Wednesday Evening Team Ladder League

Feb. 1 – CURLING CANCELLED THIS EVENING

Due to weather and road conditions, including a report from one of our skips of cars in the ditch, we have decided to cancel the Wednesday night Ladder League draw for this week.

The draw scheduled for tonight will be moved to the end of the current draw.

The weather forecast says that the snow will taper to flurries later this evening, but the wind gusts should keep the snow that is falling blowing around, and the roads are slippery, so we’ll cancel both draws.

 

 

Jan 29: Paul Neima and Bob MacWilliams win round two.

Round two ended up with the addition of one more team, skipped by Aaron Campbell, that was added to the A pool to make 8 teams, while the B pool had six. Next round we will reverse the number in each pool, so four teams will descend the ladder to the B pool, and 2 will climb to the A..

Paul Neima again won the A pool, with five straight wins. Down in the cellar were the Angus Kennedy and Joerg Soltermann rinks with one win each, followed by Bob Fowler and Aaron Campbell with two wins each Campbell played one less game than the others, but his only wins were against Kennedy and Soltermann. Teams with 3 wins were Karen Currie, who beat Campbell, Greg Groves, who beat Currie,and Kris Currie who beat Groves, so we”ll gve the honour of moving down the ladder to the Campbell team.

In the B pool, Bob MacWilliams peeled off five straight wins,  to win the prize for the round, plus a trip back up to the A pool. Gord Peters and Ray Biage were next with three wins, but Peters beat Biage in their round robin encounter, and will move up to the A pool.

So, it’s Kennedy, Joerg Soltermann, Bob Fowler, and Aaron Campbell down, and MacWilliams and Peters up for round three.

Pools will alternate early and late starts, with Pool B curling at 6:30 the first week (they curled at 8:30 last week)

Here are the pools for Round Three:

Pool A

A1-Paul Neima
A2-Greg Groves
A3-Karen Currie
A4-Kris Currie
A5-Bob MacWilliams
A6-Gord Peters

B1-Aaron Campbell
B2-Bob Fowler
B3-Joerg Soltermann
B4-Angus Kennedy
B5-Ray Biage
B6-Kelly Watts
B7-Colleen Soltermann
B8-David Younker

Here is the draw for round 3
Feb. 1
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 2: B5-Ray Biagé, vs B4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: B6-Kelly Watts vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4: B1-Aaron Campbell vs B8-David Younker

8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A1-Paul Neima vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2: A4-Kris Currie vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 3: A2-Greg Groves vs A3-Karen Currie

Feb. 8
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A1-Paul Neima vs A2-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 3: A4-Kris Currie vs A5-Bob MacWilliams

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B6-Kelly Watts vs B4-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 3: B5-Ray Biagé vs B1-Aaron Campbell
Ice 4 B2-Bob Fowler vs B8-David Younker

Feb 15
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B5-Ray Biagé vs B6-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: B1-Aaron Campbell vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: B3-Joerg Soltermann vs B8-David Younker
Ice 4 B4-Angus Kennedy vs B7-Colleen Soltermann

8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A2-Greg Groves vs A6-Gord Peters
Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 3: A1-Paul Neima vs A4-Kris Currie

Feb 22
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A2-Greg Groves vs A4-Kris Currie
Ice 2: A1-Paul Neima vs A3-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A5-Bob MacWilliams vs A6-Gord Peters

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B2-Bob Fowler vs B3-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 2: B4-Angus Kennedy vs B8-David Younker
Ice 3: B7-Colleen Soltermann vs B5-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: B6-Kelly Watts vs B1-Aaron Campbell

Feb 29
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B5-Ray Biagé vs B8-David Younker
Ice 2: B6-Kelly Watts vs B7-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B4-Angus Kennedy vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: B3-Joerg Soltermann vs B1-Aaron Campbell

8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie vs A4-Kris Currie
Ice 2: A2-Greg Groves vs A5-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 3: A1-Paul Neima vs A6-Gord Peters

 

Dec. 18: Paul Neima and Joerg Soltermann rinks win round one

Round one of the Wednesday Night Ladder League, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal, and Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, wrapped up on Wednesday, with round two, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight and Clyde River Golf Links starting up this Wednesday, the 21st.

