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Press Release January 2012

TUNBRIDGE WELLS GIRLS WIN EUROPEAN BRONZE

The English Junior Girls curling team – all from the Tunbridge Wells district – won the bronze medal at the European Junior Curling Championships held in Copenhagen last week.  The girls played Denmark in the semi-finals and in a tense game just failed to make it to the finals against Italy.   

This is the best performance ever achieved by an English junior curling team and reflects the rapid development of competitive curling at the sport’s only facility in England – at Fenton’s rink, on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells.

The team consisted of Anna Fowler (skip), Hettie Garnier, Naomi Robinson, Lauren Pearce and Lucy Sparks (alternate).

In the boys’ section, the English team won three of their games to achieve fourth position in their section, not quite high enough to get to the medals. 

Nevertheless, the boys played well in a tough competition with close results throughout.  The team was Ben Fowler (skip), Harry Mallows, Ben Alexander, Oliver Kendall and Connor Simpson (alternate).

NEWS FROM THE CURLING RINK - DECEMBER 2011

We are already a third of the way through the season and the rink is just as busy as the record breaking season last year.  All our regular leagues fixtures are fully subscribed with several new faces swelling the ranks.  

This month sees the Saturday League taking place on 10th December and we are running a special Christmas event on December 20th in aid of the Breast Cancer Appeal.

We decided against running a Come and Try session this month but are going to bring forward the January Come and Try date to January 8th – from 10am to 12 noon.

BOOK EARLY!  Between now and Christmas there are a few evening spaces remaining. If you are thinking of a curling event for your friends, family, colleagues or customers – please call us soon on 01892 826004 or e-mail curlinginkent@hotmail.com to secure the date and time you want. Also – we are open between Christmas and New Year, so you can come along for some fun and exercise to work off the festive excesses!

Remember – we provide coaches to get you started on the ice – so you have a great time right from the off!

You can also have a private lesson for one hour if you prefer – and a voucher for a private session for one, two or more people makes an ideal “different” Christmas present.  Call the rink for more information.

REGULAR CURLING

All regular curlers are members of Fenton’s Rink.   The 2011/12 Rink subscription is £15. This provides a significant discount on ice fees and is worthwhile if you come to the rink several times in a season. A Rink entry form is available by clicking here.  You can discuss regular curling with our Games Secretary, Gary Tapp at curling2009@googlemail.com.

JUNIORS/SCHOOLS CURLING The regular Schools 5-week course will run in the Spring term leading to the Schools Championships in March 2012. Junior training will again be held each Tuesday at 6pm for players aged 21 and under. A Junior Curling Academy League for younger players (aged around 10 to 15) is run monthly on Sunday afternoons.  Call the rink on 01892 826004 for further details or e-mail us at curlinginkent@hotmail.com.

INTERNATIONAL CURLING   Two of our junior curlers are competing in the adult European Championships in Moscow this week.  They have already had some spectacular wins and are doing well.  Well done Anna Fowler and Angharad Ward!

NEWS FROM THE CURLING RINK – NOVEMBER 2011

We are now a month into our eighth year of curling and the season has already produced some “firsts”!

On 15/16th October, the Duncan Stewart Trophy was held at the rink for the first time, in memory of one of English Curling’s great stalwarts. A most enjoyable event ended up with Ben Fowler’s young team running out winners. Two weeks later, on 28/29th October we had the first ever play-down for junior teams aspiring to represent England in next year’s European Championships. There were no surprise with the two Fowler teams, Ben’s and Anna’s, running out winners in the boys’ and girls’ events respectively.

Another “first” was the selection of Angharad Ward to the Team GB curling team for the Innsbruck Winter Youth Olympics next year. This is the first time an English curler has made it to an Olympic event. Well done Angharad!

We have another popular “Come and Try” day on Sunday 6th November, from 10am to 4pm. Come along – bring your friends! You can have an hour’s curling with an instructor to show you the ropes for only £5! We find that this is the perfect way to introduce beginners to curling and, after this “taster” session many people can’t wait to book in for a game with their family and friends. It really is an outing with a difference!

Have you sorted out your Christmas party/social event yet? We still have spaces in the weeks leading up to Christmas to host an event with a difference for you and your friends or colleagues.
Please call us as soon as possible on 01892 826004 or e-mail curlinginkent@hotmail.com to secure the date and time you want. The popular times go fast! You can also make your enquiry using the BOOK NOW! Link on this website.

Remember – we provide coaches to get you started on the ice – so you have a great time right from the off!

Monday evening sessions are for novice curlers. They run from 6pm, with the first hour or so for practice, and at 7pm those who want a some light hearted competition can play in the informal Umbrella League - a popular addition to the programme this season. There is practice ice and coaching to get you started and we will arrange games during the evening depending on numbers. Come along any time between 6pm and 9pm and see for yourself! The evening is co-ordinated by Richard Turpin. Call him on 01892 826004 on Monday afternoons if you mean to come along.

