Kuwait wins World Curling Federation membership

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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 7, (KUNA): Kuwait Winter Games Club announced on Sunday that it has obtained the World Curling Federation (WCF) membership, which is one of the five games it supervises. Speaking to KUNA, chairman of the club Fuhaid Al-Ajmi said “this is a new achievement made following the participation in a meeting of the WCF General Assembly congress on Sunday”.

Kuwait will take part in the WCF next meeting due in Russia in September 2021, and this will be a big additional to Kuwait youth, he added, lauding the committee, led by Mishal Al-Ajmi, that was tasked with developing the club. Kuwait’s membership of WCF is a new step to promote the Winter Games locally, he said, noting that the club will seek to join the International Skating Union after having membership in four international federations of the Games including ice hockey, speed on ice and curling. He pointed to endeavors aiming to attract a distinguished technical staff to supervise the players of the local teams in different age groups to be prepared for international championships. During today’s meeting, India and the Dominican Republic had the WCF membership as well. Curling is a team sport played by two teams of four players on a rectangular sheet of ice.

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