The Paul Neima rink finished in first place in the A pool in round one, winning all five games .
Second and third place get complicated. Bob Fowler had three wins, going into his final game against Angus Kennedy, who had two wins. The two teams tied after eight ends, and did not draw to the button to determine the winner, as is stated in the rules. To resolve the tie, I tossed a coin (with Nancy Yeo as witness), and Angus came out the winner. This meant that both teams now had three wins. Since Angus beat Bob (by winning the coin toss) in their game, he gets second place.
Angus’ “win” left two teams tied for third with two wins each, with one of them to go down the ladder to the B pool for round two. Karen Currie edged Bob MacWilliams 10-9 in their round robin encounter on Nov, 23, so Karen stays in the A pool, and Bob moves down to the B.
Gord Peters was on the injury list early in the season, and his team got off to a slow, and will also move down to the B pool.

Things get even more complicated in the B pool, with two teams joining mid-round. Three teams will move up to the A pool, to give them the bye for the second round.
Joerg Solterman played and won all five of his games, so will be awarded first place.
Greg Groves had three wins, a bye, and a loss, and will be awarded second or third place. (you pick!)
Kris Currie had two decisive wins and a bye, and will also be awarded second or third place.
These three  teams will move up the ladder to  the A pool for the next round.
Ray Biagé had three wins, a loss to Soltermann, and a loss by default to Groves (we borrowed one of their players, and lost on the scoreboard, too!), and will stay in the B pool.
The Colleen Soltermann, Kelly Watts and David Younker teams will also remain in the B pool.
So, after all this, here are the teams for round two:
-Dec. 26-Breaking News: after Xmas, we will be welcoming the rink of Aaron Campbell, Brenda Campbell, Morley Foy, Gina Foy.

Pool A (eight teams)
A1-Paul Neima
A2-Angus Kennedy
A3-Bob Fowler
A4-Karen Currie
A5-Joerg Soltermann
A6-Greg Groves
A7-Kris Currie
A8-Aaron Campbell

Pool B (six teams)
Bob MacWilliams
Gord Peters
Ray Biagé
David Younker
Kelly Watts
Colleen Soltermann

For round two, the six team B pool will play a full five week round robin with no byes.
The seven team A pool will have one bye each week, with first byes going to teams that didn’t have one last round, and will play a five week partial round robin, as we can’t have the two pools finishing at different times, or the B pool sitting out two weeks (it would take seven weeks to have each A pool team play all other teams and the bye) or replaying the first two weeks.
As is our custom, we will not play between Christmas and New Year’s.
Here is the draw for round 2

Here is the draw for round 2
Dec. 21
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A7-Kris Currie vs A2-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: A5-Joerg Soltermann, vs A4-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A6-Greg Groves vs A3-Bob Fowler
Bye: A1-Paul Neima

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B1-Bob MacWilliams vs B5-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: B4-David Younker vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B2-Gord Peters vs B3-Ray Biagé

Dec 28
NO LADDER LEAGUE CURLING

Jan 4
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B1-Bob MacWilliams vs B2-Gord Peters
Ice 2: B3-Ray Biagé vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 3: B4-David Younker vs B5-Kelly Watts

8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A6-Greg Groves vs A4-Karen Currie
Ice 2: A7-Kris Currie vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: A5-Joerg Soltermann vs A1-Paul Neima
Ice 4 A2-Angus Kennedy vs A8-Aaron Campbell

Jan 11
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A5-Joerg Soltermann vs A6-Greg Groves
Ice 2: A1-Paul Neima vs A2-Angus Kennedy
Ice 3: A3-Bob Fowler vs A8-Aaron Campbell
Ice 4 A4-Karen Currie vs A7-Kris Currie

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B2-Gord Peters vs B6-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 2: B3-Ray Biagé vs B5-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: B1-Bob MacWilliams vs B4-David Younker

Jan 18
6:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B2-Gord Peters vs B4-David Younker
Ice 2: B1-Bob MacWilliams vs B3-Ray Biagé
Ice 3: B5-Kelly Watts vs B6-Colleen Soltermann

8:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A2-Angus Kennedy vs A3-Bob Fowler
Ice 2: A4-Karen Currie vs A8-Aaron Campbell
Ice 3: A7-Kris Currie vs A5-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4: A6-Greg Groves vs A1-Paul Neima

Jan 25
6:30 pm (Pool A)
Ice 1: A5-Joerg Soltermann vs A8-Aaron Campbell
Ice 2: A6-Greg Groves vs A7-Kris Currie
Ice 3: A4-Karen Currie vs A2-Angus Kennedy
Ice 4: A3-Bob Fowler vs A1-Paul Neima

8:30 pm (Pool B)
Ice 1: B3-Ray Biagé vs B4-David Younker
Ice 2: B2-Gord Peters vs B5-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: B1-Bob MacWilliams vs B6-Colleen Soltermann

 

Nov. 29:  We welcome the team of Kris Currie, Shawn Delong, Dan MacRae and Jamie Currie to the Wednesday night ladder league. We will put them in the B pool to start, and will have to give them the bye for this week in order to have time to redo the draw for next Wednesday (draw is due to Guardian by 5 pm and I have to work!). We would really like another team (or three!)  in order to eliminate the weekly bye, so it you are interested in curling together as a team on Wednesday evenings, please let us know! The first round draw results are going to be “interesting” to calculate, so bear with us, as we will get things settled down by round two! As it sits now, the pool with the extra team (will rotate throughout the season between B and A pools)  won’t play everyone in a round, so that both pools can finish at same time.

We`re back for another season of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, which started Nov. 9. Nov. 16 was cancelled due to ice problems.

Here are the team rosters (please send me corrections):

1 Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

2 Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Bob Wellman, Derek MacEwen

3 Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

4 Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farqhuarson

5 Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell

6 Angus Kennedy, Linda Matthews, TBA, TBA

7 Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

8 Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle

9 Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Krista Affleck, TBA

10 Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

11 Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

12 David Younker, David Hunt, Ann Younker, Kellie-Lynn Younker

13 Kris Currie, Shawn Delong, Dan MacRae and Jamie Currie

14. Aaron Campbell, Brenda Campbell, Morley Foy, Gina Foy

Looking at the calendar, between now and the end of March, I count 20 weeks, after excluding the week between Christmas and New Years. Since we will have two pools, of six teams each, this means that it takes five weeks to run a round, so we will have four rounds of five weeks this season. At the end of each round, the bottom two teams from the A pool and the top two from the B pool will trade places. In order to fit in all the weeks, and since all teams but one are returning teams, I have decided to forgo Qualifier Night, and have divided the teams by having all the teams who won a prize last year for finishing at the top of their pool go into the A pool, while those who didn’t will go to the B, so the first round robin will commence on November 9th. Like we did last year, the A and B pools will alternate draw slot times. We will use sheets one through three only.

Here are the rounds (revised)

Round One: Nov 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec 7, Dec. 14

Round Two: Dec. 21, Jan 4, 11, 18, 25

Round Three:  February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Round Four:  March 7, 14, 21, 28

Here are the pools for round one:

A Pool

A1-Angus Kennedy

A2-Bob MacWilliams

A3-Karen Currie

A4-Gord Peters

A5-Paul Neima

A6-Bob Fowler

B Pool

B1-Ray Biagé

B2-Joerg Soltermann

B3- Colleen Soltermann

B4-Kelly Watts

B5-Greg Groves

B6-David Younker

B7-Kris Currie

Here is the first round (draws will appear in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and in the Wednesday Guardian)

B POOL DRAWS IS REVISED STARTING DEC. 7  to accommodate new team.

Week 1: November 9 at 6:30 pm (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A2-Bob MacWilliams

Ice 2:  A3-Karen Currie
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A4-Gord Peters
vs A5-Paul Neima

Week 1: November 9 at 8:30 pm (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B2-Joerg Soltermann

Ice 2:  Exhibition Game B3- Colleen Soltermann vs Lorianne Davies (Dominion
team)

Ice 3: B4-Kelly Watts
vs B5-Greg Groves

Week 2 Nov. 16 No curling due to ice plant problems. Draw moved to Week 6.

