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Amherst Curling Club History by Janice Amos
Amherst Curling Club History by Janice Amos

“The Long Road to the Amherst Curling Club” Opened on New Years Day 1948 Curling in the Town of Amherst traces back 136 years to January 23rd, 1873 when four rinks of curlers from Pictou meet four rinks from the old St. Andrews Curling Club of St. John, Pictou having won with a score of 84-77. The games were played on Christie’s Pond (behind the Amherst Firehall) The tournament took several days to complete, due to weather and other things. The visiting curlers stayed at the MacFarlane and Hamilton Hotels. In 1887 Henry Ketchum had begun work on the Chignecto Ship […]

Seniors
Seniors

We have enjoyed a few Home and Home series since Christmas, including with Pugwash (NCCC), Moncton (MCA), and River Hebert. However the series with Brookfield will have to wait for next year, as we were notified that so many Seniors are on vacation that our dates of Friday Mar 22nd and Tuesday March 26th could not work. That in turn enabled us to send 2 teams to an annual Invitational in Truro, 22 Mar. This event includes 3 4-End games per team. with draws starting at 9 AM and 10 AM. Booked for 9 AM are Brian Faught, John Greer, […]

Molson Contest Winner
Molson Contest Winner

Amherst Curling Club has been working on winning the Provincial Molson Contest since last season. Last night on the President’s conference call it was announced that ACC had won. I think that the result is $500 and various prizes for the Club. Paul Cormier has to be commended for the hard work that he put into this project. Thank You Paul  🙂