The Cornwall Curling Club’s Annual General Meeting and Awards night will take place Friday, May 7, 2010, beginning at 6 pm. The winners of each draw will receive prizes (gift certificates) from our generous sponsors.

Here is a list of sponsors and winners for each draw:

Sunday Night- Sponsored by  Chandlers Cabinets and Millwork
Draw 1- Gordon Peters, Terry Wiseman, Paula Ling, Billy Doucette
Draw 2- Angus Kennedy, Whitney Hunston, Greg St. John, Billy Doucette

Monday Night- 6 p.m.
Sponsor- Cornwall Save Easy
Draw 1- Jack Fairhurst, Bill Brown, Greg Groves, Linda Turnbull
Sponsor- Cornwall Save Easy
Draw 2- Greg Groves, Angus Davies, Cyndi Cunneyworth, Neil Smith
Sponsor- New Glasgow Lobster Suppers
Draw 3- Rob Young, Joe Callaghan, Brad Gardiner , Neil Smith

Tuesday Night KFC Competitive
Pool A Winners
Lorianne Davies, Rob Young, Mark MacDonald, Melody Beck
Pool A Runners-up
John DeLuca, Peter Buchanan, Kimball Blanchard, Danielle Girard
Pool B Winners
Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson, Jim Farquharson, Ruth Stavert
Pool B Runners-Up
Scott Jeffrey, Shawn Myers,   Andrew Kennedy, Trevor Young

Wed. Evening Ladder League

Round One
Sponsor –  Murphy’S Cornwall Pharmacy
A Pool Winners: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson
Sponsor – Howard Johnson, Dutch Inn
A Pool Runners-Up: John DeLuca, Cindy Nicholson, Peter Buchanan, Danielle Girard

Round Two
Sponsor – Cornwall Pizza Delight
A Pool Winner:  Bob Fowler,  Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allan Acorn
Sponsor – Cornwall Pizza Delight
A Pool Runner-Up:  Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

Round Three
Sponsor – Donnie Lowther Snow Removal
A Pool Winner:  Paul Neima, Angus Davies, Mike Lafontaine, Rob Young
Sponsor – Clyde River Golf Links
A Pool Runner-up:  Bob Fowler,  Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allan Acorn
Sponsor – Clyde River Golf Links
B Pool Winner: Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, Jonathan Schut

 Wed. Afternoon Team Curling-   “Iceman” draw sponsored by Lance Lowther
Paul Durant, Myrna Craswell, Barry Craswell, Joanne Durant

Thursday Night –
Draw 1 – 6:00 p.m.-Quartermaster Marine
Brenda MacMillan, Bob MacWilliams, Krista Affleck, Karen Johnston

Draw 1 8:00p.m.- Quartermaster Marine
Ray Biage, Hans Wicki , Helen Verhulp, Kathleen McCaffrey

Draw 2- 6:00 p.m.- Abegweit Outfitters
Joe MacMillan, Nancy MacKinnon, Greg Groves, Krista Affleck

Draw 2- 8:00 p.m.- Abegweit Outfitters
Russell  Boyle, Terry MacAulay, Cindy Nicholson, Helen Verhulp

Draw 3- 6.00 p.m.- Investors Goup- Grant Furlotte
Joe MacMillan, Krista Affleck, Gordon Canfield, Maureen Cudmore

Draw 3- 8.00 p.m.- Investors Group- Grant Furlotte
Ray Biage, Hans Wicki, Linda Matthews, Kathleen McCaffrey

DAVE STEWART
The Guardian
CORNWALL — The town is moving ahead with plans to replace the aging 40-year-old Cornwall Civic Centre.
Council held its annual public monthly meeting Wednesday night and although there wasn’t a resolution to vote on per se, the topic was raised.
Mayor Patrick MacFadyen said engineering firm CBCL has come back to the town with drawings and those drawings have now been passed on to the four user groups for approval — 50-plus, Lions’ Club, curling club and the town itself.
“Council looked at it and made a couple of changes,’’ MacFadyen said. “It’s just sort of a conceptual drawing and now it’s going to the main user groups of the facility to take a look and get their input.’’
The centre, located at 29 Cornwall Rd., is also home to the town’s curling club, which is about 28 years old.
Click to read this story in today’s Guardian.

Attached is a survey from the PEI Curling Association. It would be appreciated if  Cornwall curling club members, especially those who have competed in provincial events, could complete it, and return it to the PEICA as soon as possible.

We have now added a Word version for those who would like to complete the survey electronically.

Click for memo and survey (PDF 275K) or Click for memo and survey (MS Word 190K)

The red teams continued to be red hot on Saturday, winning the Countryview Golf Closing Spiel by the widest margin ever – a score of 153 to 118 points over their blue opponents, and gaining control of the prize table. Even the reverse draw for a free membership next year was won by a Red – Tom Dunn!  Blue has a whole year to rebuild, though, and will be looking for revenge next year!

Off the ice, Saturday activities included some serious foosball play,  burgers on the barbie with potato salad, and some great live music in the afternoon by Nathan Condon and Mike Johnston. Following the last round of curling, a fantastic meal consisting of roast pork loin, home made baked beans, baked potatoes with all the trimmings, and dessert of ice cream and cookies was enjoyed by everyone.

