Curling is well represented in Yorkton, and the Senior鈥檚 curling bonspiel was held this weekend at the Yorkton Curling Club. Spearheaded by master curler Karen Theis and her husband, Ray Theis organizes the teams in such a way that all skill levels learn a little from each other to the overall benefit of the game. Yorkton This Week spoke to Karen Theis about the bonspiel.
鈥淔or this week, we have a curling social,鈥� said Theis.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a senior one, so it鈥檚 for people fifty and older. We have seven rinks from out of town, and eleven of our local rinks. We just throw all of our names in a hat, and pull out; what you get, you get 鈥� because it is a social. We end on Friday with a banquet and dance. The Crossing has sponsored the Hot Shots, which is the draw to the button; hit and stick, hit and roll, and stuff like that which is nice.鈥�
鈥淲e have two draws. We have one at 11 and one at 1. We鈥檝e always had a senior鈥檚 鈥楽piel. Ray and I took over in 2009. We did it by putting people鈥檚 names in a hat so our curlers would get in.鈥�
This ensures everyone can play, and sometimes a surprise star is born this way.
鈥淪omeone who thinks they may not be that great on a team [can] get on a team.鈥�
Theis is quick to admit that people are often better than they think they are 鈥� and the sport benefits as a result.
鈥淭his is kind of fun. You get to know more people and go, 鈥楬ey, would you curl with me out of town?鈥� It鈥檚 kind of a circuit. Churchbridge has theirs, first -- in January; [in] the first week. Then, the second week at is Langenberg, and the third week was ours. The fourth week is Saltcoats, so that鈥檚 how we make January go by,鈥� Theis said with a smile.
