About 21 kids have signed up for youth programs and that number is climbing. But it’s not just new young curlers taking to the ice at the Cornwall Curling Club in P.E.I.
Four-time world curling champion Craig Savill moved from Ontario and is now living on P.E.I. (Tony Davis/CBC)
The club has added some new instructors who recently relocated to the Island. Four-time world champ Craig Savill moved from Ontario and is now living on P.E.I.
He has experience coaching the Czech Republic men’s national team, but this year he is going to teach young curlers in Cornwall about the sport, That will include his 10-year-old son.
“Following in my father’s footsteps and coaching his son, which was me,” Savill said.
“Passing on the tradition of the Savill family of coaching our kids. They’ve got a great setup here already. They’ve got a really strong membership. So I’m just going to sort of lend any advice, see if I can get these kids engaged in curling and staying in curling, too, which is really important.”
Sarah Doak (Tony Davis/CBC)
Sarah Doak, from Miramichi, N.B., is also a new face at the club.
She curled in under-18 championships, provincial bonspiels and for Mount Allison University. Now she is coaching and leading junior programming at the club.
Click to read the full story by Tony Davis at the CBC PEI website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-curling-cornwall-oct-2021-1.6223409