The house at the curling club in High River, Alta., will still be rocking after the ice goes out this spring.
That’s when the newly formed Foothills Floor Shuffleboard Group will take over, creating eight courts on the indoor, concrete surface.
Ken Wardley of the group said the game is popular in the United States. He winters in Arizona, which is where he learned to appreciate the game.
The High River group has about 50 members who each pay $10 to play the game once or twice a week in singles or doubles during the summer. A game takes two or three hours to play, and the group will provide instruction for newcomers.
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“It doesn’t require any strength as long as you can stand up and push a six-foot-long metal cue that pushes a disc down to the target house.”
As in curling, points are allocated based on where the disc ends up in the house.
Wardley said High River is home to three international shuffleboard champions.
The town is holding its first shuffleboard tournament June 15-18. It is part of a circuit followed by American players who plan to come north to play in Innisfail, Alta., the week before High River’s event and then follow it up with tournaments in Brooks, Alta., and Moose Jaw, Sask.
For more information, contact Wardley at 403-652-7552.
