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The WORLD CURLING FEDERATION (WCF) and The GERMAN
CURLING ASSOCIATION (DCV)
Ice Technician Courses Schedules
For the information of the participants registered on the WCF Ice
Technician Level I & II Courses to be held in Fussen, Germany, 10-14 July 2002,
here are the course schedules.
There remains some places available on both courses so registration can still be
done through the WCF office (see registration
forms elsewhere on this webpage).
Schedule Level 1
| Day |
Time |
Step |
Where |
| Wed July 10th |
09.00 - 09.10 |
Keith Wendorf, WCF CDO, opening comments |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.10 - 09.30 |
Introduction
Information about the Level I course and meeting the participants |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.30 - 10.00 |
The development of the game and its demand on curling
ice, games tactics (for non-curlers) |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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10.00 - 10.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena, Coffee room |
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10.30 - 11.15 |
Summer-checks and the equipment needed within a club |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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11.15 - 12.00 |
Theories of ice maintenance |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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12.00 - 13.30 |
Lunch break |
Füssen Restaurant |
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13.30 - 14.15 |
Ice installation and basic curling ice making, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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14.15 - 14.30 |
How to measure the sheets in an arena |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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14.30 - 15.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee Room |
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15.00 - 15.30 |
Installing the 2" x 4" across the arena, practical |
Arena |
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15.30 - 16.15 |
Measuring the sheets, practical |
Arena |
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16.15 - 18.00 |
Cut the circles, painting, logos, lines and hacks, theory
and practical work |
Arena/Club |
| Thu July 11th |
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08.00 - 09.00 |
Painting and put in lines for 3 sheets, practical |
Arena |
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09.00 - 09.20 |
Sealing and flooding, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.20 - 09.40 |
Rocks, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.40 - 10.00 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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10.00 - 11.00 |
Sealing-Flooding (light), practice |
Arena |
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11.00 - 11.30 |
Temperatures, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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11.30 - 12.00 |
Pebbling, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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12.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch break |
Füssen Restaurant |
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14.00 - 14.30 |
Pebbling, practice |
Curling club |
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14.30 - 16.00 |
Ice scraping, practical |
Curling club |
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16.00 - 17.30 |
Coffee break, test and correction of the test |
Arena Coffee/Class |
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17.30 - 17.45 |
Certificates presented, farewell comments |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
Schedule Level 2
| Day |
Time |
Step |
Where |
| Fri July 12th |
09.00 - 09.10 |
Introduction by Keith Wendorf |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.10 - 09.20 |
Information about the Level II course, introducing the
participants and the instructors |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.30 - 10.00 |
Refresher course: Ice maintenance, ice installation,
painting, logos, lines and hacks; how to measure the sheets etc |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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10.00 - 10.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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10.30 - 11.00 |
Refresher course |
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11.00 - 12.00 |
Water, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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12.00 - 13.30 |
Lunch break |
Füssen restaurant |
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13.30 - 15.00 |
Painting and put in lines and hacks on 3 sheets, practice |
Arena |
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15.00 - 15.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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15.30 - 16.00 |
Ice installation hockey ice, weekday ice, competition ice
( if many use an arena for competitions), ice quality |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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16.00 - 16.30 |
Check the level in the arena, practice |
Arena |
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16.30 - 17.00 |
Flooding theory, expanded |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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17.00 - 18.00 |
Flooding #1 arena, voluntary |
Arena |
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17.00 |
End of day one for participants who are attending
Umpiring Level I course which starts at 18.00 |
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| Sat July 13th |
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08.00 - 09.00 |
Flooding #2, arena |
Arena |
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09.00 - 09.30 |
Pebbling theory, expanded |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.30 - 10.00 |
Pebbling practice |
Curling club |
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10.00 - 10.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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10.30 - 11.00 |
Power scraping theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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11.00 - 12.00 |
Power-scraping, practical - level 1 |
Curling Club |
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12.00 - 13.30 |
Lunch break |
Füssen restaurant |
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13.30 - 14.00 |
Power-scraping, practical - level 2 |
Curling club |
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14.00 - 14.30 |
Ice quality theories about frost, heaving, etc |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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14.30 - 15.00 |
Rocks, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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15.00 - 15.30 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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15.30 - 16.00 |
Rock test, practice |
Curling club |
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16.00 - 16.20 |
Temperatures and steering systems, theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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16.20 - 16.40 |
Temperature check with handgun, practice |
Arena |
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16.40 - 17.00 |
Energy (lights) |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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17.00 - 18.00 |
Flooding #3, Voluntary |
Arena |
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17.00 |
End of day two for participants who are attending
Umpiring Level II course which starts at 18.00 |
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| Sun July 14th |
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08.00 - 09.00 |
Flooding #4 |
Arena |
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09.00 - 09.30 |
Humidity theory |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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09.30 - 10.45 |
Practice humidity testing, ice plants; theory and
inspection |
Classroom / Arena |
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10.45 - 11.00 |
Coffee break |
Arena Coffee room |
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11.00 - 13.00 |
Test for level II, correction of the test and
certificates presented |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
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13.00 |
Extra flooding if needed |
Instructors |
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13.30 |
The business of curling seminar start |
Curling Hall - Classroom |
Sincerely,
Keith Wendorf
- WCF Curling Development Officer
Tel: 0033-3-88748655
Fax: 0033-3-88748655
e-mail: kwendorf@aol.com
2002-07-04
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