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Page 22 December 7, 2005 • The Huron Expositor
Sports
`Alternative winter sport' attracts a 'high number of junior competitors
Jennifer Hubbard
Curling can be a life-long
hobby and more than 70 area
youth are getting a head start
in the "alternative" winter
sport at the Vanastra Curling
Club this year.
With 73 curlers, aged 5-19
hitting the ice every
Thursday night, coach Kay
Johns said enrollment for the
2005-06 season is definitely
"higher than usual."
"Our junior program is
doing better than our adults
in terms of growth this year,"
she commented.
"I think we have really good
instruction and a lot of volun-
teers who come out to help
the kids. That really draws
people in."
Beginning curlers — those
who have played the sport for
three years or less — learn a
range of skills during an
instructional session from
6:304:30 p.m. More experi-
enced curlers follow from
7:30-8:30 p.m.
"For the older curlers
there's much less instruction.
They learn a lot from each
other in game situations,
learning shots and practicing
strategy"
While there are too many
volunteers to mention, the
youth curling nights are orga-
nized by John McFadzean,
Julie Falconer and Central
Huron Secondary ,School stu-
dent Elysia Townsend.
Competitions are hosted
annually by the Ontario
Curling Association (OCA).
Vanastra will be hosting the
Zone 14 — which spans from
Kincardine to Ilderton and
east to Mitchell — Bantam
Boys Bonspiel Jan. 13-15.
As in prior years, the club
will hold its elementary
school bonspiel on Jan. 28,
drawing students from local
schools and as far as away as
London and Sarnia.
Area elementary schools
also put together teams to
attend the Timbits bonspiel
in Niagara.
Many of the older curlers
participate in Western
Ontario Secondary School
Athletic Association (WOS-
SAA) competitions with their
local high school teams.
Bantam and junior curlers
will be competing for a great
cause in February, as
Vanastra hosts the Sandra
Schmirler Memorial Bonspiel.
All pledges received for this
event will be forwarded to the
Sandra Schmirler
Foundation.
And while curling may
be the sport for everyone,
not
See BENEFITS, Page 23
Jennifer Hubbard photo
Alanna Henderson of Brucefield watches closely after toss-
ing a curling stone inside the Vanastra Curling Club.
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