EXPERT CURLING

As the only curling rink in the country, Fenton’s Rink attracts experienced curlers from a wide area. Every Tuesday there is keen competition in the curling leagues run by the rink. The results are posted on this website.

All regular curlers are members of Fenton’s Rink. The 2011/12 Rink subscription is only £15. This provides a significant discount on ice fees and is worthwhile if you come to the rink several times in a season. You can discuss regular curling with our Games Secretary, Gary Tapp, at curling2009@googlemail.com.

SCHOOLS and JUNIOR CURLING

The regular Schools 5-week course will run in the Spring term leading to the Schools Championships in March 2012.

Junior training will again be held each Tuesday at 6pm for players aged 20 and under. A Junior Curling Academy for younger players (aged around 11 to 16) will be run monthly on Sunday afternoons.

Call Tracey Brown at the rink on 01892 826004 or e-mail us at curlinginkent@hotmail.com for details of any of our schools/junior activities.

ENGLISH JUNIOR FOR TEAM GB

Angharad Ward, one of our Junior members, has been picked to represent Great Britain at the Winter Youth Olympics in January.

This is the first English curler to make it to Team GB.  Many congratulations Angharad!!
 
The full announcement from British Curling is as follows:

Winter Youth Olympic Games –
Innsbruck 13 - 22 January, 2012

British Curling is pleased to announce that following the previously announced selection process, 4 Curling athletes will be nominated to the BOA to represent GB at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games to be held in Innsbruck 13- 22 January, 2012.

The athletes are:

1. Thomas Muirhead
2. Duncan Menzies
3. Angharad Ward
4. Rachel Hannen

The nominated Team leader/ Head Coach is Brad Askew.

Following these nominations, the BOA will formally select and ratify the team and will hold an official press conference to announce the whole team GB at the end of November.

ICE MAN GETS TECHNICAL

The rink's popular ice man, Simon Knight, has just returned from a residential course at Greenacres at which he was awarded the WCF Advanced Ice Technician's Certificate. The course also included a section on environmental control mechanisms and energy efficiency in an ice hall.

The course was well supported with a number of attendees from throughout Europe as well as some prominent Scottish figures from the world of Curling, including Richard Harding, boss of Greenacres and WCF development officer, Ian Baxter, manager of Murrayfield Curling Rink and Tom Brewster, who skipped the Scottish team at this year's World Championships and is also manager of the Aberdeen Rink.

Commenting on his experience at Greenacres, Simon said "I think I held my own with the technicalities on the course, but it got more tricky in the bar....!"

August 2011

NEWS FROM THE CURLING RINK – AUTUMN 2011

Curling starts on October 3rd and we are all set for our eighth season.

BOOK EARLY! If you are thinking of a curling event for your friends, family, colleagues or customers – please call us as soon as possible on 01892 826004 or e-mail curlinginkent@hotmail.com to secure the date and time you want. The popular times go fast and several Christmas parties have already booked their ice times.

Remember – we provide coaches to get you started on the ice – so you have a great time right from the off!

BEGINNERS - "Come and Try" your hand at curling! There's an "Open Day" on Sunday October 9th. You can just come along and have a look – or you can have a one hour session on the ice with an instructor for only £5! It starts at 10am and finishes at 4pm.

A second "Come and Try" session is booked for Sunday November 6th.

REGULAR CURLERS start their season of leagues on Tuesday 4th October. The fixture list has already been completed and games and results will be posted regularly on the "League Fixtures and Results" page.

A Monday evening session will be held for novice curlers. It starts from 6pm onwards on October 3rd and is open to anyone who wants to take up curling as a winter activity. There will be practice ice and coaching to get you started. For the first time we will arrange a Novice League during Monday evenings. Come along any time between 6pm and 9pm and see for yourself!

All regular curlers are members of Fenton's Rink. The Rink subscription for this season has been set at at £15. This provides a significant discount on ice fees and is worthwhile if you come to the rink several times in a season. A Rink entry form is available to download here. You can discuss regular curling with our Games Secretary Gary Tapp at curling2009@googlemail.com.

JUNIORS/SCHOOLS CURLING The regular Schools 5-week course will run in the Spring term leading to the Schools Championships in March 2012. Junior training will again be held each Tuesday at 6pm for players aged 21 and under. A Junior Curling Academy for younger players (aged around 10 to 15) will be run monthly on Sunday afternoons. Call the rink on 01892 826004 for further details or e-mail us at curlinginkent@hotmail.com. There will also be coaching for our representative junior teams on Sundays.