Check out the slideshow for day two photos:

Following the meal, and the trip to the prize table for the Reds (and some door prizes, too), organizers Barb and Ray Biagé thanked everyone who participated, and everyone who helped out at the event, along with our great sponsors Carl and Karen Currie from Countryview Golf course. Don’t forget, Countryview opened for the season yesterday, so head on out to route 19 in Fairview, and check out their Masters specials this weekend, with 25 to 50 percent off all in-stock merchandise. Call 675-2800 or email proshop@countryviewgolf.com to reserve a tee-time, and visit CountryviewGolf.com  to check out their great annual membership rates, starting at only $260 for one specified weekday (Mon-Fri) , plus taxes and applicable PEIGA fees.

Barb  also mentioned the upcoming benefit for Paul Horne on the 30th at the North Shore Community Centre. Scott Jeffrey (PEIDJ.com), who played the music for us on Friday night, is donating his services for that event, and Barb passed the hat to help him with expense money. Paul is out of the hospital, and doing well, following his heart incident at the Club in January, and is expected to eventually recover fully. However, expenses are being incurred for home adaptations, and out-of-province travel. If you are interested in donating an item for the Silent Auction or have any questions, please contact Steve or Teresa Horne @ 892-8896 or horne@eastlink.ca.  Barb urged everyone to attend the benefit, and “bring your cheque book”!

President John DeLuca wrapped up the event by thanking Barb and Ray and all their assistants, along with the attendees, sponsors, club staff, and entertainers for the great event, and thanked everyone for a very successful season at the Club. He also mentioned that Club renovations are still happening, and that the Town of Cornwall is supposed to have concept drawings available in the next week or so.

He also talked about the need for upwards of 200 volunteers for The Dominion National Curling Championship, happening Nov. 23-28 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall clubs, and made volunteer application forms available. Online volunteer registration is not working yet (I’ll let you know when they have it working), but you can also contact Kate Arkilander at The Dominion, email karkilander@thedominion.ca if you can help out in any way.

Thanks again for a great event and a great season! The juniors take to the ice today for their closing skating and curling event, with the ice plant shutting down later today. See you all at the Paul Horne Benefit on the 30th, the Awards Night and Annual General Meeting in early May (more on this later), and the annual 9-hole best-ball golf tournament at Countryview on June 19th (get in touch with Carl at Countryview, or Bob Fowler, to sign up).

Cornwall Curling Club
Friday, April 9th
6:00PM
Ice 1
V Chowan, B MacWilliams, D Sigsworth, D Graham vs J Deluca, T MacDonald, D MacRae, B Arsenault
Ice 2
B Fowler, J Farquharson, M Stewart, P Ling vs R Rolfe, M Beck, M Ellis, D MacEwen

7:30 PM
Ice 1
K Blanchard, J Ballem, T Wiseman, J Anderson vs L Davies, J Hanus, K Currie, S Boutillier
Ice 2
A Davies, H LaPalme, D Delaney, G Younker vs  T Dunn, F Weiler, R Shreenan, K Kneabone
Ice 3
D Rhodenhizer, A Acorn, J Clements, D MacKinnon vs  G Matthews, V Acorn, S Jeffrey, G Clarke
Ice 4
P Richard, L Gotell, R Baillie, T Turnbull vs  G Groves, B Brown, D Kneabone, V Taylor

9:00PM
Ice 2
P Neima, J Soltermann, V Cotton, K Affleck vs  R Sweetapple, C Nicholson, H Verhulp, L Matthews
Ice 3
R Young, A McCormick, M Hanus, M Matthews  vs   M MacDonald, H Kamphuis, C Soltermann,
K McCaffrey
Ice 4
L Callbeck, G Peters, G Dykerman, K Pippy vs  M Sanderson, M Perry, G Canfield, S Williamson

Benefit for Paul Horne
Friday, April 30, 2010
North Shore Community Center
Music and Silent Auction
(further details to be announced)

Photo: Paul Horne (2nd from left)

On Monday, January 18th, 2010, Paul suffered a significant cardiac event at the Cornwall Curling Club. He will be released from hospital on April 9th, 2010 and will require ongoing occupational therapy. There have been renovations required to accommodate Paul at home and he will need to travel off Island for further tests.
Many calls offering support have been greatly appreciated by Paul’s family. If you are interested in donating an item for the Silent Auction or have any questions, please contact Steve or Teresa Horne @ 892-8896 or horne@eastlink.ca.

Monday Night Commercial League
After round robin play and standings were tabulated,  the final night of the Monday Night Commercial League on April 5 will see:
 
Countryview 2 vs Countryview 1 – Ice 2
Holmes vs Eastern Auto – Ice 3
Lank vs Lions – Ice 4

 Tuesday Competitive League
 
Tuesday night competitive league play has been completed with the following standings resulting in each pool.
 
Pool A:
1. Lorianne Davies
2. John Delucca
3. Brock Spence
4. Bob Fowler
5. Sara Clow
6. Debbie Rhodenhizer
7. Shirley Berry
8. Rupert Sweetapple
 
Pool B:
1. Bob MacWilliams
2. Scott Jeffreys
3. Donna Butler
4. Roddie MacLean
5. Paul Neima
6. Karen Currie
7. Joe MacKinnon
8. Tom Dunn
 
Next week’s April 6 Tuesday night curling will be a pick up game of curling commencing at 6:30 for those wishing to play.  Teams will be made up upon arrival.  Come on out and play on a different team maybe in a different position!  Let’s have some fun!

Wednesday Ladder League

The final draw for the Wednesday night Ladder League will be April 7th.