In case you were busy picking the lint from between your
toes or some other worthwhile endeavour, you may have missed the fact that the
Canadian Mixed is on in Sudbury.
Didn’t realize that? I’m sure you’re not alone. The Canadian
Mixed is, in my humble opinion, the least important of our national curling
championships.
Why?
No one plays competitive mixed. There are no mixed
cashspiels on the World Curling Tour. And I’d wager that most teams kind of
slap their squads together after their men’s and women’s competitive seasons
end.
While there are some talented curlers who are playing this
year and have played in the past, it’s the sweep-and-giggle we all enjoy at our
club on Friday night on a bigger scale.
Now there are some good things about this event for sure. Some
of the northern territories get their own entry. That’s good. And it goes to
areas that might not be able to host a Brier or Scotties.
But if you were going to save some money and lighten the
load on the operations staff of the CCA, this might be the one event that gets
snuffed out.
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