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Curling in Kenya w/ Laventer Oguta and Haggai Odhiambo Ogak

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Everyone’s Olympic curling dream has to start somewhere. For Laventer Oguta and Haggai Odhiambo Ogak, that dream starts New Jersey. These two members of the Kenya Curling Federation recently got their first experience on curling ice at Plainfield Curling Club with hopes that they will soon represent their nation in World Curling Federation events. They join us, along with Dean Roth from Plainfield Curling Club, to talk about how they were introduced to curling, how their initial training is going and what the future holds for curling in Kenya.

Help Kenya get to the Pan-Continental Curling Championship
Kenya Curling Federation on Facebook
Plainfield Curling Club
Curling in Nigeria w/ Harold Woods III

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Emergency Podcast: Inside the cancelation of the World Junior Bs

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The 2022 World Junior B Curling Championships, which determine the final entrants for World Juniors, was canceled on Jan. 6 after an outbreak of COVID-19 among the competitors. We are joined not only by our usual co-host, Jonathan Havercroft, but by all of Team England: Joe Sugden, Felix Price, Archer Woods and Harry Pinnell. They tell us about their experience at the tournament, their reaction to its cancelation and how the last two years have impacted their young curling careers.

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What does the future of curling live-streaming look like?

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In this episode we discuss the fragmented state of curling live streams and how it mirrors the world of streaming overall. What will the future hold for live streaming of curling events, both on tour and at the national and world level? Also in this episode:

  • Olympic qualifiers
  • Canadian Pre-Trials
  • British Curling’s team selections
  • World Wheelchair Curling Championships
  • USA Curling’s updated transgender participation policy and guidance

Bat-Oyun “Oyuna” Uranchimeg’s Journey to the USA Wheelchair Curling Team

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Does Curling on TV Need to Look Like Club Curling?

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Jonathan and Ryan discuss the news out of the World Curling Federation’s Annual General Assembly. First, the rule changes that will be tested at the 2022 World Curling Championships. Does the version of the game we see on TV need to match what we experience at curling centers? Are we over-complicating things for potential first-time viewers? Next, the new Pan-Continental Curling Championships that will help determine future fields at World Championships. What major improvement do we think should be implemented to make this system better? Finally, we touch on other curling news from Poland, the USA and Canada.

World Curling’s General Assembly
Our show about the 2018 Canada Cup timing rules
No Solidarity in Polish Curling
Curling in Nigeria w/ Harold Woods III

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Actual Curling! Scotties, Swiss & Japanese Previews, but Women’s Worlds is Canceled

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For the first time in almost a year we get to talk about major curling events. First, we preview the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Jonathan’s 10 things to watch. Then, we preview the Swiss Championships and Japanese Championships and tell you why they’re intriguing this year. Finally, we interject with an update on the cancelation for the Women’s World Curling Championships.

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Ep42: Mexico’s Curling Dream with Adriana Camarena

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Adriana Camarena, the skip of Mexico’s women’s team, joins us ahead of Mexico’s trip to the 2020 World Qualification Event in Lohja, Finland. We discuss her start with the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, how she became a part of Curling Mexico, her experience at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship & 2019 America’s Challenge and how curling can continue to grow in the Americas Zone. We even have some news about the 2020 WQE field.

Links from this episode:
The Mexico Women’s Team’s GoFundMe Page
Curling Mexico Merchandise
SFBACC’s Dedicated Ice Capital Campaign

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Ep38: Mixing It Up

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Jonathan regales us with tales from the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championships, including the thrilling finishes to the Gold and Bronze Medal games, how the Nigeria and Kosovo teams came to be and whether or not he’s now motivated to return. We also discuss the difference in the World Curling Tour between now and 20 years ago and we give Jonathan the opportunity to respond to all the mean things we said about him while he was away.

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Ep37: 2019 PACC Preview with Jason Chang

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Toronto curler and Hong Kong men’s skip Jason Chang joins the show to help us preview the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. We discuss how he came to represent Hong Kong, the growth of curling in the region and sort out the favorites and sleeper picks for this year’s tournament, taking place Nov. 2-9 in Shenzhen, China.

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Ep33: Eight is Enough

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We debate eight ends vs. 10 ends and how eight-end curling would have changed some of the best games from the last decade. Also, the curling season is upon us. We find out how Jonathan’s new team came together with skip Rob Retchless, talk early season results in the Pacific Asia region and Ryan gets ready to head to Raleigh for Curling Night in America.

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