A 102-year-old Vancouver woman says she's received phone calls from as far away as England after clinching the Guinness World Record for oldest curler this month.

"It's wonderful," Lola Holmes told CBC Radio's On the Coast.

The centenarian started curling when she was 25, while studying nursing in Sudbury, Ont. After having two kids and a busy life, Holmes said she gave up the sport.

She picked it up again when she moved to Vancouver to retire with her husband at the age of 80.