A Victoria group is working on a bid to host the Tim Hortons Brier national men’s curling championship at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre from March 1-10 in 2024.
Drives for volunteers and pre-ticket sales has been launched to show the level of support needed to bolster the bid.
The Victoria committee is chaired by Andrew Komlodi and includes Elaine Dagg-Jackson, women’s curling coach for sa国际传媒 at seven Winter Olympics, local curling and golf builder Keith Dagg, Marlene Jeffries and Terry Wright, the latter who held key positions with the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics organizing committees as well as other Games around the world.
People interested in volunteering or buying tickets are asked to contact the committee and leave their contact information at [email protected] under the applicable subject headings of either “Volunteer” or “Pre-Ticket Sales.”
Victoria is being considered as the curling venue for a potential Indigenous-led bid for a 2030 sa国际传媒 Winter Olympics. Although headed by the four Lower Mainland First Nations, the Olympic bid is proposing venues dispersed around the province.
“Hosting the Brier — nothing more could demonstrate the momentum toward that [Victoria being the potential curling venue for the Games],” said Komlodi, president of the Victoria Curling Club.
“The Brier here would be a huge deal, not only for the curling community, but the city and the whole of Vancouver Island. These are early stages, but the more support we can show for volunteers and pre-ticket sales, the better the chances of success we’ll have. Part of what will make the bid successful is demonstrating community enthusiasm.”
Komlodi is a high-level curler who placed third in sa国际传媒 as the third on Glen Jackson’s rink in 2018.
He said he can’t go into details at the moment but “we are working on the funding dimension of the bid [with various levels of government and also potential sponsors].”
