Junior Program Profile: Chris Summers, Royal City Curling Club (New Westminster, BC)

Send a textOur series profiling youth curling programs continues. In this episode, I have a conversation with Chris Summers, Junior Program Coordinator at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, BC. Some of the topics we discuss include:* Why he pays his junior coaches (7:07)* The difference between the recreational junior program and competitive teams (17:21)* Building a "working group" in BC to share youth curling program ideas (38:22)* Advice to new junior program coordinators (40:29)Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:Royal City Curling Club Web sitehttps://royalcitycc.com/Inside Curling Podcast (Ep. 32) featuring Rick Langhttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/32-our-special-guest-rick-lang-winner-3-briers-2-world/id1509051095?i=1000499317938Chris' e-mail address: [email protected] our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurlingGlenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at [email protected] intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunriseBy Josh Woodwardhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardLicensed under CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This podcast episode uses: "Cartoon Running Footsteps" (https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/219556/#)By qubodup (http://qubodup.net/)Of Freesound.org (http://Freesound.org)Support the show