Cornwall Curling Club

Cornwall’s Special Olympics Gold Medallists welcomed at PEI Legislature

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07:33 +0000

Premier Robert Ghiz and Doug Currie, Minister of Health and Wellness and Minister responsible for sport, were pleased to rise in the house this week and acknowledge the success (16 medals) of PEI’s Special Olympians at The Winter Games in St. Albert, AB this February. Two PEI Special Olympic athletes who competed in St. Albert have qualified to represent Canada at World Games; Alyssa Chapman from Murray Harbour and Ellen McNearney from Montague will now spend a year in training to compete for Canada at World Games in PyeongChang, South Korea from January 29- February 5, 2013. The curling team, skipped by Greg St. John, and coached by Dick St. John and Ann Doucette, curl regularly out of the Cornwall Curling Club, and won a gold medal at the Games.

Reminder of AGM and Awards Night Friday at 6 PM at the Club

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:50:47 +0000

This is a reminder that the Cornwall Curling Club’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Night will take place Friday, May 11, beginning at 6 pm, here at the Club. All members are encouraged to attend. Click to download the draft minutes from last year’s meeting, for approval at this year’s AGM (PDF, 516K)

Here is the full winners list for the season’s draws.

The winning teams will receive gift certificates, courtesy of our generous sponsors.

Sunday

Sponsor: Chandlers Cabinets & Millwork

Draw 1 – Angus Kennedy, Ann Doucette, Brian Trainor, Des Nantes

Sponsor: Griffins Service Centre

Draw 2 – Jack Ferguson, Angus Kennedy, Monique Gauthier, Noel Mal

Monday

Sponsor: Cornwall Save Easy

Draw 1 – Bob Fowler, Donald Weeks, Tony Turnball, Harris Ford

Sponsor: Cornwall Save Easy

Draw 2 – Lorianne Davies, Donald Weeks, Tony Turnbull, Dave Hunt

Sponsor: New Glasgow Lobster Suppers

Draw 3 – Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull

Tuesday

Sponsor: KFC

The overall Tuesday night winner this year was the Bill Hope team of Bill, Craig Mackie, Matt Smith and David Murphy. They won 14 of the 16 games they played. Second place goes to the Jeff Taylor team of Jeff Taylor, Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins and Jonathan Schut, winning 13 out of 17 games.

For the final few nights the following teams went undefeated and pick up a prize from the sponsor Kentucky Fried Chicken as well:

Teams Smith, Taylor and Currie(Karen). Team Biagé filled in to make 8 teams and also went undefeated.

Wednesday Afternoon Daytime Competitive League

Sponsor: Lance”The Iceman” Lowther

Vern Chowan, Marg Stewart, Pat McCardle, Jean Anderson

Wednesday Evening Ladder League

Round one, sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Round two, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Clearing

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson
Round three, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Course

A Pool winner: Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn
Round four, sponsored by Chandlers Cabinets & Millwork, and Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant.

A pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

B pool winner: Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Thursday

Draw 1

Sponsor: Quartermaster Marine

6PM -Diane MacKay, Gordon Canfield, Frank Martin, Valerie Taylor

8PM -Russell Boyle, Frank Weiler, Stephen DeGrace

Draw 2

Sponsor: Abegweit Outfitters

6 PM-Myron MacKay, Andy Nicholson, Marjorie Matthews, Richard MacKinnon

8 PM-Matt Hanus, Leita Chisholm, Stephen DeGrace, Helen Verhulp

Draw 3

Sponsors: Pizza Delight, Cornwall Auto and Tire

6 PM-Myron MacKay, Jack Ferguson, Ann Doucette, Marlene Proude

8 PM Matt Hanus, Jenn Hanus, Alan Craswell, Kathleen McCaffery

Congratulations to all our winners!

