N.S. news: Wheelchair curling season kicks off in Lower Sackville [Video]

The Nova Scotia wheelchair curling season kicked off over the weekend at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville.

Laughie Rutt has been participating in the sport for 20 years and says it’s similar to other types of curling.

“(There’s) four-person teams; there’s no sweeping in wheelchair curling, you have to make your target and get there on your own. We use a stick, it’s called a delivery stick to deliver a rock down the ice. Some people have longer sticks, some people have shorter sticks,” he explains.

The Lakeshore Curling Club hosts a recreational wheelchair curling program every Saturday and teaches people basic skills.

Rutt says the club would love to have more curlers come out.

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“We have all the facilities here to make it comfortable for someone in a wheelchair to come and curl. The club is …