Openly gay curler John Eppg ws bronze medal at Canadian champnships - Outsports

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• CANADIAN GAY CURLG CHAMPNSHIPS BEG WNIPEG
• SASK. TEAMS MONTREAL FOR CANADIAN GAY CURLG CHAMPNSHIP
• OPENLY GAY CURLER JOHN EPPG WS BRONZE MEDAL AT CANADIAN CHAMPNSHIPS

CANADIAN GAY CURLG CHAMPNSHIPS BEG WNIPEG

ManobaSixteen curlg teams are petg Wnipeg until Sunday for the 11th annual Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships.

Ceremonial first rock schled to be livered by Olympic gold medallists Jill Officer, Kalyn Law16 teams pete at Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships WnipegSixteen curlg teams are petg Wnipeg until Sunday for the 11th annual Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships. Sixteen curlg teams are petg at the 11th annual Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships Wnipeg until year's champns om Vanuver are back to fend their tle at the tournament hosted by Wnipeg's Keystone Rabow Curlg ceremonial first rock is to be livered by Canadian Olympic gold medallists Jill Officer and Kalyn Law on champnship started on Thursday eveng when curlers om around the untry registered at the Canadian Mm for Human Rights, where they were treated to a guid tour and warm up on the ice preparatn for the Canadian Gay Curlg Champnship Wnipeg on Friday.

Joel Marn and Rod Ingram are skips for Manoba teams at the Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships. SaskatoonTwo teams om Saskatchewan are on the ice today Montreal, tryg to sweep their way to victory at the Canadian Gay Curlg Champnship. Two teams om Saskatchewan are on the ice today Montreal, tryg to sweep their way to victory at the Canadian Gay Curlg Champnship.

SASK. TEAMS MONTREAL FOR CANADIAN GAY CURLG CHAMPNSHIP

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OPENLY GAY CURLER JOHN EPPG WS BRONZE MEDAL AT CANADIAN CHAMPNSHIPS

"Maybe there is a need for [a gay league for] badmton or tennis or volleyball? John Eppg, a curler who me out publicly as gay last year, had an imprsive n the Tim Hortons Brier Canadian curlg champnships, fishg the semifals and wng a bronze medal. Eppg has been out to his fay, iends and the curlg muny for about five years and discsed beg gay publicly last year.

Openg Ceremoni of the 2016 Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships.

The four people the photo are the wners of the 2016 Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships – Team Thompson(Vanuver); Skip – Aaron Thompson, Third – Jack Holm, Send – Brian Oldham, Lead – Mark Trowell,. 12 to 14, Wnipeg’s Keystone Rabow Curlg League (KRCL) hosted the 11th annual Canadian Gay Curlg Champnships (CGCC) at the Grane Curlg Club Wt Broadway.