New Special Olympics Curling Club for the South Shore

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