Following Qualifier Night, the A and B pools have been determined for the first round of the Wednesday evening Ladder League, sponsored by Lowther’s Snow Removal (A Pool) and Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant (B Pool). I put the teams in random order within each pool for the first round.

A Pool teams

• A1-Rachel MacLean
• A2-Paul Neima
• A3-Emily Sanderson
• A4-Bill Hope
• A5-Greg Robertson
• A6-Ray Biagé
• A7-Kelly Watts

B Pool teams 

• B1-Kim Nicholson
• B2-Greg Groves
• B3-Peter Joostema
• B4-Rob Gallant
• B5-Gord Peters
• B6-David Younker
• B7-Josh McInnis

As we have an odd number of teams (7) in each pool, we will have a crossover game each week against a team from the other pool, which will always be scheduled at 6:30 pm. It is very important that you pay attention to this, as your pool may have the 8:30 draw on a particular week, but you may be in the crossover game at 6:30 (and you don’t want to miss it!).

The “A” pool (plus the crossover game) gets the early draw the first week, as they had the late draw for the last week last season.

We will be using all four sheets and an 8 team, 4 sheet draw from Curling Canada (http://17962-presscdn-0-57.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Round-robin-draws-5-8.pdf) eliminating the game against “Team 8” at 8:30 (there will be one sheet available for rentals and practices – it’s been booked by Team Smith up until the Scotties), and pitting the team in the early draw that was to play “Team 8” against the late draw  team of the same number.

Here is the draw:

Nov. 1 (Week 1)
6:30 pm  Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Bill Hope vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: A6-Ray Biagé vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 3: A1-Rachel MacLean vs B1-Kim Nicholson (crossover)
Ice 4: A2-Paul Neima vs A5-Greg Robertson

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1: B4-Rob Gallant vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 2: B6-David Younker vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 3: Team Smith Practice
Ice 4: B2-Greg Groves vs B5-Gord Peters

Nov. 8 (Week 2)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B6-David Younker vs B1-Kim Nicholson
Ice 2: B4-Rob Gallant vs  B5-Gord Peters
Ice 3: B2-Greg Groves vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 4: B3-Peter Joostema vs A3-Emily Sanderson (crossover)

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A6-Ray Biagé vs A1-Rachel MacLean
Ice 2: A4-Bill Hope vs A5-Greg Robertson
Ice 3: A2-Paul Neima vs A7-Kelly Watts 
Ice 4: Team Smith Practice

Nov. 15 (Week 3)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A2-Paul Neima vs B2-Greg Groves (crossover)
Ice 2: A7-Kelly Watts vs A1-Rachel MacLean
Ice 3: A5-Greg Robertson vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 4: A4-Bill Hope vs A6-Ray Biagé

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1: Team Smith Practice
Ice 2: B7-Josh McInnis vs B1-Kim Nicholson
Ice 3: B5-Gord Peters vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 4: B4-Rob Gallant vs  B6-David Younker

Nov. 22 (Week 4)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B1-Kim Nicholson vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 2: B2-Greg Groves vs B4-Rob Gallant
Ice 3: B6 David Younker vs A6-Ray Biagé (crossover)
Ice 4: B5-Gord Peters vs B7-Josh McInnis

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: A2-Paul Neima vs A4-Bill Hope 
Ice 3: Team Smith Practice
Ice 4: A5-Greg Robertson vs A7-Kelly Watts

Nov. 29 (Week 5)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A4-Bill Hope vs B4 Rob Gallant (crossover)
Ice 2: A3-Emily Sanderson vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 3: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A5-Greg Robertson
Ice 4: A2-Paul Neima vs A6-Ray Biagé 

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1:  Team Smith Practice
Ice 2: B3-Peter Joostema vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 3: B1-Kim Nicholson vs  B5-Gord Peters
Ice 4: B2-Greg Groves vs  B6-David Younker

Dec. 6 (Week 6)
630 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: B2-Greg Groves vs B3-Peter Joostema
Ice 2: B5-Gord Peters vs A5-Greg Robertson (crossover)
Ice 3: B6-David Younker vs B7-Josh McInnis
Ice 4: B1-Kim Nicholson vs vs B4-Rob Gallant

8:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool 
Ice 1: A2-Paul Neima vs A3-Emily Sanderson
Ice 2: Team Smith Practice
Ice 3: A6-Ray Biagé vs A7-Kelly Watts
Ice 4: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A4-Bill Hope 

Dec. 13 (Week 7)
6:30 pm Lowther’s Snow Removal “A” Pool + Crossover Game
Ice 1: A5-Greg Robertson vs A6-Ray Biagé  
Ice 2: A1-Rachel MacLean vs A2-Paul Neima 
Ice 3: A3-Emily Sanderson vs A4-Bill Hope 
Ice 4: A7-Kelly Watts vs B7-Josh McInnis (crossover)

8:30 pm Sam’s Cornwall Restaurant “B” Pool
Ice 1: B5-Gord Peters vs  B6-David Younker
Ice 2: B1-Kim Nicholson vs B2-Greg Groves
Ice 3: B3-Peter Joostema vs B4-Rob Gallant
Ice 4: Team Smith Practice

At the end of the round, the bottom three “A” teams will drop to the “B” pool, while the top three “B” teams will ascend the ladder to the “A” pool.

The final draw of the Wednesday evening Ladder League concluded last night. Two rinks, skipped by Joe Callaghan and Rachel MacLean, finished with 4-2 records in the B pool. Callaghan beat MacLean in their game on February 15 (they were supposed to play again last week, but it was cancelled), and, by the “head to head” results, wins the final B pool round, and some Wendy’s gift certificates.

Going into the final evening of the “A” pool, three rinks, skipped by Angus Kennedy, Lauren Ferguson, and Kelly Watts, all had 4-2 records. The Kennedy rink were eliminated from contention as they were unable to field a team for the final draw, leaving two contenders for the MR Seafood gift certificates. The Ferguson rink won their very close game against the Greg Groves rink, but would need a Watts loss in order for them to take first place, as they lost to Watts in their round robin encounter. Watts was up one coming home with hammer and lying one in the four foot against the Greg Robertson rink. Robertson, with his last stone, made a fantastic draw around a guard to the four foot. which would tie the game if his rock ended up as shot. The two rocks were very close, and after looking at the stones several times, Watts concluded that she had shot rock, and threw her last one away. After a couple of measures, it was concluded that Watts did indeed have shot rock, and took the A pool prize for the final round.

Thanks to all the league curlers and to our sponsors (listed below) for all four rounds this season. See you in the fall!

Here are the winners of each pool for each round this season:

Round One, sponsored by Lowther’s Snow Removal

A Pool 

Joe Callaghan, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Shannon Fenelon

B Pool

Angus Kennedy, Jean Sinclair, Wade Deaken, Ken Monaghan

Round Two

Griffin’s Auto Service A Pool

Greg Groves, Don Weeks, Cynthia Livingston, Marjorie Matthews

Cornwall Auto and Tire B Pool

Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Krista Affleck

Round Three

Wally’s Pharmasave A Pool

Greg Groves, Don Weeks, Cynthia Livingston, Marjorie Matthews

Red Island Baked Potato B Pool 

Lauren Ferguson, Emma Coffin, Sierra Clyke,  Emily Sanderson,

Round Four

MR Seafood A Pool

Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Krista Affleck

Wendy’s B Pool

Joe Callaghan, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Shannon Fenelon