA for national level information on participating colleges, events, and assistance in starting a curling club at your college.

Currently, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Curling Club is the only college organization based here at SCC. The RPI club was founded in 2008 and has about 30 active members who practice 2-3 times a week at SCC. They participate in bonspiels throughout the GNCC, and in 2011 they sent a team to College Nationals for the first time. The team consisted of Marissa Wright (Skip), Matt Wong (Vice), Jay Chamberlin (Second), and Steve Wood (Lead).

For more information about the RPI Curling Club, please visit their website: curling.union.rpi.edu or Facebook page.



Anyone between 12 and 18 years of age is welcome to participate in our Junior Curling program. Slightly younger curlers are welcome to participate with the approval of the Junior program's coaching staff, with the decision based on the curler's maturity, and his/her ability to use the 42 pound stones.

Our Juniors range in skills from brand new curlers to curlers who have competed in the Junior National Championships. Since there is so much to master in this sport, our coaching staff and more experienced Junior curlers work to improve everyone's skills.

How Does Junior Curling Work?

Junior curling takes place at our club each week on Sundays, from 1-3 PM.

Our goals in Junior Curling is having fun and developing life-long curlers. To meet both of these goals, we use our weekly sessions to develop each participant's skills. This is done through a mix of teaching skills, drills, and coached games. The exact mix of these activities varies during the season with a movement toward more games as everyone's skills improve.

Many of our Juniors take advantage of the opportunities to visit other curling clubs during the curling season. They may travel to Philadelphia and Nashua, New Hampshire and Utica to compete in weekend tournaments against Junior curlers from other clubs. These tournaments range from recreational/ developmental to fairly competitive. We attempt to direct our Juniors to the best tournaments for them to learn from while having a fun time. These tournaments are scheduled so the curlers can travel after school ends on Friday and get home at a reasonable time on Sunday. The hosting club usually provides all meals during the tournament.

Who Coaches the Juniors?

Our Junior coaches are generally parents of juniors who curl themselves. Several are certified Curling Instructors of various levels.

What Equipment do Junior Curlers Need?

The only equipment that Junior Curlers need to get started are a pair of sneakers that are worn only inside the curling club (we need to keep dirt off of our ice) and warm clothing. The warm clothing is ideally several layers of clothing so that some of it can be removed as the players warm up during a game. A hat and gloves are also good ideas.

The curling club has sliders that slip over the sneakers when a player delivers a stone and grippers if the sneakers have a sole that is slippery on the ice. We also have brooms that can be used by new curlers.
As Juniors become more dedicated to the sport, many of them buy their own brooms and curling shoes, but this is their choice and isn't required.

If you'd like to sign your child up for juniors, or if you have any other questions, please contact our youth curling coordinator: Rick Munro


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