The stars will shine Tuesday night when the St. Albert Curling Club celebrates its past and present with a special event.
Highlighting the grand opening of the facility’s newly refurbished front end is a presentation by the City of St. Albert to Olympic gold medallist Marc Kennedy and the unveiling of the club’s wall of fame. Kennedy, Scott Pfeifer, Don McKenzie, Cathy King, Jackie Rae Greening and the late Hec Gervais will be honoured for their national and international success in the sport.
Thanks to significant funding from the federal and provincial governments and the City of St. Albert, the club will now become a year-round facility. The new 240-seat capacity banquet facility is located upstairs in the Friendly Giant Lounge. Downstairs, in addition to new locker rooms for the curlers, there is a spacious kitchen and a meeting room that will be available to rent.
Tuesday’s ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. For more info, contact club manager Jennifer McMillan at 780-459-7007.
The 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling rocks the ice next week at Servus Credit Union Place.
The following 11 draws in Ryder Cup-style competition will be staged on three sheets at Performance Arena.
Thursday, Jan. 13
8:30 a.m. women’s team competition
1:30 p.m. mixed doubles
7:30 p.m. men’s team competition
Friday, Jan. 14
8:30 a.m. women’s team competition
1:30 p.m. mixed doubles
7:30 p.m. men’s team competition
Saturday, Jan. 15
9 a.m. skins A: women, men, mixed
2 p.m. singles
7:30 p.m. skins B: women, men, mixed
Sunday, Jan. 16
11 a.m. skins C: women
6 p.m. skins C: men
Representing Team North American are rinks skipped by Kevin Martin (2010 Olympic gold medallist), Kevin Koe (2010 Brier and world champion), Pete Fenson (United States), Cheryl Bernard (2010 Olympic silver medallist), Jennifer Jones (four-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts winner and 2008 world champion) and Erika Browen (United States).
Team World is comprised of David Murdoch (Scotland), Thomas Ulsrud (Norway), Niklas Edin (Sweden), Bingyu Wang (China), Andrea Schopp (Germany) and Mirjam Ott (Switzerland).
Meanwhile, ticket packages can be purchased through Ticketmaster at 780-451-8000 or online at seasonofchampions.ca.
Every draw pass includes complimentary admission to Keith’s Patch in Troy Murray Arena. The social centre of the Continental Cup will feature performances by The Classics (Jan. 12), Hey Romeo (Jan. 13), Karac Hendriks and The Chevelles (Jan. 14) and Tera Lee and Souled Out (Jan. 15).
TSN will also provide live coverage of the Continental Cup.
The event website is www.curling.ca/championships/continentalcup/
