For the past six months the Victorian Curling Association (VCA) has been training wheelchair athletes in the sport of curling at the Icehouse.
The outcome has been the formation of a wheelchair curling team – a first for Australian curling.
In another Australian first, the VCA has set up a summer curling competition. And the wheelchair curling team has a spot in this competition.
On November 15, the wheelchair curling team won its first game 7 - 5 against some very stiff competition. Its next game is December 6 in the 9pm-11pm slot.
This is the first wheelchair curling team to be formed and compete at club level. Its objective is to represent Australia in the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.