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Curling gets
mental with new book
CALGARY -- The first
book devoted
entirely to the
mental aspects of
the sport of curling
will be released as
Canada’s best battle
for Olympic glory in
December.
Between the Sheets:
Creating Curling
Champions is the
brainchild of Cheryl
Bernard, the 2005
Ultima World Curling
Tour champion and
two-time Scott
Tournament of Hearts
skip representing
Alberta. Bernard
teamed with fellow
Calgarian Guy Scholz,
national
best-selling author
of Gold on Ice: The
Story of the Sandra
Schmirler Curling
Team and feature
writer for Sweep!
magazine, who wrote
the book, while
Bernard served as
consultant and
research associate.
Between the Sheets
is published by
Hillsboro Press in
Franklin, Tennessee
and is slated for
release during the
week of the Tim
Horton’s Canadian
Curling Trials in
Halifax in early
December 2005.
Between the Sheets
is written in an
informal
storytelling manner
and is filled with
anecdotes from
nearly one hundred
world-class athletes
from around the
world. Aimed at
curlers who want to
learn the secrets of
championship
curlers, the book
also speaks to
devoted curling fans
who want to read
about their favorite
players and learn
what makes them
tick.
Widely endorsed by
competitors such as
five-time world
champion Randy
Ferbey, Olympic
silver medallist Don
Bartlett and
Trials-bound Ontario
skip Sherry Middaugh,
Between the Sheets
also offers much to
non-curlers or
casual fans. Richie
Hall, Assistant Head
Coach of the
Saskatchewan
Roughriders, and
Claire Carver-Dias,
Olympic bronze
medallist in
synchronized
swimming, both
reviewed the book
and recommend it to
athletes of any
sport who seek the
competitive edge.
The book retails for
$24.95 and can be
purchased through
the Between the
Sheets website at
www.betweenthesheetscurling.com
and in bookstores,
curling pro shops,
the Canadian Curling
Association website
www.curling.ca
and the Asham
Curling Supplies
website
www.asham.com.
Most of the major
curling clubs in
Canada and the USA
will be receiving
posters and table
toppers in early to
mid-November for
promotional
purposes. In
addition, $1.00 from
every purchase will
go towards Calgary’s
Curl for a Cure
event in support of
the Canadian Breast
Cancer Foundation,
and $1.00 from every
book purchased
through the CCA
website will go to
The Sandra Schmirler
Foundation.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Guy Scholz
Cheryl
Bernard
403.208.0562
403.701.8886
guyscholz@shaw.ca
cherylbernard@betweenthesheetscurling.com
Website:
www.betweenthesheetscurling.com