From 23-25 January 2025, the Meaford & Thornbury-Clarkson Rotary Clubs hosted the 69th Annual Rotary Can-Am Curling Bonspiel. In attendance were curling teams from locations throughout Ontario and the north-east United States. The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise registered a team and was represented by Skip Rob Munden (Clarksburg), Vice Jim Simpson (Port Dover), Second Andy Kooistra (Waterford) and Lead Keith Jones (Port Dover).A great weekend of terrific curling, warm fellowship and just plain fun resulted. Well done to the Meaford organizing team.
As it turned out, the local Norfolk Club finished in the A Division final, playing in the Can-Am championship game against a great team from Rice Lake in Wisconsin. Whilst the Sunrisers had to be happy with a second-place finish in the final game, the RCNS team was privileged to qualify as the Canadian Team invited to the International Curling Fellowship of Rotarians, World Curling Championship, set for April 2026 in Stranraer Scotland.
As a bit of a concluding teaser, curling is just one of a surprising number of Rotary Fellowships you might enjoy - how many you ask? - answer at this link.
