Grand Slam of Curling coming to the Battlefords
The spotlight will be on North Battleford in January next year, when the Grand Slam of Curling comes to town.
The city has been selected over seven others, in Western Canada, as the host community for the Canadian Open at the Civic Centre.
Russ Brown is one of the event’s local co-chairs and in a phone interview said the idea to host began two years ago, when a local member of the Twin Rivers Curling Club was chatting with one of the ice makers working with the Grand Slam of Curling. Brown said last summer is when the idea really got traction and talks soon began with Rogers, later in December they had their first face to face meeting in Yorkton.
According to Brown, the organizers from Sportsnet see the North Battleford event as having the potential to be a huge success.