The Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, N.B., one of the largest east of Montreal, is celebrating a huge milestone. For 150 years, people have been throwing stones, end-over-end, at the club, which currently boasts more than 500 members.
As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the club is hosting the inaugural Past President’s Cup Funspiel on Saturday. There are 16 teams registered in the two-day tournament. Each squad has a teammate who has served as a past president from the club.
“At this club it’s a combination of social curlers like myself and there’s a wealth of talented curlers here that have been to provincials, nationals and even world championships,” said event co-chair Bill Ayles. “We have wheelchair curlers, stick curlers, so we cover all the bases when it comes to curling.”
Ayles, who served as president of the Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club on three separate occasions, most recently in 2012, is also taking part in the …