Week 3: November 23 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 2: A4-Gord Peters
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 3: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A3-Karen Currie

November 23 at 8:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 2: B4-Kelly Watts vs B6-David Younker

Ice 3: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Week 4: November 30 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B3- Colleen Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Bye: Kris Currie

November 30 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Ice 2: A3-Karen Currie
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A4-Gord Peters

Week 5: December 7 at 6:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A3-Karen Currie

Ice 3: A5-Paul Neima
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Week Five: Dec 7 at 8:30 pm (Pool B)

Ice 1: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B4-Kelly Watts

Ice 2: B1-Ray Biagé
vs B3- Colleen Soltermann

Ice 3: B7-Kris Currie
vs B6-David Younker

Bye: Greg Groves

December 14

Week 6: December 14 at 6:30 (Pool B)

Ice 1: B1 Ray Biagé
vs B6-David Younker

Ice 2: B2-Joerg Soltermann
vs B5-Greg Groves

Ice 3: B7-Kris Currie
vs Colleen Soltermann

Bye: Kelly Watts

Week 6: December 14 at 8:30 (Pool A)

Ice 1: A3-Karen Currie
vs A4-Gord Peters

Ice 2: A2-Bob MacWilliams
vs A5-Paul Neima

Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy
vs A6-Bob Fowler

Good curling!

- Derek MacEwen
Wednesday Night Ladder League Drawmaster

Email: derek@derekmacewen.com

 

RULES: This is an open, semi-competitive team entry league. Eight end games, with any combination of male and/or female players permitted. To keep this league on a less competitive level than the Tuesday night league, no more than two players on one Wednesday night team may be members of the same Tuesday night competitive league team. This rule will also apply if spares are needed. If you call up a spare from your Tuesday team, they should be replacing another team member that plays on Tuesday night, so that there are no more than two Tuesday night players on the ice.

No ties: Skips will draw to the button (with sweeping) to resolve individual game ties. Only the throwing team may sweep the rock — the opposing team may not sweep behind the tee.

League Points will be awarded as follows:

3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 point for a loss, 0 points for a loss by default. Scores will be kept as well, to be used only in end-of-round tie resolution. In the event of a default, the non-defaulting team will receive a score of one point for each scheduled end.

At least one regular team member and at least three players in total must be present to avoid a default. Team members can play any position and can change from game to game. When teams are tied in points after a round, the win/loss record of those teams against each other shall be used to determine their ranking (provided that the two teams faced each other in the round). When the ranking of teams cannot be determined by comparing round win/loss records against the teams involved in the tie, the ranking shall be determined by the score differentials of the teams who are tied. If they are still tied, the full score differentials of the teams who are tied will be used.

In the event of a cancellation, the cancelled week will either not be played or be moved to the end of the draw. All subsequent weeks will remain where they were.  Any changes will be posted on CornwallCurling.com.

Ladder format: At the end of each round, the bottom two teams from the A pool will descend the ladder to Pool B, while the top twp teams from B will climb the ladder to A. The winners of both the A and B pools from each round, and the A pool runner-up in the final round will receive a prize at season end, courtesy of our generous sponsors.

The buzzer will be used to ensure the teams are off the ice within the 2-hour time period.  If the buzzer sounds, teams will complete the current end in play to finish  the game. If tied, the standard draw to the button will then take place.

Sponsors:

Don Lowther Snow Removal, Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy, Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, Cornwall Pizza Delight, Clyde River Golf Links

- Derek MacEwen
Wednesday Night Drawmaster
derek@derekmacewen.com, 569-4437 (H), 566-8726 (W)

 

 

2010-2011

Final Round wrap-up:

The Angus Kennedy and Joe MacKinnon rinks, respectively, won the A and B pools in the third and final round of this season’s Wednesday night ladder league. The runner-up in the A pool, the Bob MacWilliams foursome, will also receive a prize in the final round. Kennedy went undefeated, while MacWilliams and MacKinnon had one loss each.

 

Amazingly, there were no duplicate winners in the three rounds. Congratulations to all the winners! Prizes will be awarded at the Annual General Meeting and Awards night (date TBA). Thanks again to all the sponsors and players for another great season! See you in the fall!

 

Here is a recap of the winners, and the sponsors for each round.

 

Round Three, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links:

 

A Division Winners, sponsored by Murphy`s Cornwall Pharmacy

 

Angus Kennedy, Cindy Nicholson, Terry Wiseman, Linda Matthews

 

A Division Runners-up, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

 

Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

 

B Division Winners, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

 

Joe MacKinnon, Derrick Cameron, Mitch Freeman, Darrin MacKinnon

 

Round Two, Sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight

 

A Pool winners – Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell

 

B Pool winners – Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

 

Round One

 

A Pool

 

Sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal

 

Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill

 

B Pool

 

Sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn

 

Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allen Acorn

 

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