Selected high school seniors will receive hundreds of dollars to apply toward college thanks to an outdoor curling tournament held in February.
Interested students at Romulus High School must apply for the Romulus Veterans Outreach Coalition 2019 Scholarship by 2 p.m. April 18.
Applications are available in the school counseling office, 9650 Wayne Road.
The coalition was designed to benefit military veterans. Students that have current or former military members - parent, grandparent or sibling - in their families may apply for scholarships.
The six-hour outdoor curling tournament has raised $1,200 - most of which will provide the scholarships. The college funding assistance will be for $500 or $250 each, depending on the amount of applicants, said senior Kayla Leonard.
The second annual Curling Royale was held Saturday, Feb. 16, at Mary Ann Banks Park. The event was won by a squad of Romulus natives playing under the name Team Hollywood.
Nathan and Aaron Crist, Julius Rea II and Corey Chandler lost their opening match and then won seven in a row to secure the tournament trophy.
The event was 50-percent larger than last year, both in player participation and funds raised from admission fees, said tournament founder and organizer Bob McCraight, director of public services in the City of Romulus.
Twelve teams of four to six players paid the admission fee. Volunteers also held raffles and sold refreshments. Nearly everyone had connections to Romulus.
The remainder of the proceeds will be donated to Foundation 14, a nonprofit organization that serves combat veterans. The group uses m motorcycles with custom modifications as therapy.
Curling is a sport in which players take turns sliding heavy "stones" on a sheet of ice toward a target area, earning points for the stones stopping closest to the target. Players called "sweepers" use brooms to help guide and control the speed of the stones. The homemade stones were created by McCraight using cement and Tupperware bowls.
Source: City of Romulus
