merican rinks skipped by reigning U.S. national champions Al- lison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Heath McCormick (Sarnia, Ontario) are set to compete in the 2013 World Financial
Group Continental Cup, presented by Monsanto. All teams for the event have now officially been confirmed. Te ninth edition of this unique international curling competition will
take place from Jan. 10-13 in Penticton, British Columbia, at the South Okanagan Events Centre. It is the third time the event has been staged in British Columbia, following Chilliwack in 2006 and Langley for the 2012 edition. Te Cup features six teams from North America competing against six
teams representing the rest of the world in traditional team competition, mixed doubles, singles and skins competitions during the four-day event. Both sides have each won four Cup titles since the inaugural event in 2002 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Pottinger and teammates Nicole Joraanstad (Verona, Wis.), Natalie
Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Tabitha Peterson (Eagan, Minn.) along with McCormick and his team of Matt Hames (Hamilton, N.Y.), Bill Stop- era (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) and Dean Gemmell (Short Hills, N.J.) will
team up with four teams from Canada – Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ontario; Kevin Martin and Heather Nedohin of Edmonton; and Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg. Team North Ameri-
ca’s captain will be 2000 world champion and 2002 Olympic bronze medallist Kelley Law of Coquitlam, British Colum- bia, while three-time Canadian men’s national winner and two-time world champion Rick Lang of Tunder Bay, Ontario, will return as coach. Team World is comprised of teams skipped by Niklas Edin (Sweden),
Tom Brewster (Scotland), Tomas Ulsrud (Norway), Margaretha Sigfrids- son (Sweden), Mirjam Ott (Switzerland) and Eve Muirhead (Scotland). Teir captain will be former world champion from Scotland, David Hay. Tree-time world champion Peja Lindholm of Sweden will serve as coach - the same positions they held last year when Team World won the Cup in Langley. For ticket and event information, visit www.curling.ca. n
San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club members
have been working to foster youthful enthusiasm for curling by establishing
youth programs at the club’s facility in Oakland. Te club already has brought
curling to local schools and nonprofit organizations. “If you want to curl, we’ll help you curl” is a mantra
toward which club members strive. Kids from the Boys
and Girls Club of Oakland, West Oakland branch (leſt) enjoyed the opportunity to take advantage of the program.