From left to right: Sherry Anderson, Patty Hersikorn, Brenda Goertzen, and Anita Silvernagle after winning the 2022 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. (Clifton Saulnier/Curling Canada)

By Nolan Kowal

Heading to the Hall

HOF induction ‘an honour’ for longtime curler Anderson

Apr 16, 2024 | 5:17 PM

Christopher Lake’s Sherry Anderson and her senior curling team are a part of this year’s induction class for the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, and the longtime curler said she’s excited to be recognized alongside other athletes, teams, and builders across the province.

The Class of 2024 will be inducted on Sept. 28 in Regina.

“It’s exciting…it’s an honour,” said Anderson, who won five consecutive Canadian Senior Curling Championships from 2017 to 2022. “It’s always nice to be recognized in your home province and for your sporting accomplishments, so I feel very honoured.

Anderson, who turned 60 in January, said she’s always had a strong passion for the game which has enabled her longevity in the sport.

“I enjoy the game, I enjoy the strategy part of it, I enjoy the social part of it, the competitive part of it,” Anderson said. “But you do have to have a passion for it and you want to get out there on the ice and start over again in the fall, so I’ve always had that.”

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“Thankfully my physical body has held up so far that I can maintain and still go out and compete, so that’s a big part of it.”

Anderson, alongside teammates Patty Hersikorn, Brenda Goertzen, and Anita Silvernagle also won three World Senior Curling Championships, most recently in 2023.

The 2024 Class also includes athletes Ray Mitsuing and Carl Olson from rodeo, athlete Chelsea Stone from Taekwondo, figure skating builder Karen Howard, volleyball builder Wayne Hellquist, along with the 2003-04 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Men’s Volleyball Team.

“We went down for the media day and got to meet some of the other athletes and builders that are going to be inducted this year,” Anderson said. “Talking to Ray [Mitsuing] from Loon Lake who competed in chuckwagon for 36 years in the Calgary Stampede. Over the years I’m sure I’ve watched him and said ‘Oh there’s a Saskatchewan man, he’s competing,’ and things like that.”

“So it was kind of exciting, it was neat to actually meat somebody that does chuckwagon…obviously he’s got the passion for it the same as I have for curling.”

Anderson, who lived in Prince Albert for over a decade, added that her senior team has disbanded and she’s unsure of what her curling future holds at the moment.

“Right now I’m just taking a little bit of time to decide what direction I want to go, if I want to still play, which I think I do still want to compete,” she said. “But I have been thinking a little more about getting into a coaching role in the future, so maybe that’s something I want to pursue as well.”

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