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Otago Central reclaim Baxter Cup |
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Written by Lynda Van Kempen – Otago Daily Times
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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
Smiles stayed on the faces of curlers yesterday as competition heated up for a silver cup believed to be one of the country's oldest sporting trophies.
Thirteen clubs from within the Naseby Curling Council vied for the Baxter Trophy on natural ice at Naseby's Centennial rink, and the "home club" – Otago Central – was the winner.
History of the Baxter Cup
Read the full Otago Daily Times article
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Curling in the Styx |
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Written by Colin Williscroft – Otago Daily Times
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Friday, 02 July 2010 |
Almost – but not quite.
It may not have been a bonspiel but the Styx Valley hosted the first significant outdoor ice-based event of this year's Central Otago winter sporting calendar last Friday.
See the Otago Daily Times article and photo gallery here.
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Donald carrying on curling tradition |
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Written by Alistair McMurran - Otago Daily Times
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
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Brydie Donald, who has represented New Zealand in curling and ice hockey, is the latest of a long line of internationals who have come from the Maniototo.
Donald (24) grew up in Ranfurly and continued the family tradition when she first represented New Zealand at the junior world curling championships in 2003.
Read the full Otago Daily Times article here.
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NZ representative's All Blacks dream on ice |
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Written by Alistair McMurran - Otago Daily Times
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
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When Warren Kearney was growing up in Ranfurly he wanted to be an All Black like his great uncle. He is now an international curler.
Read the full Otago Daily Times article here.
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Ranfurly curler gets life membership |
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Written by Gavin Smith - The Southland Times
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
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Peter Becker has joined a selective group of living curlers to obtain life membership of the New Zealand Curling Association. He joins five other living curlers, including his 94-year-old father to hold that honour.
New Zealand Curling Association president Darren Carson, who made the presentation last month, paid tribute to the length and quality of service Mr Becker had given to the sport.
The full Southland Times article is on-line here.
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A job well done Edwin |
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Written by Dunedin Curling
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 |
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Dunedin Curling's Edwin Harley has called time on his 17 successful years on the board of Dunedin Ice Sports. "It's time to give way to new blood on the
committee," he told the Otago Daily Times last week.
Edwin also chaired the Organising Committee of the recently completed Dunedin 2009 World Senior Curling Championships, the first world curling event held in the southern hemisphere. Both the venue and the tournament were praised by curlers from around the world.
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Naseby Curling Council report to AGM |
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Written by Sam Inder
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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It is my privilege to report on the past season of the Royal and Ancient game of Curling in the Naseby Council. A particularly mild winter with limited frosts in succession meant that most of the one day matchers were unable to be called, however a full calendar of matches were held on the Maniototo Ice Rink.
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Curlers gather for club jubilee |
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Written by Diane Brown - Otago Daily Times
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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Stones and ice were the two main topics of conversation at the Maniototo International Curling Rink on Saturday afternoon when about 40 members and families gathered to celebrate 75 years of curling for the Ranfurly Curling Club.
Read the full Otago daily Times article here.
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Stone centre of curling celebrations |
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Written by Diane Brown - Otago Daily Times
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
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The Ranfurly Curling Club celebrates 75 years of curling this weekend at Naseby, and centre of the celebrations will be a stone used in New Zealand's first curling event, held at Woodhaugh Gardens in Dunedin in the 1880s.
Read the full Otago daily Times article here.
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