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Lamont Curling Club Hosts Curling Alberta Masters Men’s Qualifiers
Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser
It was the Roar of the Rings Lamont style during the Curling Alberta Masters Men’s Qualifiers at the Lamont Curling Club Feb.8-11.
Lynn Huxley, Organizer and President of the Lamont Curling Club, had a lot of hats to wear during the four day event, and happily reported that everything went smoothly. “I am very grateful to everyone who made this a very successful qualifier. The curling teams gave us competitive games to watch, the support from the public was amazing and the volunteers made it all come together.”
Huxley remarked that, “Curling Alberta was extremely supportive in helping us host this event. I am very appreciative of their help. Our small town club was very happy to show off our facility and hope that we can do it again.”
Gary Macyk, Skip of the Lamont team, commented that they had great support from family, friends, fans and local curlers throughout the event. “Win or lose they’ve been great.”
Macyk said he thought because the Lamont Curling Club was hosting the event, they should enter a team. The team included David Harsulla, who Macyk curls with out of Waskatenau, as well as Meredith (Jake) Jacula, who curls out of the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, former President of the Lamont Curling Club Gerald Maschmeyer and Alternate Kevin Pottruff.
While they had never played together as a team, all four of them had curled at the Lamont Curling Club during various bonspiels over the years. Macyk grew up curling and said he’s always had a competitive nature. “Gerald and I and our wives have curled together in various play downs over the years.
The Masters Men’s competition included a field of nine teams from various regions of the province. The top three qualifiers, team Olsen, team Johnson, and team MacArthur all advance to the final play down at the Morinville Curling Club.
Vegreville Adult Volleyball League Donates $3,000
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
The Vegreville Adult Volleyball League recently donated $3,000 to A.L. Horton Elementary School.
Principal at A.L. Horton Elementary School Keri Busenius explained, “With the funds, the school will purchase larger volleyball nets and new poles to replace older equipment that is broken and/or torn.
During the school year, the adult league rents the school gym to play in the evenings.
The students at A.L. Horton School will also benefit from the newer equipment during Physical Education classes and during the Grade 5/6 volleyball season when students practice and play after school.
Katrina Sanford and Alita van Giersbergen are the organizers of the Vegreville Adult Volleyball League (VAVL). Giersbergen said, “Back in 2016 we had a conversation on how we wished the community had something for adults to do outside of working. This is when we decided we should start a volleyball league.
We decided to donate these funds because we have always wanted to give back to the community. We had this in mind after our first season of the league. We are grateful that A.L Horton School allows us to use their facilities, their equipment has been well-loved over the years. So we decided we wanted to help in buying them new equipment, as it would be a win-win situation for the students and our league.”
