Curling communities helps out team with Peace Region connections after a theft

Ramsay says word spread quickly as a lot of other curlers were staying at the same hotel.

“A couple coaches handed me their shoes to use if I needed and if I needed anything else they were there,” she said.

“I sent the three other girls to the curling club to play the game while I filled out the police report. Once I got there, there was gear on the table. There was everything I needed, pants, shirt, shoes, and everything that we collected.”

A couple of people from Red Deer Crime Watch and other curlers also helped.

Ramsay says the car was later recovered in Penhold, but all the curling gear that belonged to both her and Ashton was gone.

“We’ve got shoes because we have to work those in and that’s going to be the hardest transition. Curling shoes aren’t exactly the easiest thing to replace. We work them in for years,” she explained.

“We’re going to do our best. The curling stores around here and our sponsor have been supportive of us trying new shoes out to pick which ones we are going to stick with.”

Ramsay says she was shocked because nothing like this had ever happened to her before, but also grateful for the help.

Team Skrlik lost their first two games at the Red Deer Curling Classic, then won three in a row before losing to Corryn Brown in a C Event qualifier.

The team’s next event will be a women’s provincials qualifier in Vulcan starting on December 2.

by Curtis Galbraith

Curling communities helps out team with Peace Region connections after a theft

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