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So, what have I been up to as the Volunteer Director of Program Sales and Merchandising for the 2013 Brier in Edmonton? Since the venue tour in June, I've been intermittently busy keeping in touch with my volunteers! In June I received my first lists (one for Program Sales and one for Merchandising) of volunteers to contact. I called each person (or played phone tag and left messages) to introduce myself, explained a bit more about the position they had applied for, and answered any questions volunteers had. I also sent out a welcome email. Sound easy, right? Well, this is the part where I admit I HATE TALKING ON THE PHONE. Seriously. Hate it. So calling 40 strangers wasn't high on my list of priorities. The volunteers were lovely though, most were excited I had contacted them, or just happy to be on the list. So not scary at all, I just have a weird phone phobia I guess. Also, you'd be surprised how long calling 40 people takes. I sent my first lists back to the office,

Oh October. Curling season. Must mean good times ahead!! Though I get on the ice this week, the pros have been curling in bonspiels most weekends in September.  TV events will be starting in a November, but in the meantime Laola1.tv , Curlingkanalen , CurlingZone and 12th End Sports Network have been streaming games online. Have you been watching? Did you notice some new faces? New line ups? Time for a look at what happened during the summer - the annual curling team shake-up! Men : Team Ferbey: Randy Ferbey has retired . Scott Pfeifer has teamed up with Blake MacDonald, Jamie King and Jeff Erickson to play a few spiels 'non-competitively' - wonder if that will change since they won The Shoot Out in Edmonton a few weeks ago? Team Appelman: now consists of Ted and Tom Appelman, Brendan Melnyk, and Brent Bawel. Team Stoughton: Steve Gould got "fired" , and Mark Nichols will join the team . Team Nedohin: Dave Nedohin is now curling with Colin Hodgson, Tom Sallows and