A new curling club for people with intellectual disabilities is being
started in the south shore Montreal area, in Otterburn Park. The club is being started
under the auspices of Special Olympics Quebec, with the intention of
entering a team in the provincial championships this March 2 and 3 in
Valleyfield.
The club will be open to adults and children, men,
women, boys or girls, aged 9 or over. The participants will need to be
able to function in a team situation semi-independently, as the ratio of
coaches to participants is expected to be 1 : 4 or greater. The size of
the group will be limited to 8 players, on a first-come, first-served
basis.
The South Shore club will train at the Otterburn Park
Legion Curling Club, with sessions every Monday evening from 7-9 p.m.
The low price of $45 for eight sessions is made possible by a
significant subsidy from Special Olympics Quebec.
The Special Olympics curling coaches will teach the rules, techniques and etiquette of the
sport, as well as the all-round development of the athletes. They will act as
role models and help the athletes towards personal success in all
phases of the sport.
The
coaches will also be focused on helping all the athletes to discover
and develop their own potential and abilities. They will assist the athletes to build on their accomplishments, with a view
to improving their skills surely and steadily.
The registration and initial training session will be
held Jan. 14 at the Otterburn Park Curling Club, beginning at 6:30 p.m.,
with the early start for this day only. No special equipment is needed
for participants, as brooms and sliders will be available at the club.
Athletes are requested to bring extremely clean or new running shoes,
which are not worn outside.
The address of the curling club is:
Otterburn
Legion Curling Club
318
Connaught Avenue
Otterburn
Park
Quebec
J3H 1J1
For further information, please contact Michel Guyon.
Michel-guyon@sympatico.ca
