Holland wins $10,000 prize to revitalize curling club
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A grand prize of $10,000 has been won by Holland Curling Club in the “Imagine a Better House” Community Curling Club contest sponsored by Monsanto Canada.
Holland Curling Club, which has 40 members curling out of a two-sheet facility, has been in operation since 1892.
Members shared a “compelling story about the need for a facelift to their 116-year old club that is the cornerstone of social activity in this 1,200 person farming community,” according to a press release announcing the award.
“This is just fantastic news for a small struggling club such as ours,” said Tamara Greenlay, a member of the Holland Curling Club executive. “The Monsanto prize gives us access to much needed outside funding and now we can move ahead with some renovations that will make our club more attractive and hopefully bring back former curlers and attract more junior curlers. Our heads have been whirling since we got the news!”
Four finalists from Saskatchewan and Alberta were awarded secondary prizes of $5,000. Five clubs from Manitoba were among 25 clubs which were awarded $2,000 to assist them with improvement projects at their clubs including Baldur Curling Club in Baldur, McCreary Curling Club in McCreary, Russell Curling Club in Russell, Strathclair Curling Club in Newdale and Swan River Curling Club in Swan River.
The winners were chose by an independent panel of judges that included Manitoba’s Resby Coutts from thecurler.com. Monsanto, an agricultural company, launched the contest in November 2008 “with the aim of assisting small-town curling clubs in Western Canada with local improvement projects,” the press release said.
