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Young curlers aim for the button in Liverpool junior curling program

December 24, 2024 by Rick Conrad

The possible next generation of Brad Gushues or Colleen Joneses head to the Liverpool Curling Club twice a week to throw some rocks around while hurrying hard.

The Liverpool junior curling program includes about 26 Queens County youth from five to 19 years old.

Instructors teach the kids various skills during the hour-long sessions.

The youth work toward certain benchmarks and gain badges before going on to the next level. The program lasts from late November through the March break.

QCCR dropped in on a session on a recent Saturday to see what it was all about. Here are some of the sounds and people involved in the Liverpool Junior Curling program.

An older man with glasses and a moustache, wearing a white shirt, is on the left with a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair. They are holding a two-page document that is open book-style.

Organizers kick off volunteer drive for mixed doubles curling trials in Liverpool

June 4, 2024 by Rick Conrad

The volunteer recruitment drive for an Olympic curling trial event in Liverpool kicked off on a sunny Monday at the Liverpool Curling Club.

Sixteen mixed doubles curling teams will compete Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool for the chance to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

It’s a relatively new sport, with only two players on each team instead of four. It’s not uncommon to see the same person who threw the rock also sweep it down the ice. Canada won gold in the sport’s Olympic debut in 2018.

Greg Thorbourne, chairman of the Liverpool Championship Host Society, is a longtime booster and organizer of curling events in Liverpool.

“I used to hate mixed doubles. … (But) watching the calibre of curling, the shots made, the number of rocks in play, I don’t think there’s a better game in this world than mixed doubles.”

Two women stand next to each other in a large, bright lobby.

Nova Scotia pitches in for new pool, soccer field, track in Queens County

April 26, 2024 by Rick Conrad

A new outdoor pool and a state-of-the-art track and soccer field for Queens County got a lot closer to reality on Friday as Queens MLA Kim Masland announced more than $2.7 million in funding for the region.

Masland, who is also the province’s Public Works Minister, announced that the province will give $2.2 million toward the $8-million community pool to be located next to Queens Place Emera Centre.

She also announced an extra $500,000 for a new all-weather artificial turf soccer field and rubberized track at Liverpool Regional High School. Masland announced $700,000 last fall for the facility. That was before the design was changed to make it all-weather.

Masland made the funding announcements on behalf of Allan MacMaster, Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage.

Masland also announced $47,030 for the Liverpool Curling Club to upgrade its kitchen facilities.

A woman with light brown hair and glasses stands on a brightly lit curling rink. There are three red and blue curling circles behind her and several curling stones.

Nova Scotia’s top mixed doubles curlers hurry hard to Liverpool

January 31, 2024 by Rick Conrad

The Liverpool Curling Club will be hosting some of the best curlers in Nova Scotia starting on Thursday.

The Nova Scotia Curling Association’s mixed doubles championship will be held from Feb. 1 to 4 at the club in downtown Liverpool. Twelve teams will be competing to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian championships in Fredericton from March 17 to 22.

Club vice-president Lorna MacPherson says it’s a great chance to see some high-level curling, in one of the community’s most popular social spaces.

Young curlers aim for the button in Liverpool junior curling program

Organizers kick off volunteer drive for mixed doubles curling trials in Liverpool

Nova Scotia pitches in for new pool, soccer field, track in Queens County

Nova Scotia’s top mixed doubles curlers hurry hard to Liverpool

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