If you're a youth curling coach in Ontario, you've probably heard of the two summer youth curling camps: Trillium & Amethyst. In this episode, Sean Turriff from the Ontario Curling Council shares details about the 2023 versions of these two camps. (Interview recorded Feb 1/23)
Some of the topics we discuss:
* What are the Trillium & Amethyst camps? (2:24)
* Who is this camp for? (4:47)
* Who are the coaches? (6:23)
* What would you say to a potential new camper? (9:41)
* The cost and what you get for that price (13:01)
* Confirmed "celebrity" coaches for 2023 (15:06)
* How to register for the camps (20:26)
* Sean's first experience at Trillium (21:27)
* What is the Ontario Curling Council? (24:26)
NOTE: The Ontario Curling Council is holding a “BIPOC Summer Curling Camp Lottery.” Three young curlers who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, will have their registration fees for the Trillium or Amethyst Curling Camps paid for, thanks to a grant from Curling Canada. The deadline to enter the lottery is March 13th, 2023. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted directly.
Summer Curling Camp Lottery - BIPOC Youth
https://ontariocurlingcouncil.com/blog/2023/02/summer-curling-camp-lottery-bipoc-youth/
Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:
Amethyst Curling Camp, North Bay, ON (July 2023)
https://ontariocurlingcouncil.com/blog/amethyst-curling-camp/
Trillium Curling Camp, Waterloo, ON (August 2023)
http://trilliumcurlingcamp.com/
Sean Turriff e-mail: sturriff@ontcurl.com
Matt Murdoch Curling Foundation
https://www.mattmurdochcurlingfoundation.co.uk/
Ontario Curling Council
https://ontariocurlingcouncil.com
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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
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