New opportunities opening up this August at Northland Power Curling Centre got a ringing endorsement Monday from one member of North Battleford City council.
At Monday’s meeting at City Hall, Councillor Len Taylor recognized the announcement by CurlSask that they would be opening a high-performance centre for elite curlers at the curling centre in August.
As a result, “we’ll have curlers, the best curlers in Saskatchewan, training in North Battleford,” said Taylor. Previously, he noted, elite curlers in the province had to go out of province for training and preparation for their coming season. The curling club will also be hosting a junior grand slam and other events as part of the partnership.
The reason the training program is being offered in North Battleford, Taylor noted, is because the ice will now be going in Aug. 1 instead of the first week of October, as was the case before.
He credited the board of Twin Rivers Curling Club and others there for having “worked really hard to find ways to utilize that facility outside of the curling season.” Taylor also credited the “foresight of the builders” to put arena ice into the facility, noting it is the only curling club in the province that can make arena ice.
Taylor called it a “tremendous opportunity” for the city and further recognized the work of the board to “increase the visibility of North Battleford and increase the visibility of our curling facility.”