Club member passes suddenly

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:32:43 +0000

Suddenly, peacefully, surrounded by family, the death occurred of Valerie Taylor (nee MacMillan), Rice Point, on April 30, 2012 at Moncton Hospital.
She was the beloved wife and best friend of Captain Kirk Taylor, cherished mother of Karianne (Jim Morrison) and Sarah.
Born in O’Leary on January 27, 1957, she was the much loved daughter of Margaret (nee MacKenzie) and the late Albert MacMillan of West Cape. Her loving presence will also be dearly missed by her brothers and sisters: Blair, Iva Griffin, Ivan (Juliette Smith), Kevin (Priscilla), Nancy, Vance, Ian (Cathy), Leita (Leigh) Chisholm, and Chris (Betty) as well as parents-in-law Forbie and Bertha Taylor of Nine Mile Creek, brother-in-law Paul (Nancy) and sister-in-law Sheri (Troy) Bradley. Her numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins who she loved so much will also cherish her memory.
Valerie was predeceased by her father in 1978, her brother Dale in 1998, her brother-in-law Vincent Griffin in 1981 and sister in infancy in 1965.
Throughout Valerie’s life, she touched many people and became involved in many activities. In 1980, she joined Regis Duffy at DCL and was instrumental in helping the company grow into a leading multi-national company in the chemical industry. In her spare time, she spent many hours volunteering and cheering her family and friends at speed skating, hockey and softball events. Together with her best friend Kirk their love of physical activity led them to many hours of enjoyment actively engaged in golfing, any type of exercise class, curling, running and skiing. Her and Kirk’s love of the sea and travel led them to taking many cruises over the years throughout the world.
Resting at Belvedere Funeral Home for visitation Thursday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Friday from Canoe Cove Presbyterian Church at 11:00 a.m. Interment in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Canadian Cancer Society or Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation.

www.belvederefh.com

Full list of winners who are to receive prizes at AGM/Awards Night on May 11

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:57:00 +0000

Here is the full winners list for the season’s draws.

The winning teams will receive gift certificates, courtesy of our generous sponsors at our Annual General Meeting and Awards Night, on Friday May 11 at the Club, beginning at 6 pm.

Sunday

Sponsor: Chandlers Cabinets & Millwork

Draw 1 – Angus Kennedy, Ann Doucette, Brian Trainor, Des Nantes

Sponsor: Griffins Service Centre

Draw 2 – Jack Ferguson, Angus Kennedy, Monique Gauthier, Noel Mal

Monday

Sponsor: Cornwall Save Easy

Draw 1 – Bob Fowler, Donald Weeks, Tony Turnball, Harris Ford

Sponsor: Cornwall Save Easy

Draw 2 – Lorianne Davies, Donald Weeks, Tony Turnbull, Dave Hunt

Sponsor: New Glasgow Lobster Suppers

Draw 3 – Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Tracy MacDonald, Lynda Turnbull

Tuesday

Sponsor: KFC

For the final few nights the following teams went undefeated and pick up a prize from the sponsor Kentucky Fried Chicken as well:

Teams Smith, Taylor and Currie(Karen). Team Biagé filled in to make 8 teams and also went undefeated.

Wednesday Afternoon Daytime Competitive League

Sponsor: Lance”The Iceman” Lowther

Vern Chowan, Marg Stewart, Pat McCardle, Jean Anderson

Wednesday Evening Ladder League

Round one, sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Round two, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Clearing

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson
Round three, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Course

A Pool winner: Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn
Round four, sponsored by Chandlers Cabinets & Millwork, and Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant.

A pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

B pool winner: Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Thursday

Draw 1

Sponsor: Quartermaster Marine

6PM -Diane MacKay, Gordon Canfield, Frank Martin, Valerie Taylor

8PM -Russell Boyle, Frank Weiler, Stephen DeGrace

Draw 2

Sponsor: Abegweit Outfitters

6 PM-Myron MacKay, Andy Nicholson, Marjorie Matthews, Richard MacKinnon

8 PM-Matt Hanus, Leita Chisholm, Stephen DeGrace, Helen Verhulp

Draw 3

Sponsors: Pizza Delight, Cornwall Auto and Tire

6 PM-Myron MacKay, Jack Ferguson, Ann Doucette, Marlene Proude

8 PM Matt Hanus, Jenn Hanus, Alan Craswell, Kathleen McCaffery

Congratulations to all our winners!

