(By Charlotte MacAulay)
Sean Clarey was practically born with a curling broom in his hand.
While growing up and he spent a lot of his time at the Montague Curling Club as his parents Donald and Kathy Clarey were and still are avid curlers.
He started curling himself in 1994 and has never looked back.
And it certainly has paid off as he is on his way to the Canadian Men’s Curling championship, the Tim Hortons Brier.
Photos-Montague native Sean Clarey was throwing some rocks at the Montague Curling Club on Saturday getting ready for his national debut.
He is lead on the Mike Gaudet team, winners of this years provincial championships and they will represent the Island at the Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon March 3-11.
Sean, the son of Donald and Cathy Clarey spent his junior curling career playing out of Montague. Charlotte MacAulay photo
Mr. Clarey is lead on the Mike Gaudet team out of the Charlottetown Curling Club who won the PEI Tankard.
This is the first provincial win for Mr Clarey and he is looking forward to playing in Saskatoon March 3- 11, but it will be a very different atmosphere.
“There might be 50 people at most watching games here, but the Brier arena has 15,000 seats,” he said.
Despite that, Mr Clarey said he knows the ice will be excellent and he can’t wait for the match up with Newfoundland as former team mate Adam Casey is on that team.
As for his own team, Mr Clarey said they worked hard all year to make it to this point, but practising almost everyday throughout the fall and winter and curling in spiels around the maritimes gave them the edge.