The Walker Curling Club is a group of community members with the goal of establishing a curling program at the new Walker Community Center. Since February of 2007, board members have recruited curlers, obtained equipment, established membership fees and a curling schedule. We work closely with the Walker Community Center and members of the Leech Lake Hockey Association to share the costs of community center ice usage. We are happy to welcome all skill levels. In fact, some members of the board have never even curled! We are a group of fun, outgoing community members that hope to build a program that welcomes all ages and skill levels with an interest in curling, and offer a safe, enjoyable place to slide that rock across the ice!
For a first year club in the curling world, the Walker Curling Club had a tremendous year! For a small town of only 1,000 people, we had 64 Founding Members and over a hundred participants who curled at one time or another in three draws every Saturday night. We also had over a hundred kids that curled in a youth program that we affectionally called, "Kids Rock!"
Our club is extremely grateful that the committee of the new Walker Area Community Center permitted us to use their ice and facilities and have also given us permission to build a clubroom someday. We are also thankful for the financial support of the various businesses in the Walker Area that helped us in many ways throughout the year.
WALKER CURLING CLUB FOUNDERS |
Ace Hardware
Kristin Arends
Willard Arends
Steve Baker
Don & Tanis Beadle
Jon & Dawn Berg
Bill & Kathy Bieloh
Steve Berry
Steve Bilben
Jackie, Scott & Ryan Bruns
Don Carlson
Charlie’s Up North
Ken Clyde
Ron David
Jerry Demars
First National Bank
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John Fjelstul
John & Thelma Grimley
Alice Groth
Burton & Rollie Haugen
Jamie & Sudy Johnson
Leer Title (Ineke)
Mara & Mitch Loomis
MaryBeth MacFarlane
Maggie Mellby
Dana Morrill
John Naylor
Dave Olson
Melony Pederson
Don Pfau
Brad Putney
Melanie Rice
Marge Richardson
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Tim Richardson
Dewey Ringham
Theo & Brandy Ringle
Franz Ringle
John Ringle
Otto Ringle
Pete Rogers
Nick Schreurs
Rolf Smeby
Gary Trimble
Jerry Trout
Ray & Ti Weber
Tony & Deb Weimann
Les Wolfe
Jim Worcester
Pam Worth
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