Official language English Headquarters Perth, United Kingdom Membership 54 member associations Staff 14 | Website worldcurling.org President Kate Caithness Founded 1966 Type of business Sports governing body | |
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The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990.
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The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the World Curling Championships. The WCF currently sanctions fifteen international curling events (see below). The WCF is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents (one from each WCF regional zone - Americas, Europe, Pacific-Asia) and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different member associations. All positions on the Board of Directors are elected by WCF member associations. The Board of Directors are supported by and a permanent staff of 14 employees. There are currently 54 member associations.
Goals
The WCF mission statement reads: "The World Curling Federation represents curling internationally and facilitates the growth of the sport through a network of Member Associations/Federations."
The purpose and aims of the WCF are as follows:
- To represent curling internationally and to facilitate growth of the sport throughout the world
- To promote co-operation and mutual understanding amongst Member Associations and to unite curlers throughout the world
- To Defend and Further the interests of world curling
- To conduct world curling competitions
- To formulate rules of the sport of curling for world competitions and all other competitions approved by the WCF
Member Associations
Following is a list of member associations of the World Curling Federation:
*The Armenia Curling Federation was suspended for failure to pay subscriptions.
Executive board
The current executive board as of September 2014 is as follows:
President: Kate Caithness (Scotland)
Vice Presidents:
Pacific-Asia: Hugh Millikin (Australia)
Europe: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell (Norway)
Board of Directors:
Andy Anderson (United States)Hew Chalmers (Scotland)
Laura Lochanski (Canada)
Toyo Ogawa (Japan)
Former presidents
Former presidents of the WCF and ICF are listed below:
Competitions and Championships
The WCF currently manages or is involved in 154 events around the world. Following is a list of those events: