The Crapaud Community Curling Club is working towards launching pre-season curling for the Province. The pre-season will run from September 2 – October 31, 2013 (registration deadline August 2, 2013) at a cost of $100 per player. This one-time fee will allow you to book ice time on a first come, first served basis 7 days a week. There may also be leagues set up depending on interest. They welcome all teams and individual curlers wanting to take advantage of this pilot project.  Please note that the project will only go ahead if there is enough interest.  If it is a success, they look to make this a permanent fixture to the provincial curling program.

This is great opportunity for those looking to get on the ice early to prepare for their upcoming curling goals, or just want to practice before the regular season begins. They also hope to have a “Learn to Curl” program set up, as well as stick curling, ice rentals, and a bonspiel or two.

For further information, please contact Miranda Peters at mle4ccc@outlook.com or at 902-940-9264.

To Register:

Email Team Name or Individual Curler to mle4ccc@outlook.com along with a post-dated cheque (made payable to Crapaud Curling Club ) for August 15, 2013 to PO Box 4922 Crapaud, PE C0A 1J0 C/O Miranda Peters. Deadline is August 2, 2013

The current forecast for Saturday June 22 is sunny and 22 degrees, so things are shaping up perfectly for our annual 9-hole, best ball tourney at beautiful Countryview Golf Course, route 19 in Fairview.

There have been some draw changes, so please take note of this revised version. Please note: for the first time, we are using a “shotgun start”, with all foursomes teeing off at 10 am. All golfers are requested to be at Countryview by 9:30 to ensure time to make your way to your respective tee boxes.

We remind you again that, should you require a power cart, call Countryview now and reserve, as there is another tournament that day and there could be a shortage.

There will be a longest drive for men and women, plus a closest to the pin for men and women. Last year we had the ninth hole that players could only use a 7 iron, this year we are going to draw for which hole that will happen and what iron will be used. All the holes from 1 to 9 and irons from 5 to 9 will be put in a hat and drawn out before we tee off to see which iron will be used and what hole it will be used on.

There will be a BBQ after with hot dogs, hamburgers and dessert, plus lots of prizes!

CORNWALL CURLING CLUB TEAM DRAW-JUNE 22

TEAM 1- HOLE 5A- RICK DOIRON, SUE DOIRON, HELEN SMITH, TRACY MACDONALD

TEAM 2 – HOLE 5B- TED VAN LUNEN, KAREN VAN LUNEN, RICK KIDD, PAM KIDD

TEAM 3- HOLE 6- CARL CURRIE, CARLENE PETERS,VALERIE ACORN, JEFF TAYLOR

TEAM 4- HOLE 7A – PAUL NEIMA, CATHY HANDREN, TRENT HAYES, LISA ARSENAULT

TEAM 5- HOLE7B- WADE CUDMORE, TBA, BERNIE FIELDS, NUCKER RICHARDS

TEAM 6- HOLE 8- ALAN ACORN, SHARON KING, REBECCA ROLFE, LEONARD GOTELL

TEAM 7 – HOLE 4A- GORDIE PETERS, PAULA LING, JOHN DE LUCA, KRISTA AFFLECK

TEAM  8-HOLE 4B- BARRY CRASWELL, ANKUR DESHPANDE, JOHN BERRY, EILEEN BLANCHARD

TEAM 9- HOLE 9A- DAN HUGHES, KAREN FISHER, GEORGE YOUNKER, ELAINE HUGHES

TEAM 10- HOLE 9B- PAUL DURANT, PAT MCCARDLE, LESTER CALLBECK, CAROL SWEETAPPLE

TEAM 11 – HOLE 1A- PAUL FIELD, CHICK MORRISON, TOM DUNN, LOUISE MORRISON

TEAM 12- HOLE 1B- BOB FOWLER, KIM GLYDON, DEREK GALLANT, JEAN ANDERSON

TEAM 13- HOLE 2 – BILL HOPE, SANDY HOPE, ARLEEN HARRIS, VERN CHOWAN

TEAM 14- HOLE 3A- LEW BLACK, VINCE FISHER, KIMBALL BLANCHARD, MARY PLAMONDON

TEAM 15- HOLE 3B- SHIRLEY BERRY, DEREK MACEWEN, SHELLEY EBBETT, DONALD WEEKS

Funeral announcement: www.belvederefh.com/obituaries/80054

Photo (4th from left) – Alex Sutherland

Photo – 2nd from left: Chloe McCloskey, 4th from left: Katie Fullerton

Here is the official announcement:

The trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund, established under Curl Atlantic from profits from the 2003 Brier and the 2005 Roar of the Rings curling events in Atlantic Canada, has announced the 2013 recipients of its Student/Athlete Scholarships and Curling Club Capital Works and Curl Atlantic Member Association Program Initiatives grants.

The 2013 Scholarship recipients are:

Prince Edward Island ($500 each): Katie Fullerton, Chloe McCloskey, Alex Sutherland
Nova Scotia ($500 each): Katarina Hakansson, Alex Rafuse, Alex Trites
Newfoundland and Labrador ($500 each): Zackary Parsons, Colin Thomas, Stephen Trickett
New Brunswick ($500 each): Josh Barry, Jessica Daigle, Katelyn Kelly

The 2013 Capital Grant recipients will each receive $1500. The successful curling clubs are:
Woodstock Golf and Curling Club, NB
Maple Leaf Curling Club, PEI
Halifax Curling Club, NS
Gateway Curling Club, NL

The 2013 Program Initiative grant will be used to license the “Rocks and Rings” elementary school program throughout Atlantic Canada. “This joint initiative between Curl Atlantic and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) appears to fit well with the intent of junior curling development of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund and with Curl Atlantic”, said Roy Hodder, Chair of Curl Atlantic. “The Rocks and Rings program is a great way to introduce and bring curling to the school setting. The program has received much attention during the televising of the CCA’s championship events, and is hugely popular across the country and in great demand.”

The new Board of Directors of the Cornwall Curling Club had its first meeting tonight, and elected the following officers:

President: Paul Neima
Vice-President: Frank Martin
Secretary: Krista Affleck
Treasurer: Edgar Coffin
Past President: Bob Fowler

The following committee chairs were chosen:

Finance Committee: Edgar Coffin
Membership and Draws: Paula Ling
Publicity, Bylaws: Derek MacEwen
Facilities: Jeffrey Taylor
Bonspiels and Social: Krista Affleck, Carlene Peters
Fundraising: Joe MacKinnon and Leonard Gotell
Youth: Frank Martin
Seniors: Lew Black
Curl PEI representative: Paul Neima

Feel free to contact these Executive members with your questions, suggestions, and concerns!

Also tonight, a tentative calendar for next season was put together, with registration for returning adult and junior members on Oct. 9,  free curling instruction and new adult and junior members’ registration Oct. 15-17, with evening league curling starting Oct. 21.

Also in the plans are several Friday night “drop-in” spiels, open to all, tentatively Oct. 25 Nov. 29, and Jan. 3.

Tentative regular bonspiel dates for next season:
Kenmac Opening Spiel – Nov. 1-2
Jackson-Triggs Ladies Spiel – Nov 15-16
PEI Brewing Co. Spiel Jan 17-18
Club Dominion Playdowns Feb. 7-9
Countryview Golf Closing Spiel April 4-5 (perhaps with PEI Brewing Co. too)

A new league is planned for Thursday night (late draw) before the Dominion Playdowns to give a chance to those who don’t curl in the regular Tuesday and Wednesday team leagues (or those who do and want more ice time) to prepare their team for the Dominion.

Plans are to move the Junior instruction on Sundays to 4-6 pm, from the current 1-3 pm.

The next scheduled meeting of the new board is Tuesday Sept. 3 at 6 pm. Dates will be finalized at that time, a mailout to current Club members will be done that month, and the updated information will be posted to the Club website, Facebook and Twitter.

Here are the draft minutes and attachments from last month’s Annual General Meeting, for approval at the 2014 AGM next May. Please let us know if you see anything incorrect or omitted.

Cornwall 2013 AGM Minutes Draft (PDF)

Photo (L-R) Claude LeBlanc, ADL Corporate Sales Manager, Aleya Quilty, Tyler Smith, Curl PEI President George Koke

Aleya Quilty

Aleya Quilty had a busy curling and coaching season, playing on both the Amanda MacLean team, the provincial runners-up at the Pepsi Juniors, and the Veronica Smith university team, who qualified for the CIS/CCA nationals with a B division win, and went on to a 5^th place finish in Kamloops, where she had the highest shooting percentage for Team PEI. The MacLean team also competed in the Fall Fling at the Silver Fox, finishing 5^th, as well as the Codiac Bonspiel in Moncton, the Maritime Junior Competitive League, and the JSI-OVCA Super Spiel in the Ottawa area, as well as practicing several hours a week, and competing in the Tuesday night competitive league at the Cornwall Curling Club.

On the coaching and instructing front, she coached boy’s teams in the Under 16 and Under 18 provincials and in weekend competitions, completed her Level 3 Coaching technical training and all six competition development and multi-sport modules,and instructed at two junior development and high performance camps. She will also be working as an instructor at the 2013 Whitecap Curling Camp at Cornwall’s APM Centre.

Quilty also excels in the sport of rowing, with three 2 hour dry land training workouts a week in preparation for competing for Team PEI in the 2013 Canada Summer Games.

An honours student throughout grade school, high school, and 1^st year university, Quilty was awarded in 2012-13 with a 2012 Joyce Myers Trust Fund Scholarship, a Community Service Bursary, and an Earl D. Foster Entrance Scholarship to UPEI.

Tyler Smith

Former PEI Canada Games team skip Tyler Smith had another busy year, finishing in the top three in four provincial championships – coming first in the Pepsi Junior Under 21 competition, second in both the O’Connor Glass Under 18 and the Advantage Communications Junior Mixed championships U16 division, and third in the O’Connor Glass Under 16. At the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors in Fort McMurray, his team finished with a 3-6 record. The second place finish in the provincial U18’s garnered the Smith rink a berth in the Atlantic U18 championships in Stephenville NL, where they finished in third place. Smith managed to curl in all four Atlantic provinces during the season, competing in junior cashspiels in Sackville NB, where they came second, and at the Lakeshore curling club in Lower Sackville NS, where they finished in third place,  in addition to the provincial and Atlantic championships. He also practiced twice a week at the Cornwall Curling Club, and participated in competitive leagues both there and in Crapaud.