IN THE NEWS
Check out the Coaches Association online
By Dawn Leurquin, Event Services Manager,
dawn.leurquin@usacurl.org
Te first of this year marked the date that the .
new USA Curling Coaches Association opened for registrations. Te transfer occurred dur- ing last season’s registration period, requiring all coaches from that point on to register with the Coaches Association. Coaches, age 21 and over, can also register under each Sports Signup event, allowing them to see who on the team has completed their registrations and who has not. Coaches Association members must suc- cessfully complete a National Center for Safety Initiatives (NCSI) background check and the
// TV APPEARANCE
SafeSport training elements, which also are now in place. Tis allows for better informed coaches and greater safety of USA Curling athletes at all levels. If you haven’t visited our new website, this is
a great reason to see our new look. Everyone in- volved with curling should read the USA Curling SafeSport Handbook. It’s posted online at www.
usacurl.org. Ten click on “sport education” and “SafeSport.” We all need to work together to keep each other safe and USA Curling's coaches have been very willing to take this necessary step to help ensure that athlete protection is part of their processes. n
// CALENDAR
JAN. 23-26 2014 U.S. Senior Men's National Championship, Portage, Wis.
2014 U.S. Senior Women's National Championship, Eau Claire, Wis.
JAN. 30-FEB. 2 Minnesota Club Playdowns, Curl Mesabi, Eveleth, Minn.
JAN. 25-FEB. 1 2014 U.S. Junior National Championships, Seattle
FEB. 6-9 GNCC Mixed Playdown, Chesapeake CC, Easton, Md.
FEB. 7-23 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia
FEB. 7-9 North Dakota Mixed Playdown, Lake Region CC, Devils Lake, N.D.
Alaska Mixed Playdown, Fairbanks, Alaska
FEB. 12-16 U.S. Senior Men's Curling Association National Bonspiel, Wausau, Wis. USWCA National Bonspiel, Broomstones, Wayland, Mass.
FEB. 15-22 2014 U.S. Club National Championships,
Two Harbors, Minn.
FEB. 26-MARCH 5 2014 World Junior Championships, Flims, Switzerland
MARCH 1-8 2014 U.S. National Championships, Aston, Pa.
MARCH 7-16 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia
2012 Winter Youth Olympians Sarah and Taylor Anderson from the Philadelphia Curling Club recently appeared on Nickelodeon's game show "Figure It Out." Te girls won prizes aſter each segment including a ping pong table, an electric guitar and amp system, and eventually the grand prize of a trip for four to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Te girls also got "slimed" in the process.
// COMICS
MARCH 15-22 2014 U.S. Mixed National Championship, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
MARCH 15-23 2014 World Women's Championship, St. John,
New Brunswick
MARCH 29-APRIL 6 2014 World Men's Championship, Beijing, China
APRIL 22-29 2014 World Senior Championships, Dumfries, Scotland 2014 World Mixed Doubles Championship, Dumfries, Scotland
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