United States Olympic Curling
The United States Curling teams did fairly well in the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The womens team led by skip, Keri Ericson, finished in fourth place. They had 6 wins in the tournament and lost a close one in the bronze medal game to an excellent team Canada. The mens team, team Summerville did not do quite as well as the women's, not making it to the medal round. but had a great performance in what was the greatest curling upset of all time. The Men's team beat a Canadian team favored to win the gold. The U.S. did much better in Curling this year than they have done in the past olympics. Both teams did exceptionally well and have the potential for greatness in the near future. The U.s.curling program will soon be a world power.
To the bottom right is a picture of two inner-city kids who want to curl but there is no where to do it. They play a version of the game called "Street Curling" This is a very sad sight and a sign that the government should build more ice sheets for kids like these who just want to curl.
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Upcoming Curling Events
Duluth Cash Spiel December 13-15
Duluth, Minnesota
Seattle Open Cash Spiel January 3-5 2003
Seattle Washington
World University Games January 16-24
Calaut, Italy
Braehead Ladies Open Championship January 28-29
Glasgow, Scotland
The National January 30-Feb. 2
Humboldt Sask.
Scott Tournament of hearts Febuary 15-23
Kitchener, Ontario
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Why You Should Curl
There are multiple reasons why you should curl. First of all the sport is very relaxing and soothing, when you roll the rock down the ice sheet or sweep the ice, a relaxed feeling sweeps through your body. Secondly, if you are out of shape and are looking to become healthy, curling is the perfect sport for you. Curling tones your muscles and gives your entire body an intense workout. Curling is also a great social expirence, if you have no friends, go down to your local curling club and you will make many new friends quickly. If you already have friends start your own Curling team, you will develop a lifelong bond with your team members.
For more information on this wonderful sport please visit the link below:
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Curling Profile
This month (April) curling.8m.net, gives Kari Ericson the honor of "curler of the month." Kari Ericson was the skip of this years U.S.A. curling team in the winter olympics. From Bimidji Minnesota, Kari is a life long curler. She is one of the greatest curlers of all time and will help to make curling the most popular sport in the world. Recently she appeared on the Winter Olympic version of the television game show, "The Weakest Link." She did very well answering the majority of her questions right. Sadly, she was voted off as the weakest link, by the all of the fruity male figure skaters. The other contestants clearly were no match for her knowledge. For more information about Kari Ericson or curling please visit the following site.
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