Sabrina Smith finalist at Capital One Junior Draw to the Button contest

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:48:00 +0000

The Capital One Junior Draw to the Button contest was held Saturday, on Global TV, during the Player’s Championship in Summerside, with junior representatives from Island curling clubs taking part. After the preliminaries, it was narrowed down to four finalists – Sabrina Smith from Cornwall, Lauren Moerike from Charlottetown, Marshall Smallman from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club, and Brooks Roche from Montague.

Sabrina Smith, (Photo from Global TV)

The curlers had practiced on a different sheet than the one used for the finals, and found the ice much heavier than that which they had practiced on. The first three curlers’ rocks all fell short of the hog line, with the fourth curler, Roche, putting his stone short of the rings, but well inside the hog line, to win the event, and the prize of $1000 to the winning curler, and $10,000 for the winning club.

Brooks Roche from the Montague Curling Club poses with mascot “Slider” and the Capital One Junior Draw to the Button trophy (Photo credit: Grand Slam of Curling)

Roche told Cheryl Bernard on Global TV that his immediate plans for the money were to take the team to dinner, while Montague club manager Larry Richards told her that the club would use their portion to purchase a Jet Ice system.

Tuesday night wrapup – Bill Hope rink overall winner

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:40:48 +0000

For the final few nights the following teams went undefeated and pick up a prize from the sponsor Kentucky Fried Chicken as well: teams Smith, Taylor and Currie(Karen). Team Biagé filled in to make 8 teams and also went undefeated.

Congratulations to all our winners!

Cornwall curlers take in the Players’ Championship

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:56:46 +0000

There are lots of Cornwall Club members attending the great curling at the Players’ Championship in Summerside this week. Tonight I noticed Hank and Gerald and Mitch and Chris and Roy and Angus, Lorianne, and Tyler, and Lynda and Karen and Tom and Lester and Paulette and Jim, just to name a few, along with this team (not sure who the new recruits are in the back row, though!)

Wednesday night – sponsor and prize updates

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:39:51 +0000

The prizes have all been reconciled, and sponsors adjusted for all nights.

As there is an extra round in our draw this year, we don’t have enough sponsorship to cover the A pool runner-up prize in the final round. Our apologies to the Neima team for this – but at least they are already getting two other prizes, for winning the first two rounds in the A pool.

Here is the finalized list of prize winners and sponsors:

Round one, sponsored by Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Round two, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Clearing

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

Round three, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Course

A Pool winner (corrected): Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

Round four, sponsored by Chandlers Cabinets and Mill Work and Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant.

A pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

B pool winner: Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Wednesday evening Ladder League wraps up with Fowler and Groves winning final round

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:40:29 +0000

The Bob Fowler rink won the fourth and final round, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Course, of the A pool of the Wednesday Night Ladder League, winning all their games in the round. The Paul Neima rink were second, losing only to Bob’s team, by a 9-4 score on the final night. Both teams will receive prizes on May 11.

Three teams, skipped by Aaron Campbell, Ray Biagé, and Greg Groves, had three wins in the B pool, but Groves and Biagé had one more point, as the Campbell rink did not play one of their games. The Groves and Biagé rinks met on the last night, with Groves coming out on top of a very closely fought 9-8 battle, so they will win the round and the final prize.

It was also brought to my attention that I had the incorrect winner for round 3. I reported, incorrectly, that Karen Currie had beaten Gord Peters in their A pool encounter on Feb 8. I rechecked the result, and that was not the case – it was actually a 9-3 win for Peters, who will win the round (sorry Karen!), beating both second place teams, Currie and Bob MacWilliams, in their games.

Here is the complete winners list for the year (Team rosters as they were on the board. If they are not correct, let us know).

