97-year-old competitive horseshoe player captured emotional moments on camera during Second World War
CTV
Bob Curtis has been told he's the oldest competitive horseshoe league player in Canada. The game is part of the way the former Navy photographer keeps himself feeling "great."
But this is a story about how Bob feels so “great” at his age.
It included Bob driving himself in his purple pickup truck, at least twice a week, to go play horseshoes.
“Oh yeah!” Bob laughs. “I love horseshoes!”
The 97-year-old’s been told he’s the oldest competitive horseshoe league player in the country.
“Wherever there’s a tournament, I go in it,” Bob smiles.
“I can hold my own,” he adds, though he’s too humble to show all the hardware he takes home.
Perhaps that’s the same confidence that inspired his teenage self to volunteer for the Air Force when Canada joined the Second World War.
He wasn’t expecting to have to wait so long when he got to the recruitment office.
