Baxter Cup News Today

There's strong hope this winter that the ice will be right for the Baxter Cup, New Zealand's oldest sporting trophy. The cup is for outdoor curling, yet bonspiels (curling tournaments) are increasingly threatened by climate change. They're no longer even held in the sport's birthplace of Scotland and the last Baxter Cup was held here in 2017.

The curling clubs from Little Current and Espanola have held an ongoing rivalry for many years. The friendly competition between the women of the Espanola…