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VIDEO: Good ice and new rocks: why B.C. champions practiced at Langley Curling Centre

2023 B.C. silver medalist Nick Meister is Langley’s icemaker

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Team Grandy, the B.C. champions, were wrapping up their last day of practice at the Langley Curling Centre (LCC) before the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Curling Championships.

Club manager Robyn Parkes explained the Langley Curling Centre was a good place to prepare for the Canadian championships.

“We have the newest rocks and good ice,” Parkes told the Langley Advance Times.

“It’s sort of the closest they can get to the arena [in Kamloops].”

Skip Clancy Grandy said the Langley rink was recommended to the team by ice technician Mike Merklinger, who will be preparing the ice at the Scotties.

“The conditions are really, really good here [in Langley], very similar to what we’ll be seeing at the Scotties, so it’s good preparation for us,” Grandy commented.

“It’s been a really good training camp,” Grandy added.

“Everybody’s feeling kind of ready to go and ready to hit the ice rolling.”

Coaches Katie Witt and Niklas Edin were at the Langley Curling Centre for a training session with Team Grandy on Tuesday Feb. 14, the last before the team headed to the Scotties. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Coaches Katie Witt and Niklas Edin were at the Langley Curling Centre for a training session with Team Grandy on Tuesday Feb. 14, the last before the team headed to the Scotties. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Team Gauthier, the B.C. men’s champions, were also training on the Langley club’s ice earlier in the week, as they prepared for the Brier.

Parkes credited Langley club icemaker, Nick Meister, a champion curler who was a member of Team Pierce, which finished second at the 2023 BC Men’s championship won by Team Gauthier in January.

Meister prepared the ice for both Team Grandy and Team Gauthier, Parkes said.

“Hew has been handling the ice for them, and very happy to do it,” Parkes remarked.

READ ALSO: Local curler Nick Meister and team settle for silver at 2023 BC championships

Team Grandy, the Vancouver Curling Club rink skipped by Clancy Grandy – with third Kayla MacMillan, second Lindsay Dubue and lead Sarah Loken – will represent BC at the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Curling Championships in Kamloops Feb. 17-26.

Team Gauthier will represent B.C. at the Brier, on March 3-12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.

In March, LCC will host the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships.

About 125 participants, including teams from the Kootenays, Okanagan, Cariboo, Vancouver Island, and Lower Mainland will attend the six-day event, running March 21-26, along with families, officials, and volunteers.

READ ALSO: Provincial senior curling championships are coming to Langley Curling Centre

More photos can be viewed online at the Langley Advance Times Facebook page.


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