Article posted January 19, 2010 at 09:24 PM GMT0 •
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Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin was born on July,31 1966 in Killam,AB. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 205 LBS. He is a resident of Edmonton,AB and plays at the Ottewell curling club. While he is not curling he is running his curling store. Kevin is the skip on his curling team. He previously played in salt lake city in 2002. In 2007-2008 his team won the Brier cup in convincing fashion becoming just the 14th team to win a canadian mens championship with an unbeaten record. In 2007-2008 his team racked up 13 wins. Martins team was to receive $144,000 in sport canada funding. That is just a little info on the professional curler Kevin Martin.
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Article posted January 14, 2010 at 03:47 PM GMT0 •
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The first wheelchair curling championships held in 2002,was won by Switzerland with canada taking silver and Scotland taking bronze. At the 2009 world championships Canada took home gold,Sweden won silver and Germany bronze. At the 2006 paralympic games Canada won the semi-finals against Norwary to advance to the finals and win the gold medal.
To deliver the rock you may lean over the wheelchair or use a delivery stick. The rock is about a 20 to 30 pound big polished stone. There is no sweeping in wheelchair curling because you can not sweep from the side or glide on a wheelchair so your throw has to be more accurate. The rules and roles are the same as regular curling. The roles are lead,second,third and a skip. The rules are to try and get the rock inside the house. The house is the colourful circles at the end of a curling rink. The wheelchair is stationary as they trow the rock down the ice. In 2010 only 10 teams of four will compete in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games!
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