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The Shuswap Carvers Society is hosting a unique

contest: they invite you to carve a curling rock.

Curling is a sport in which players slide large

granite stones, which look like oversized hockey

pucks with handles, across a sheet of ice toward a

target, adjusting the slide of the stone with brooms.

The Tim Hortons Brier is the annual Canadian

men’s curling championship; the winners of the

competition represent Canada at the men’s world

curling competitions. In 2014, The Brier will be held

in Kamloops, B.C., which happens to be the home of

five of the eight organizers of the Shuswap School of

Carving and Arts (SSCA).

The SSCA offers a week of woodcarving and other

craft classes each September. As a way to promote

both the school and the art of woodcarving, the

carvers contacted the organizers of the Brier and

arranged the contest. The plan is for some or all of

the carved curling rocks to be displayed during the

competition and signed by members of the 2014

championship teams.

Curling Rock Carving Contest

To participate in the contest, carve a wooden or

stone version of a curling rock. It can be as accurate

or fanciful as you like, but should include something

resembling the handle and measure not more than 3"

across at its widest point. Entries must be received by

the Shuswap Carvers Society no later than January 30,

2014. Prizes for “best carved” and “most creative” will be

awarded. The carvings will be returned after the Brier

in March 2014; you must include return postage to get

your carving back. For rules and more information, visit

the SSCA website, www.bccarvingschool.com, e-mail

kathy.les@telus.net, or call 250-573-2277. Send your

carving to: Curling Rock Carving Contest, c/o SSCA,

5696 Dallas Drive, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 4X1.

Carve your

version of a

curling stone

and enter a

unique contest.

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