Deaf dart team looking for more players after bronze medal wins
Gail Harding | CBC News | Posted: December 9, 2016 10:44 AM | Last Updated: December 9, 2016
Men and women's doubles teams both win medals at national championships
A team of deaf dart players from Prince Edward Island have brought home two bronze medals from the Canadian Deaf Dart Championship.
Now team captain, Tanya Curley said through her friend and interpreter, Nora Chaisson, that she hopes more deaf people will become involved with the team.
Curley told Island Morning's Lindsay Carroll she has been playing darts for 25 years.
"I like playing for fun and joking with the other players," Curley said.
Curley and her partner won the bronze medal for the women's doubles and the men won the bronze medal for the men's doubles.
Proud to represent
"She said it was her first time experiencing it and it makes her feels so good and she's really proud to represent P.E.I," said Chaisson.
Curley said, while the Island has a small team compared to other provinces, they did well.
"There's not a whole lot of deaf people on this island so it's pretty hard to get anybody to join the team because you have to be deaf or hard of hearing in order to play on the team," she said.
Curley said because of the small population to draw from, they are limited to darts and bowling for team sports.
"She's hoping P.E.I. would be a host city, like Charlottetown for 2022," Chaisson said. "The last time that Charlottetown hosted the Canadian Deaf Dart Championships was in 1992."
Curley said she is positive it can happen and she's trying her best to get more people to play the sport.
The avid dart player plays and practices her dart skills every chance she gets.
"She's not bragging but she's doing good so far," said Chaisson of Curley's talent.
"They are hoping they can win gold for P.E.I. That's what she really wants."
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