91大黄鸭 Curling Club鈥檚 Lobster Fest slides into the facility June 18 - that is if they can sell enough tickets by Friday (June 10).
Manager Jock Tyre says they need to sell about 40 .
鈥淲e鈥檝e got a lot of investment in lobster obviously coming in and we don鈥檛 want to bring it in from the east coast and not use it. Plus, we have a really good band,鈥� Tyre said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got Cod Gone Wild booked in for that night, so we really want to make sure we鈥檝e got a full house for that event. So we鈥檙e hoping, fingers crossed, that we can sell a bunch more tickets between now and Friday just to get an indication that it鈥檚 going to be worth doing it. Right now we can鈥檛 afford to lose money, so we鈥檙e not going to hold it just for the sake of holding it.鈥�
The curling club was able to stay afloat during the pandemic, but it hasn鈥檛 been an easy feat.
鈥淭he club went fairly deep in debt, but we got a good payment back,鈥� Tyre commented. 鈥淭he government of Canada did a great job of supporting us. We do have a bit of ground to make up, but the payments are spread out.鈥�
Tyre says they need your help and your dollars.
The club not only offers curling, but also has pickleball and corn hole. You can venture upstairs for a bite to eat, play some pool, darts, and shuffleboard, or watch the game on a big screen.
鈥淒on鈥檛 forget about us,鈥� Tyre pleads. 鈥淚 know it鈥檚 golf season and you spend all that money at the golf course. We do appreciate that and the golf courses appreciate that, but don鈥檛 forget about your little non-profit - the largest curling club in the world here at the 91大黄鸭 Curling Club. Don鈥檛 forget about us. Come down once a week, that鈥檚 all we ask.鈥�
The curling club will be hosting a series of events over the summer.
This weekend the club brings back the gem and mineral show opening Friday at 5 p.m.
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