Curling season may have wrapped up in November, but the local curling club is hopeful they will be able to return to the ice at some point in the coming months. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
By Martin Martinson
Local curling

Twin Rivers Curling Club reflects on season, looking ahead to future

Mar 26, 2021 | 9:00 AM

As the month of March draws to a close, the curling season would traditionally be wrapping up about this time. However, due to the pandemic, the season this year was already wrapped up by late November.

Despite the way the season played out, vice president with North Battleford’s Twin Rivers Curling Club, Doug Fehr said they don’t regret opening to try for a season in the fall, even if it was just for a short time.

“We’re glad that we opened and we’re glad that we split the season in half, which is not what we traditionally do for all of our leagues, just in case COVID might force a shutdown,” he said.

“We certainly didn’t expect a shutdown, but we’re glad we took the steps we did with scheduling and league structure and fee payments. I think we handled it as well as we could, given the situation we were going into.”

Now heading into the spring, the local club is focused on what’s to come in the weeks and months ahead. While the fate of many summer curling events may be currently ‘up in the air’ right now, depending on how COVID-19 restrictions progress, Fehr said they are hopeful things will improve in the coming months to allow for a return to the ice sooner rather than later.

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Up until last summer the club has hosted the annual Prairieland Junior Curling Camp in the community, as well as the Curlsask high performance program the year prior to last. However, Fehr said in order to return to hosting some of these events, they would need to receive the green light from the Health Authority in advance, so as to ensure it’s worthwhile putting the ice back in the rink(s).

“We just can’t afford to take the financial risk of installing the ice and not being able to run any of the associated events that help to offset the ice instillation costs,” he said. “We have to make a decision as a board yet, so I would say it’s up in the air as to whether we will install summer ice this year.”

Fehr also added that even if the Prairieland Junior Camp does run this year, it will likely not be in its traditional format due to the pandemic.

In addition to summer plans, and preparations for the fall season next year, the Twin Rivers club was also scheduled to host the Provincial Curling Club Championship this month, which was ultimately postponed until the fall and scheduled to run instead, Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.

Fehr said the event would be the perfect way to mark a return to the sport in the community, come fall.

“The Provincial Curling Club Championship a great event; it’s a lot of fun and you get to meet curlers from across the province, so it’s a great opportunity for both our club and our community,” Fehr said. “We’re looking forward to hosting it in the fall.”

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