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Ryan Fry, who won Canada's gold medal in curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was one of the curlers suspended for the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta.
Ryan Fry, who won Canada's gold medal in curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was one of the curlers suspended for the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta.
Photo: Wong Maye-E, AP
Ryan Fry, who won Canada's gold medal in curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was one of the curlers suspended for the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta.
Ryan Fry, who won Canada's gold medal in curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was one of the curlers suspended for the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta.
Photo: Wong Maye-E, AP
In 2015, four-time world champion Randy Ferbey lamented the sober ways of the modern day sport. In his day, he told the Ottawa Sun, you would go curling, then sit down and visit people, have a beer and stay awake until midnight.
"The teams do not do it anymore," said Ferbey.
But Ferbey jumped a bit on the gun because a team took to heart his nostalgic memories in a way perhaps too enthusiastic. On Sunday afternoon, the curling foursome of Jamie Koe, Ryan Fry, Chris Schille and DJ Kidby was kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta, in part because they were "extremely drunk".
"They went out to play curling and they were extremely drunk, they broke the brooms and swore and unacceptable behavior that no one wants to watch, hear or listen to." It was just "enough, it was enough, "said Wade Thurber, Facilities Manager, at CBC Sports.
"There was some damage in the locker rooms and other teams complained about what was being given to them in the locker room, so at the end of the day it was like ########################################################################## Ok, that's enough for this gong show. " The bonspiel committee decided collectively that we had to withdraw them from the tournament for this year and to know what would happen later, I'm not sure yet. "
("Bonspiel" is a curling jargon for "tournament".)
According to a sign at the arena, Koe's team would have been disqualified – she would have had to give up her last match after one round – and may not be allowed to return. The team won its first game of the tournament Friday before losing twice Saturday, Red Deer's lawyer said.
Fry, gold medalist for the Canadian team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was full of remorse in a statement at CBC Sports.
"I want to sincerely apologize to the fans, participants and organizers of the Red Deer Curling Classic," he said. "I came to the event to play and enjoy the sport, my actions were really disrespectful and embarrassing – the committee was right to stop us from playing."
The incident was discussed on the live event of the World Curling Tour: "Yesterday, they arrived around 11 am," said the commentator. "They were sitting there drinking about 30 or 40 empty beer bottles and they were firing shots, they came out completely drunk and played, hitting stones, throwing brooms, they were disqualified. Other teams said: 'We do not do it they even want to play here if they are allowed, so they said' Team Koe, disqualified ', and they will never again be allowed to play right here. "
Fry said in his statement: "I allowed myself to lose control and I offended people with my actions.I wish nothing more than to apologize to everyone individually."
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