The winners of the A and B pools for each round, as well as the A pool runner-up in the final round, will receive prizes from our generous sponsors during our May 11 Annual General Meeting and Awards Night.

Round one, sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal, and Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney

Round two, sponsored by Murphy’s Cornwall Pharmacy

A Pool winner: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B Pool winner: Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson

Round three, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight

A Pool winner (corrected): Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

B Pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

Round four, sponsored by Clyde River Golf Links

A pool winner: Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Alan Acorn

A pool runner-up: Paul Neima, Kevin Arsenault, Mike Lafontaine, Dwayne MacNeil

B pool winner: Greg Groves, Winston Taylor, Donald Weeks, Frank Weiler

Thanks to everyone who participated in another great season of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League!

- Derek MacEwen
Wednesday evening draw master

Leafs win the Stanley Cup at Countryview Golf Closing Spiel!

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:10:38 +0000

More than the ice was frozen over at the Cornwall Curling Club on Saturday, as the Leafs soundly defeated the Canadiens to win the coveted Stanley Cup, only the second time in eight months that the Cup was in Cornwall (click for previous Cup appearance), and the first time that the playoffs between these two Original Six teams were held at our Club, thanks to the assistance of our great sponsors Countryview Golf Course. Those of us who won the Friday night trivia know, of course, that the last time the Leafs beat the Habs for the Cup was 1967, so this was truly an historic occasion, as evidenced by the great joy shown by the winning team in the official photo:

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As well, some of the players took the opportunity to hoist the cup in the air themselves:

The surprising victory by the Leafs became obvious by the third round of the playoffs, on Saturday morning, when the Leafs came from behind to tie two games, taking three in the last period to tie one, and a big five in the final frame to tie another. The carnage against the Habs continued for the rest of the day, with the Leafs taking 300 points, and the Habs only 189 over the two day playoff series.

As well as the on-ice activities, both teams participated in off-ice hockey/golf themed sports, including hitting a puck into a golf hole with a putter, putting a golf ball into the hole using a hockey stick, and using a mini-stick to hit a target with a poker chip. Both teams appeared to be very experienced in the sport of golf, and the off-ice activities resulted in a dead heat.

The awards night was held following the final games, with Bob Fowler filling in for Ron MacLean, who apparently had something else to do. All the Leafs got fabulous prizes, and sponsor Countryview even had a prize for each of the Habs!

Additional awards included a one-night “season pass” to the Cornwall Curling Club, won by former Hab fan Ray Biagé, who was seen wearing Leafs colours all weekend, and a big Panasonic LCD TV, won by Julie Mitchell (bartender Carol Sweetapple’s daughter, who lives in Halifax). There were also prizes throughout the day during the reverse draw for the pass, and door prizes after the main awards were given out.

The lavish awards dinner was catered by student chefs from the Culinary Institute of Canada, and included barbecued pork, baked potatoes, salad, coleslaw, rolls, and Two Bite Brownies for dessert.

Click to view a photo album of Saturday’s activities.

Thanks to the event organizers, including Rob and his new bride, Sherri, Karen, Carl, and Kris from our great sponsors Countryview Golf, trivia master Angus, MC Bob, anthem singer Debby, off-ice games coordinators including Jamie, the kitchen and cleanup crews, the Culinary cooks, the sixteen teams who took part, Manager Bev, bartenders Carol and Al, icemaker Lance, ice crew including Jeff, and everyone else who helped make our Leafs vs Habs closing bonspiel at great success!

The Cornwall Curling Club season wraps up with the Juniors pizza and skating party on Sunday, our Annual General Meeting and Awards night, May 11 at the Club beginning at 6 pm, and our annual golf tourney, June 9 at Countryview (now open for the season – book your tee-times at CountryviewGolf.com). Contact Carl or Karen at Countryview to sign up for the golf tourney. And curling is not over yet – don’t forget, the world’s best curlers are in Summerside starting Tuesday night for the Players’ Championship – don’t miss it!