A Victoria team won the menB次元官网网址檚 B.C. curling championships at EsquimaltB次元官网网址檚 Archie Browning Sports Centre, while a Vancouver-based rink took its second straight womenB次元官网网址檚 title.
VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Team Schneider took the B.C. title by defeating fellow locals, Team Montgomery, 5-2 in the menB次元官网网址檚 competition. The win earns the men a spot in MarchB次元官网网址檚 national championships B次元官网网址� the 2024 MontanaB次元官网网址檚 Brier in Regina, Sask.
Most of Team Schneider are repeat champions, but the team has changed its skip B次元官网网址� and as a result its name B次元官网网址� since last year when they competed as Team Gaultier.
Although most of the team lives in Victoria, Regina product and skipper Catlin Schneider will get to compete in front of his hometown crowd at the national championship.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 pretty sweet, as any provincial title is,B次元官网网址� Schneider said in an interview as he was between flights on his way back to Saskatchewan on Monday (Jan. 29). B次元官网网址淓ven a little more sweet that itB次元官网网址檚 a hometown Brier coming up.B次元官网网址�
Schneider was raised in a curling family, and his dad also competed in a Brier championship.
B次元官网网址淚 kinda grew up in the sport,B次元官网网址� he said.
VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Team Grandy repeated as womenB次元官网网址檚 champs in Esquimalt, with an 11-3 victory over KamloopsB次元官网网址� Team Brown. Team Grandy will compete in the 2024 Scotties WomenB次元官网网址檚 Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta. from Feb. 16 to 25. The Vancouver curlers made it to the semifinals during last yearB次元官网网址檚 Scotties national championships.
Grandy was undefeated in the B.C. finals.
B次元官网网址淚t feels amazing,B次元官网网址� skip Clancy Grandy said in a press release. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 really proud of the team for what we put together this week.B次元官网网址�
Greater Victoria has had two of its four curling clubs close in recent years, but Esquimalt club president Alan Teasdale said that heB次元官网网址檚 starting to see an uptick in membership.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 nice to see the downward trends somewhat reversed and going up,B次元官网网址� he said.
With curlingB次元官网网址檚 popularity lagging during the pandemic, Schneider said itB次元官网网址檚 the job of the sportB次元官网网址檚 top players to try to boost popularity.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a great sport, and it should be exposed a little more,B次元官网网址� he said.
READ:
