The Tillsonburg Curling Club is a volunteer organization. Most of the work to run our club and keep the doors open is performed by members volunteering. Each year, we like to acknowledge one of our volunteers. This year will we be recognizing two because we could never thank one of them, without the other.
This year we are thanking Les and Nora Peter for their many years of volunteering their time for our club and the sport of curling.
Les and Nora’s curling life began at the Manitouwadge Curling Club in the fall of 1974 where they learned to curl and began their many years of volunteering. They returned to Southwestern Ontario in 1982 and became members of the Tillsonburg Curling Club.
Over their many years of curling, Nora served as the president of the Ladies Division. She was the convenor for the ladies Bronze Broom Bonspiel, Yuletide Social, Ladies league and REC league.
Les served as the president of the Tillsonburg Curling Club. He was the convenor for the men’s Tobacco Belt, Community Service Bonspiel, Men’s League and co-founded the REC league. He brought the idea and organized the club’s Fundraiser - Beer for a Year. He was also inducted in the Tillsonburg Sports Hall of Fame for being an ambassador to curling in the community of Tillsonburg.
Together they were convenors of the Monday Night Mixed League and the club’s opening Grey Cup Bonspiel. They spearhead not one but a few club fundraising auctions. They volunteered many hours teaching new curlers the sport of curling. They both spent many hours in the club kitchen volunteering their time serving our members and many members from other clubs.
THANK YOU to Les and Nora for everything they have done for the Tillsonburg Curling Club and the sport of curling.
