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After 99 episodes, I decided to do something completely different for this 100th episode of my podcast. You're going to hear from more than 30 curling coaches, organizers and parents, all answering the same question: What advice do YOU have to make our youth curling programs better?

Podcast Contributors (in order of appearance):
(4:19) Abbie Darnley, Stroud CC Little Rocks (ON)
(5:07) Amélie Blais, Passion Curling
(5:46) Andrea Ronnebeck, Kenora CC (ON)
(6:30) Andy Jones, Calgary (AB)
(7:03) Bill Tschirhart, "A Pane In The Glass" Podcast
(8:45) Brandon Shintani, Mind-Design Sports
(9:20) Cheryl Rajala, Sudbury (ON)
(9:53) Christopher Summers, Royal City CC (BC)
(10:26) Delores McCallum (ON)
(11:14) Greg Wilson, Brantford G&CC (ON)
(11:40) Jonathan Penney, Cincinnati CC (Ohio, USA)
(14:34) Jennifer Ferris, Ontario Curling Council
(15:11) Helen Garside, Oakville CC (ON)
(15:31) Kevin Campbell, Dixie CC (ON)
(15:55) Marlene Kingsmith on behalf of Ray Kingsmith (AB)
(16:56) Mike Gregotski, High Park Club Little Rocks (ON)
(18:20) Michelle Hunt, Royal City CC Little Rocks (BC)
(18:39) Mike Peplinski, USA Curling
(19:03) Monica Walker, Broomstones CC (Mass., USA)
(20:14) Pearl Quan, Chinguacousy CC (ON)
(21:16) Raymond Ho, East York CC Juniors (ON)
(22:03) Scott Dakers, Curl Edinburgh (Scotland)
(22:28) Ryan Lafreniere, Laurentian University (ON)
(23:08) Sabena Islam, Cataraqui G&CC (ON)
(24:02) Sean Stevinson, Rock Creek Curling (Co., USA)
(24:39) Stephen Bruneau, Brighton & District CC (ON)
(25:16) Stephanie Thompson, "Empowered Performance For Curlers" Podcast
(27:14) Tenielle Bachek, Okotoks CC (AB) - 3 pieces of advice!
(32:28) Tim McChesney, Oakville CC (ON) - 2 pieces of advice!
(35:18) Warren Hansen, "Inside Curling" Podcast
(37:35) Josh Mudrick, East York CC Juniors (ON)
(41:34) Glenn Gabriel, East York CC Little Rocks (ON)
(47:10) A SURPRISE GUEST! (Pickering, ON)

Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:

Global Initiative For DEI In Curling Web site
https://academy.globalcurlingdei.org

Ep.81: "Ray Kingsmith Memorial Bonspiel With Andy Jones & Marlene Kingsmith" (Apr 10/22)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1048435/10411724

Ep.83: "Oakville (ON) CC's Instructor Co-Op With Delores McCallum, Tim McChesney & Helen Garside" (Apr 24/22)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1048435/10491089

"Simone's World" Cartoon by Raymond Ho
https://eastyorkcurling.ca/index.php/simone-s-world

"A Pane In The Glass" Podcast
https://apaneintheglasspodcast.buzzsprout.com/

"Empowered Performance For Curlers" Podcast
https://empoweredperformance.ca/podcast/#

"Inside Curling" Podcast
https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/inside-curling/

East York Curling Club (Toronto, ON) Web site
https://eastyorkcurling.ca/

Follow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurling

Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach and coach developer who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at coachingkidscurling@gmail.com

The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise

By Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward

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What do you do when the biggest snowstorm of the season comes on the same day as your youth bonspiel? For Alison Harris of Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club in Toronto, she had to react quickly. Find out what she did the night before the bonspiel and what she did to reschedule her event later that season. We also talk about the unique format of the “Curling Day At Tam Heather” bonspiel and her plans for the 2023-2024 season.

Some of the topics we discuss:
* In-person interview with Alison on April 8, the rescheduled bonspiel day (1:22-5:20)
* 30+cm of snow starts coming down March 3rd, the day before the bonspiel (6:41)
* Who was responsible for communicating the cancellation with coaches, players and club staff? (10:40)
* Finding an alternate date for the bonspiel quickly (12:52)
* Did the change in date affect any aspects of the bonspiel? (15:07)
* Advice for bonspiel organizers handling weather cancellations (16:35)
* Alison's plans for the 2023-2024 season: Coaching a U15 team! (19:47)
* What is the most important part of a youth bonspiel? (22:46)

Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:

Tam Heather Curling & Tennis Club (Toronto, ON, Canada)
https://tamheather.ca/

Follow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurling

Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach and coach developer who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at coachingkidscurling@gmail.com

The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise

By Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward

Licensed under CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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When I (Coach Glenn) teach new people how to curl, I often tell them that it took me "TWO YEARS to figure this out." What took me 2 years to figure out? Find out in this episode… (Hint: I had a breakthrough in my curling delivery!)

Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:

CKC Episode #41: "How I Met My Wife: A Valentine's Day Story"
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1048435/7853596

Follow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurling

Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach and coach developer who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send an e-mail to coachingkidscurling@gmail.com

The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise

By Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward

Licensed under CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This podcast episode uses: "Bike, Bell Ding, Single, 01-01.wav"
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