Once this season is over, Peckham will hand off his high-performance duties to 44-year-old David Murdoch of Scotland, a two-time world champion.
When Gerry Peckham left his Prince George hometown to move to Ottawa and become Curling Canada’s high-performance director in 1990, international curling was on the cusp of becoming an Olympic sport.
“Our first Olympic experience was incredibly memorable because it had such a profound impact on the sport,” said Peckham. “It was a gamechanger because it impacted how we went about the business of high performance and how hard athletes began to train on and off the ice to improve their performance and it had a ripple effect.”
“In all honesty, it’s great for the game that so many countries put teams on podiums, whether its juniors or women’s or mixed doubles. When you look back at the end of a season or a quadrennial at how many flags have been raised for some podium finish it’s truly impressive. It’s truly international and there’s no second-guessing that.”
Canada won the first three Paralympic competitions with Joe Rea of Prince George as the national team head coach.
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