{"id":5348,"date":"2025-05-31T19:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2025-05-31T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T00:31:07","slug":"junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5348\" class=\"elementor elementor-5348\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b5580 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60b5580\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b35958 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b35958\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e8a50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6e8a50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This fall, for the 2025-2026 curling season, <a href=\"https:\/\/juniorslamseries.com\/\">Junior Slam Series<\/a> convener <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/byronlscott\/\">Byron Scott<\/a> will offer 25 events across the U15, U18, and U20 age groups and introduce some significant changes to the operation of Slam Series events. The newsletter at right (included here with permission; click on the image to view the entire newsletter in PDF) presents a summary of the forthcoming changes for 2025-2026.<\/p><p>As a brief summary, the changes include:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pre-game practice, along with game timing and LSD protocols, will be adjusted to match those used in Curling Ontario qualifiers and provincials;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Coaching interactions will be introduced for all mixed doubles events;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Prize money will be distributed more widely across the field;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For the first time, Junior Slam Series will host the first youth Continental Cup, with 4-person teams, mixed teams, and mixed doubles competition, in April 2026.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb775e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bcb775e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd227b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbd227b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_10_Year_Anniverary_Newsletter.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JuniorSlamSeries10yr_reduced-738x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5353\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JuniorSlamSeries10yr_reduced-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JuniorSlamSeries10yr_reduced-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JuniorSlamSeries10yr_reduced-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JuniorSlamSeries10yr_reduced.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a7bb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6a7bb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e531884 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e531884\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a86e0f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a86e0f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7915_reduced-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5360\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7915_reduced-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7915_reduced-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7915_reduced-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7915_reduced.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4b078 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe4b078\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b94889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b94889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7923_reduced-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5361\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7923_reduced-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7923_reduced-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7923_reduced-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7923_reduced.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c4ad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5c4ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc63cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dc63cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7957_reduced-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5362\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7957_reduced-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7957_reduced-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7957_reduced-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7957_reduced.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25cecf7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25cecf7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bacee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83bacee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ea716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3ea716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The forthcoming season begins early, with the first event being the first Mixed Doubles Cup at <a href=\"https:\/\/kwgranite.com\">KW-Granite<\/a> in Waterloo, August 29-31, and the Continental Cup scheduled for April 17-19 in Niagara Falls at the <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaracurling.com\/\">Niagara Falls Curling Club<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>Event registration is open as of today, May 31, 2025. Teams can register at <a href=\"https:\/\/juniorslamseries.com\">juniorslamseries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd026fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd026fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357398f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"357398f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"JSS_season_10_schedule_3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dsZW5ucGF1bGxleS5jYVwvY3VybGluZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL0pTU19zZWFzb25fMTBfc2NoZWR1bGVfMy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3-819x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5352\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/JSS_season_10_schedule_3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, for the 2025-2026 curling season, Junior Slam Series convener Byron Scott will offer 25 events across the U15, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[516,519,518,422,299,297,517],"class_list":["post-5348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bonspiels","tag-byron-scott","tag-curling-ontario","tag-dundas-valley","tag-junior-slam-series","tag-u15","tag-u18","tag-u20"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This fall, for the 2025-2026 curling season, Junior Slam Series convener Byron Scott will offer 25 events across the U15, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Throwing Rocks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"989\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glenn Paulley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gpaulley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gpaulley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glenn Paulley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Glenn Paulley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96\"},\"headline\":\"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Byron Scott\",\"Curling Ontario\",\"Dundas Valley\",\"Junior Slam Series\",\"U15\",\"U18\",\"U20\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bonspiels\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/\",\"name\":\"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":989},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/31\\\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/\",\"name\":\"Throwing Rocks\",\"description\":\"Coaching in the sport of curling\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96\",\"name\":\"Glenn Paulley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Glenn Paulley\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Competition Development coach and consultant for the Ontario Curling Council and Curling Canada. Brushing specialist. Coach of Team Mackenzie Kiemele (U25 women) and Team Kiemele\\\/Singer (mixed doubles). University of Waterloo and University of Manitoba alumnus. President, Elmira &amp; District Curling Club.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/glennpaulley\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gpaulley\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glennpaulley.ca\\\/curling\\\/author\\\/glennpaulley\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks","og_description":"This fall, for the 2025-2026 curling season, Junior Slam Series convener Byron Scott will offer 25 events across the U15, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/","og_site_name":"Throwing Rocks","article_published_time":"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":989,"url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Glenn Paulley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gpaulley","twitter_site":"@gpaulley","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glenn Paulley","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/"},"author":{"name":"Glenn Paulley","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#\/schema\/person\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96"},"headline":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling","datePublished":"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#\/schema\/person\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg","keywords":["Byron Scott","Curling Ontario","Dundas Valley","Junior Slam Series","U15","U18","U20"],"articleSection":["Bonspiels"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/","url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/","name":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling - Throwing Rocks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-31T23:38:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T00:31:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7931_reduced_cropped.jpg","width":1500,"height":989},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/2025\/05\/31\/junior-slam-series-celebrates-10-years-of-youth-curling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Junior Slam Series celebrates 10 years of youth curling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#website","url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/","name":"Throwing Rocks","description":"Coaching in the sport of curling","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#\/schema\/person\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/#\/schema\/person\/685139de4bb63ebef36d1958de3b2b96","name":"Glenn Paulley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg","url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Glenn Paulley"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GlennPaulleyProfilePicSquareCropResized.jpg"},"description":"Competition Development coach and consultant for the Ontario Curling Council and Curling Canada. Brushing specialist. Coach of Team Mackenzie Kiemele (U25 women) and Team Kiemele\/Singer (mixed doubles). University of Waterloo and University of Manitoba alumnus. President, Elmira &amp; District Curling Club.","sameAs":["http:\/\/glennpaulley.ca","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/glennpaulley","https:\/\/x.com\/gpaulley"],"url":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/author\/glennpaulley\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5348"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5378,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5348\/revisions\/5378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennpaulley.ca\/curling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}