How to win a bonspiel? Stay sober and don’t break brooms

A Canadian Olympic gold medallist who was kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Classic over the weekend along with three of his teammates was “breaking brooms and swearing” after the squad showed up to the rink drunk, according to one of the tournament organizers. The incident happened Saturday, when the curling team of Jamie Koe, Ryan Fry, Chris Schille, and DJ Kidby were scheduled to curl at 4:30 p.m. “I don’t know if they were drinking before they got here. I think a lot of us assume they were drinking before they got here; but, they had some booze upstairs and it came time to curl,” said Wade Thurber, manager of the Red Deer Curling Centre. “Jamie Koe was too drunk to play so he didn’t even play. So, they’re curling three-handed and in particular (Fry) was having anger management issues, we’ll call it, breaking brooms and swearing and kind of causing a scene.” Thurber said Fry broke three brooms, disrupting games going on beside him — Calgary Herald