The 2018/19 school year was one to remember! Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings presented by Curling Canada inspired students across Canada to get active while learning about curling. We celebrated momentous occasions and enjoyed curling with new fans and seasoned champions.

This year was our second biggest ever! When the final school bell rang for 2018/19, 222,547 students experienced the program as part of 1,442 days of Rocks & Rings.

Take a look back at 5 of our favourite moments from the school year.

1. Celebrating 10th anniversary

January 22nd, 2019 marked an impressive milestone — 10 years of Rocks & Rings! To celebrate our 10th birthday we hosted 10 exciting surprises and events across Canada. The celebrations featured elite athletes, partners, and special giveaways.

• We launched our celebrations with a 10th anniversary Rocks & Rings Tournament at the school where Rocks & Rings began in 2009. The Tournament featured special guests including two Ontario egg farmers and 2018 Ontario curling champion John Epping.

• Special anniversary certificates in Newfoundland and Labrador were signed by World Champion Geoff Walker.
• Team Carruthers hosted a giveaway to win a Rocks & Rings visit.
• Paralympian Mark Ideson hosted a Rocks & Rings Tournament at his children’s school and gave away a signed jersey.

• Select East Coast schools received pricing from 2009, allowing more schools and students to experience curling in their school gym.
• Egg Farmers of Ontario hosted a curling 101 party complete with cake and balloons in Cookstown, ON.
• Reid Carruthers filmed a special message to kick off students’ Rocks & Rings physical education sessions.
• Liz Fyfe and Selena Njegovan from Team Tracy Fleury headed to Selena’s hometown in Manitoba to bring a Rocks & Rings tournament to students at her alma mater.

• We partnered with Egg Farmers of New Brunswick and Curling New Brunswick for an in-gym and on-ice curling day. Students enjoyed an interactive curling lesson in their gym with Rocks & Rings and then walked across the street to the curling rink where they headed on the ice.

• To wrap up our anniversary celebrations we gave away a FloorCurl kit, allowing a lucky follower to take home the fun of Rocks & Rings.

2. Tournaments Launch across Canada

We launched Rocks & Rings Tournaments across Canada to bring more curling opportunities to Canadian schools. The tournaments program brings four mini curling sheets and custom score-

boards to school gyms, allowing students to learn curling terminology, scoring, and more while competing with and against each other.

3. Eggciting events with partners

Special Egg Farmers events in Saskatchewan and Alberta brought the nutrition of eggs and the fun of Rocks & Rings to students.

Sask Egg Producers brought Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings presented by Curling Canada to two very deserving schools in Regina & Saskatoon, also providing the students with lunches.

Egg Farmers of Alberta brought a food truck to a lucky school in Calgary to kick off their Rocks & Rings Tournament Day with an egg powered breakfast. Students loved their delicious egg breakfasts and enjoyed a friendly curling competition with classmates.

Egg Farmers of Ontario gave away a Rocks & Rings Tournament to one lucky follower. As part of the tournament, students received a delicious egg-based meal to power their physical education.

4. ParticipAction Community Better Challenge

We partnered with ParticipACTION to empower more students to get active as part of the Community Better Challenge. In partnership with ParticipACTION, Rocks & Rings created more physical activity opportunities for students across Canada through:

• 40 days of programming
• 10 schools
• 6700 participants
• Over 10,000 minutes of play

5. Special Guests Share Curling

Big name athletes supported Rocks & Rings to share their love of curling with today’s youth. Along with current stars like John Epping, Reid Carruthers, and members of Team Fleury, 1993 World Champion Peter Corner visited Balaclava School in Ontario to bring curling to students. Future stars Team Deschenes also joined Rocks & Rings in the school gym to share their passion for the sport, inspired by a school project.

Thank you for curling with us in 2018/2019. We’re excited for more engaging and interactive physical education programming in gym classes across Canada!