Curling Glossary English-Spanish/ Glosario de Curling Inglés-Español

January 19, 2021

Curling Glossary English-Spanish/ Glosario de Curling Inglés-Español

Con Andorra, Bolivia, México y España en la Federación Mundial de Curling, me pareció buen momento para aportar a la terminología de curling y desarrollar un glosario de curling inglés-español ampliado. ////With Andorra, Bolivia, Mexico, and Spain in the World Curling Federation, I figured it was a good time to contribute to curling terminology and develop an expanded English-Spanish Curling Glossary.

Este esfuerzo es una obra en construcción. Se aceptan sugerencias. ////This effort is a work-in-progress. Suggestions welcome.

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The Rookie Report: Lessons Learned from the 2019 World’s Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

August 12, 2019

For the benefit of all those up and coming curlers from rookie or still emerging nations with World-class and Olympian-level dreams, in this report I cover how we rookies fared, what we learned, and what you’re up against in the Qualifier Event. This rookie report is written with the benefit of hindsight and informed by generous commentary from players of the other rookie countries that participated in the 2019 WMDCC. While the report is written with mixed doubles in mind many of the lessons are applicable to new teams playing in other WCF championships for the first time.

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