P: Professional curlers disqualified from world event for playing while 'extremely drunk' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

array( '1.head' => 'Professional curlers disqualified from world event for playing while \'extremely drunk\' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)', '2.body' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.h1' => 'Professional curlers disqualified from world event for playing while \'extremely drunk\'', '2.p' => array( 1 => 'Updated', '2.span' => 'November 20, 2018 19:25:05', ), '3.p' => 'A team of professional curlers have been booted from a World Curling Tour event for being "extremely drunk" while competing.', '4.div' => array( '1.h2' => 'Key points', '2.ul' => array( '1.li' => 'Players took to the ice while inebriated, swearing and breaking booms', '2.li' => 'Had previously been "cut off" at the curling centre\'s bar', '3.li' => 'Curlers apologised, vowing not to repeat their behaviour', ), ), '5.p' => 'Ryan Fry, a gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and his team members Jamie Koe, Chris Schille and DJ Kidby, were disqualified from Canada\'s Red Deer Curling Classic on Sunday.', '6.p' => 'The Red Deer Curling Centre\'s Wade Thurber told Canadian broadcaster CBC that spectators and players complained about the team\'s behaviour.', '7.p' => '"They went out to curl and they were extremely drunk — breaking brooms and swearing and just unacceptable behaviour that nobody wants to watch or hear or listen to," Mr Thurber said.', '8.blockquote' => '"There was some damage in the locker room and other teams complaining about their stuff being kicked around in the locker room.', '9.p' => '"So at the end of the day, it was like, \'OK, that\'s enough of this gong show\'."', '10.p' => array( 1 => 'The team played seven out of 10 ends, or rounds of the game, in this "unacceptable" state,', 2 => '.', ), '11.p' => 'Thurber told the Red Deer Advocate the team was a player down, as Koe was "too drunk to play".', '12.p' => 'Curling is known for its drinking culture, however, Mr Thurber said most teams usually enjoy a drink after their games.', '13.p' => 'But he said that, on this occasion, Koe\'s team took it too far.', '14.blockquote' => '"Our bar staff eventually cut them off, then they went down to curl, but they had already crossed that line of too drunk," Thurber said.', '15.p' => 'After the team was turfed from the competition, the Red Deer Curling Classic Committee placed notices around the arena suggesting the team would be banned from the centre in the future.', '16.p' => 'However, Mr Thurber later told CBC the committee was not yet sure about "what happens down the road" for the team in regards to future events.', '17.p' => 'The players have since apologised for their actions.', '18.p' => array( 1 => 'Team leader', 2 => 'to say the committee was right to disqualify them.', ), '19.p' => '"Due to a lapse in judgement on Saturday, we contributed to [an] unpleasant experience for others," Koe said.', '20.p' => '"Although I removed myself from the last game before it started, the action from the team led to our disqualification.', '21.blockquote' => '"I will be taking steps to ensure this never happens again."', '22.p' => 'The three other team mates posted similar statements on Twitter after news of their disqualification broke.', '23.p' => 'Schille said the decision made by the committee "was the right one, given the position they were put in".', '24.p' => 'Kidby said he was sorry to all who "had to witness the display".', '25.p' => array( '1.strong' => 'Topics:', 2 => ',', 3 => ',', 4 => ',', ), '26.p' => array( 1 => 'First posted', '2.span' => 'November 20, 2018 17:33:22', ), ), '2.div' => array( '1.div' => array( '1.h2' => 'Top Stories', '2.ul' => array( '1.li' => '(photos)', '2.li' => '(photos)', ), ), '2.div' => 'Connect with ABC News', '3.div' => array( 1 => 'If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news,', 2 => '.', ), '4.div' => array( '1.h2' => 'News in your inbox', '2.span' => 'Top headlines, analysis, breaking alerts', ), ), ), '2.div' => array( '1.div' => 'Features', '2.div' => array( '1.li' => 'What you\'re about to read may prompt a rethink among followers of these frowned-upon food-handling habits.', '2.li' => 'Like a year seven student writing his first persuasive piece for English class, Donald Trump threw out "facts" and "statistics" yesterday to add authority to his case. 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