Learn to Curl clinic in Standard features professional curler

By Janet Kanters Times Editor

Rural Alberta school students are getting the chance to learn elite curling tips from two-time Canadian Women’s Champion Heather Nedohin in a special Learn to Curl clinic in Standard.
On Feb. 27, Rosebud Gas Co-op is helping to bring two-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champion Nedohin to the Standard Curling Club to help give students a great first start in the sport of curling.
Rosebud Gas Co-op Ltd. and the Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops Ltd. have teamed up with Heather Nedohin to bring a series of Learn to Curl clinics to select rural Alberta curling clubs. Two classes of students will be brought in from local schools and given a primer on curling from the former Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champion.
“As a small town, farming kid raised in northern B.C., the sport of curling was what we did as a family in the winter months,” said Nedohin. “The excitement for the life-long sport of curling starts with a great first experience and I look forward to sharing my expertise with our future stars.”
This is the fifth year the Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops Ltd. and its 80-member natural gas utilities have put on Learn to Curl clinics in rural Alberta communities in partnership with Nedohin. Nedohin rose to fame as the World Junior Curling Champion in 1996, and is a two-time bronze medalist in Women’s World Curling in 1998 and 2012. She also won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 1998 and 2012.