The Ontario Curling Council is proud to announce the teams selected to our Next Gen Program for the 2024-25 season. The Next Gen Program is designed to support athletes who have proven competitive success over time and help them advance along the LTAD pathway as individual athletes and teams. The Ontario Curling Council wishes […]
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The Ontario Curling Council is pleased to announce the 10 teams who will be supported through our Next Gen Program for the 2023-2024 Season. Tier 1: Four Teams will be supported in this Tier. These teams will be supported specifically through our Ontario High Performance Sport Initiative (OHPSI) partnership with the Canadian Sport Institute of
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The Ontario Curling Council is once again providing ice at the KW Granite Club , Waterloo in August. Three hour blocks of subsidized ice can be rented through the Ontario Curling Council on Saturday Aug. 19 and Sunday Aug. 20. We are unable to offer shorter blocks but teams may split the bookings privately with
U15 / U18 Team Camp The Ontario Curling Council is hosting two single day camps for U15 and U18 athletes in August at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo. On Aug 12 there will be a single day Team Camp. Teams will be paired with another team and provided a coach to work with them
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The Ontario Curling Council is once again running our Academy Team Project after a successful 2022/23 season. The primary goal of this pilot program is to continue to evaluate how coach led team formation can impact player development in the Train to Train / Train to Compete stage of development. The focus will be on
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Ontario Curling Council – Regional Training Groups The Ontario Curling Council intends to create multiple regional training groups in Ontario for athletes in the Train to Compete and Learn to Excel stages of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model. What is a Regional Training Group? Regular training times at a centralized location
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Summer Curling Camps – BIPOC Youth The Ontario Curling Council (OCC) recognizes that the sport of curling is not as diverse or inclusive as it should be. We recognize that more needs to be done for BIPOC individuals to feel a sense of belonging in the sport of curling. The OCC is committed to facilitating
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The Ontario Curling Council (OCC) is pleased to announce that the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport has awarded Quest for Gold funding to the sport of curling for the 2022/23 season. This funding is specifically directed towards supporting high performance athletes through direct to athlete support or by providing high performance programming that
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The Ontario Curling Council is pleased to offer Competitive Skill development grants specifically intended to remove barriers to competition and to help competitive teams target improvements. Only U18/U21 Men’s teams in Northern Ontario are eligible to receive these grants. These grants are being released specifically for NOCA U18/U21 Men as result of the response
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Ontario has obtained six voucher codes for CurlON and NOCA combined. Three males and three females will be chosen (through a randomized selection – ie. “Raffle”) to receive a voucher. Applicants may only apply from their home member association. Voucher can only be used once, students must log in by December 31, 2022. The
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