The 2023 Canadian Stick Curling Championships takes place in Nanaimo this week.
The men’s and women’s teams, totaling 72 people from across Canada, including several from Nanaimo, compete at the Nanaimo Curling Center at 105 Wall Street from Thursday, March 29 through Sunday, April 2.
Stick curling began in Nanaimo in 2015. It had a slow start in its inaugural 2015–16 season, according to an article about the start of the game by the Nanaimo Curling Club, but the sport gained traction on the ice the following season and began to pick up. popularity, especially with seniors, throughout the island.
This is the first year that the national championship has been held in Nanaimo.
On-ice action occurs all weekend, with playoffs and closing ceremonies on Sunday, but not all activity takes place on the ice. Participants, coaches and supporters can also take part in social gatherings, banquets and dances, with live entertainment.
The Canadian Stick Curling Championship starts this week #Nanaimo https://t.co/kJlXze3zFb
— Nanaimo Bulletin (@NanaimoBulletin) March 26, 2023
chris.bush@nanaimobulletin.com
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Jack Smart, competitors from Alberta, left, and Jim Beecroft, from Nanaimo, watch over a rock thrown by Ferdie Hobson, Beecroft’s teammate, during Thursday morning play. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Ferdie Hobson, of Nanaimo, sweeps away a rock thrown by teammate Jim Beecroft, against Martin Purvis and Jack Smart of Alberta Thursday morning, March 30. (Chris Bush/Nanaimo Bulletin)
Alina Abbott, of the Nanaimo Curling Club, rocked Martin Purvis, of Alberta, when she pitched against Nanaimo’s Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beechroft in play Thursday morning, March 30. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
Jack Smart, of Martin Purvis/Jack Smart of Alberta, launches rock down the sheet as Pat Merkel, playing assistant with the Nanaimo Curling Club, oversees the progress of shots during morning play against Nanaimo’s Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beecroft Thursday, March 30. (Chris Bush /News Bulletin)
