invention. “We grew up curling at the Dartmouth Curling Club and are still active members,” Kevin boasts. “My grandmother who originally came from Scotland was curling into her 70s. She loves her tea and still loves the sport in her 90s. Originally in their mind’s eye, New Scotland Clothing Company was going to be a line of curling apparel. “We were really trying to design something that exemplified the Scottish pride that so many of us curlers have in Nova Scotia,” Scott recalls. And the Saccarys have had occasion to swell with pride for their province in the world of competitive curling. In 2002 and 2003, the brothers wore Nova Scotia colours alongside their team- mates at the Canadian Junior Cham- pionships. But the pursuit did not end there. “A kid growing up playing
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