Head of the Bulgarian Curling Federation (BCF) Nikolay Runtov shakes hands with President of the World Curling Federation (WCF) Kate Caithness after the new national organization was officially accepted as a member of the international federation. BCF was licensed to administer curling competitions in the country, after the former organization – Bulgarian Curling Union, chaired by Lubomir Velinov was disbanded due to embezzlement.