Action goes Saturday, Sunday, Monday at Victoria Curling Club
Many trace the start of curling taking itself too seriously to when it became an Olympic sport. The Island Shootout wants to bring some fun back to the proceedings this weekend at the Victoria Curling Club, despite the fact this is a major competition with a $22,000 purse, and out of which the winning rinks will earn berths into the men’s and women’s B.C. championships in Langley on the road to the 2025 national men’s Brier and women’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
“That’s unheard-of in this era at top-level events. There’s not much like this on tour,” said Chris Baier, Island Shootout co-organizer with Paul Cseke. There will also be closest-to-the-button and other skills competitions along with non-curling diversions in the foyer such as corn hole, famous as a mainstay staple of football tailgating, and a portable basketball shooting gallery like you see at the PNE and school fun fairs.But also make no mistake about the skill level that people will be seeing among the 13 men’s and nine women’s rinks on the pebbled ice, mostly from the host Victoria Curling Club, which has produced the last two B.C.
“Look at all the banners we have hanging. We are the top club in B.C. now and everyone looks up to us. The Island used to be a tough place to curl but the power base in the province has now shifted to us. Our club is full of really good, young curlers, and they have a big hunger to win.”
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