Reports are that over $19,000 was raised at last Friday’s fundraiser for Club member Paul Horne, held at the North Shore Community Centre. with a huge crowd, including a large number of Cornwall Curling Club members, in attendance. Paul suffered a cardiac attack on the ice at the Club on January 18th, and has required home renovations, and will need ongoing occupational therapy and trips off-Island during the long rehabilitation process. As a result of this incident, with the help of sponsors including Cornwall Physiotherapy, the Senior curlers, and the family of one of our club founders, the late Rodney Walsh, the Club has acquired an automated defibrillator (AED), and put on CPR and AED  training for over 20 Club members and staff.

If you missed the benefit, but would still like to help out, Paul’s mailing address is Winsloe RR#9, C1E 1Z2.

From our archives, here’s a picture of Paul when he played third on the Peter Buchanan rink, who scored an eight-ender back in October 2008:

Pictured left to right are Peter Buchanan (skip), Neil Smith (lead), Gordon Canfield (second), and Paul Horne (third).