I am Nick Stamatiou and I am an aspiring Olympic Curling athlete raising funds to compete for Australia in Curling on the world stage.

Five proud Australians will form Team Heskett and represent Australian grassroots curling at the upcoming Five and Under World Curling Championship at the Glenmore Curling Club, Montreal, Canada. To be eligible to play, each team member needs to have 5 years of less competitive curling experience.

With December 2026 being our time to shine, the next months will be full of planning, training, practice and travel.

Meet Nick

Nick started curling in November 2024 after multiple failed rehabilitations of a career ending injury that he sustained while playing elite level football in 2019. Since commencing curling he has competed at the Curling Australia National Championships in 2025 and 2026 playing for The Curlews. Since the start of his curling journey he’s aspired to one day make it to a Winter Olympic Games.

The Fundraiser

As a self-funded endeavour, we understand there are many costs involved in competing. If you'd like to support me in my journey to wearing Green and Gold, I'd be very grateful for your support.

• A $20 donation helps with a nutritious meal while I'm competing (we're away for 8 nights for training and competition)
• A $30 donation helps to buy a new curling brush pad for competition (we'll use a new brush pad every 1-2 games)
• A $50 donation helps to pay for a playing t-shirt (we're getting one in green and one in gold)
• An $80 donation helps to pay for one night accommodation in Montreal with the team (we're in Montreal for 8 nights)
• A $100 donation helps to pay for a playing jacket (we're getting one gold jacket for this competition)
• A $150 donation helps to contribute towards the team's hire car costs
• A $220 donation helps to pay for my competition entry fee
• A $300 donation helps to contribute towards my travel insurance costs

All donations of $2 or more through the Australian Sports Foundation platform are tax deductible for non family members.

Thanks for your ongoing support

In recognition of my donors, the names of all individuals and businesses who donate over $50 in support of this campaign (before Wednesday 16 September 2026) will be immortalised on our team's playing uniform! The fantastic designers at Game Clothing will add the names of all $50+ donors into the design of our uniforms, so we can take you on our playing journey.

With thanks to the President of the 5-and-Under World Championship, James-Grant Robertson, we invite you to view their letter of support for Team Heskett's curling journey.