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Team Wainman hosting washer toss fundraiser this Saturday

As fall breezes sweep the summer away, Inuvik Curling Club is turning its sights on the fall season with a fundraising contest this coming weekend.
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Reese Wainman of Inuvik delivers one of her skipSA国际影视传媒檚 stones during the third game of the NWT U20 WomenSA国际影视传媒檚 Curling Championship best-of-five series in Yellowknife in February, 2022. The team is hosting a washer toss this Saturday to raise funds for their upcoming fall season. James McCarthy/NNSL photoSA国际影视传媒

As fall breezes sweep the summer away, Inuvik Curling Club is turning its sights on the fall season with a fundraising contest this coming weekend.

A Washer Toss contest is set for Sept. 17.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 a Team Wainman fundraiser for their upcoming season,SA国际影视传媒 said Inuvik Curling Club president Nick Saturnino. SA国际影视传媒淎 washer toss is similar to horse shoes or beanbags.

SA国际影视传媒淩egistrations will begin Saturday afternoon Sept 17th. It will be a fun day. Just show up and pay your entry fee SA国际影视传媒 You donSA国际影视传媒檛 need to play Washer Toss to attend, anyone can drop in.SA国际影视传媒

Funds will go towards the teamSA国际影视传媒檚 $30,000-plus budget, which involves travelling to bonspiels throughout Canada. Three bonspiels in partucilar are in their sights this season SA国际影视传媒 the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island, the 2022 Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta. and the U21 National Curling Championships next March. This is on top of the need to regularly travel to Yellowknife to compete.

Games will start in the late afternoon, around 4:30 p.m. at the Inuvik Curling Centre. There will be six separate events, started with adult and youth doubles and going on until 12:30 a.m. the next day.

With pandemic restrictions lifted, the Inuvik Curling Club is back to its normal slate of programming, with plans to hold the adult SA国际影视传媒楲earn to CurlSA国际影视传媒 session Oct. 6 and Friday night fun leagues kicking off the following night. Saturday night curling is back as well SA国际影视传媒 to play in either league requires a $150 membership.

Junior and half-ice curling is also in the works for this fall, with junior curling happening Monday through Thursday. Half-ice curling will be on Saturday afternoons.

People can also just sit back and watch curling in the club, but to do so is a $20 membership fee.



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