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Youth Curling Is Alive Off to the Races at Titus
and Well in Cornwall Mountain
Jennifer Halsall the after school curling program is By Victoria Klassen it and how much their kids enjoy the
“quite popular.” hildren at Titus Mountain zoom program,” says LeGault.
hen it comes to attracting LeGault says Titus Mountain is very
Wyouth athletes, some skeptics “I think that when youth try the Cdown snow-covered trails and family oriented and supportive of the
would say curling is on the rocks. But sport, many find that there is much zip around red and blue ski racing race program. He says that sponsors
more to the sport than they had gates.
for Cornwall teens, this couldn’t be help pay for racing equipment and
further from the truth. imagined and they have fun,” he Brian LeGault began the Titus donate prizes for the children to be
says. “It has a great social aspect that Mountain Race Program 20 years
In fact, the sport is alive and well is lacking in some other sports.” ago. Titus Mountain, located in awarded after races.
in Cornwall, where many teenagers Malone, New York, is about an hour As a coach, he feels that it is
Certainly, this is true for Taya satisfying to see the children grow as
have taken it upon themselves to drive from Cornwall.
Orchard. The 16-year-old third has skiers.
spread the sport to their schools and When LeGault began the race
their friends. been curling since she was four, program there were two instructors “It’s really incredible to watch how
and now competes in the Cornwall they develop from the first day they
“When I started, I started telling Curling Club’s ladies competitive and fifteen children. Now there are are there to the end of the program,”
my friends about it and got them into division and with Cornwall’s mixed over fifty athletes registered in the says LeGault.
it,” says Michael Ryan, the 16-year- Junior Bantam team. program. LeGault says participants “That’s the whole goal--to try to
old skip on Cornwall’s Junior Bantam are from five to 20 years old. make them good skiers, not just good
team. Ryan started curling when “It’s pretty much part of who I am “We introduce them to the racing, racers, but to make them all-around
he was 11, and has now introduced now, I guess you could say,” says but really we are teaching them to good skiers.”
several friends to the sport. Orchard. “I like that it’s not a game ski,” says LeGault. “They do different
about strength or weaknesses. It’s a types of drills related to racing, but
Neil MacLean, the co-ordinator for team sport, but it’s also strategy like also learn how to ski before they get
the Cornwall Curling Centre’s youth chess.” into the racecourse.”
program, says time commitments The race program runs on Saturdays
from other sports and student jobs This year, Orchard started a team for ten weeks. Racers come from
are common barriers to new players, at Saint Lawrence High School. After
several months teaching new players Cornwall, Montreal, Plattsburgh,
who often can’t find the time to curl. Potsdam, and Malone.
the game, Orchard and the newly-
But despite these obstacles, formed team competed for the first “When you talk to the families, they The 2015 Titus Mountain Race
MacLean says registration has been time on February 18. tell you how much they are enjoying Team Photo Sublitted
steady for a number of years, and that
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Rookie of the Month
Samuel Pilon - Cornwall Minor Hockey Association.
Sports Energy’s Rookie of the Month is
Samuel Pilon. Sam is seven years old and
plays hockey with the Cornwall Minor
Hockey Association. He is in last year of the
IP program. He has been concentrating on
furthering his hockey skills with an additional
hour of skating with Own the Ice and some
games every two weeks. In early February
he participated in his first-ever hockey
tournament hosted by the Char-Lan Rebels.
The Cornwall Colts dominated. The Colts
won all four of their games. They faced the
Char-Lan Rebels White, the NGS Braves,
the Akwesasne Wolves, and the Char-Lan
Rebels Blue. Sam scored over twenty goals
in his first tournament. He scored 5 against NGS, 7 against Char-Lan Blue,
and over ten against the Wolves. Sam is currently in first grade and attends
Marie-Tanguay where he is a great student. He is a huge fan of the Montreal
Canadiens. He hopes to one day follow in his older brother’s footsteps and
L to R Michael Ryan, Skip, Taya Orchard, 3rd, John MacGillis 2nd, Zoe play hockey for the Seaway Valley Rapids.
Hauck, Lead, Johnathon King, Coach Submitted Photo
