Reported by Jim Collings
Once again, Huntley participated in Canada Curling Day on February 22, with two events that were very well attended.
Canada's Big Shootout
About 30 members showed up to try the Big Shootout. This is a Canada-wide competition to draw to the pin with as many rocks as possible over a 30 minute period, with the potential of winning $5,000 toward any capital project. The event is filmed and the results are sent to Curling Canada to compare to all other club's results. We only had 2 pins this year (as opposed to 6 last year), completed by Jeff Tindall and new LTC member Cindy Partridge. Last year's winner was from Newfoundland with 13 pins. We hope to do better next year. Thanks to all the volunteers who assisted.
Public Try Curling
We opened the club to the public from 12:00 to 3:00, and between 20 to 30 people showed up each hour to receive instruction from a dozen or more of our volunteers. Those participating ranged in age from 7-80 years. Convenor Laurie Cotten said that many were very taken by the game and we should get some new members out of it for next season. The club is considering hosting additional Try Curling days next season.
