Floor Curling is for Everyone
The sport of floor curling draws seniors together ... Floor curling is good exercise and a great way to meet people, that was the overall consensus of participants around Alberta.
Club President and chief organizer, Dale Conrad, said they are blessed to have a nice facility and keen members who love to play the game.
Floor curling has also proven to be very popular in North West Edmonton Seniors Society, with an average of 40 members coming out to play every Tuesday Evening at 7:00 pm, and Thursday afternoons at 1:00 pm. The NWESS sponsors two AFCA tournaments a year, plus teams also travel to other Clubs' tournaments to participate in their bonspiels'.
One of NWESS’s members, Dave Sawatski, says that after trying floor curling only once, he was hooked. He is also very grateful that the club has enough members to play the indoor sport he loves. He loves the relaxed, friendly and fun atmosphere of the club, and likes the fact that they allow for interplaying so that everyone has a chance to try different positions and play with different members.
Brenda Winchester from SESSA also loves floor curling. She likes that it gets her out of the house twice a week, gives her some exercise and provides for socialization with her co-players.
Ann Wilhelms has been floor curling for many years and loves the camaraderie that she has found with other players. She participates as well as volunteers with other activities at the Mayerthorpe Floor Curling Association. She highly recommends the club to all.
"We've also got Mundare on the map" adds Darlene Huchulak, who was a team member of the Alberta Floor Curling Provincials who won the Championship for the June 2016 Provincials:
Team Perlik from Mundare consisted of: Skip: Ed Perlik, Third: Helen Zachoda, Second: Darlene Huchulak, Lead: Judy Shaw.
