Cornwall Curling Club

It was the red construction crew against their blue competition as the Cornwall Curling Club’s Closing bonspiel, sponsored by Countryview Golf Club, brought the 2010-2011 season to a close over the weekend. We’ll have a full report in the next day or so, but in the meantime, Mike Lafontaine has sent along some great pictures! I left them full size, for those with big monitors, so they may take a few seconds to load.

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Red rules as Countryview Closing Spiel wraps up Cornwall Curling Season

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 this 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).

Reds hot, hot, hot as Countryview Closing Spiel goes tropical!

It was a great day to be Red, following Friday play at the Cornwall Curling Club's Countryview Golf Closing Bonspiel. The opening draw saw two sheets in play, with Red winning one game and losing the other, to end up in a dead heat. It was also close after the second draw, but, by the end of the third round, Red had a firm hold on the lead, with a 49-41 score. Blue isn't ready to concede yet, however, and with today's draws getting underway at 9 am, with the last draw at 4, anything can happen (and usually does!).

Last night's activities took on a tropical theme, with the club decorated to the 9's with palm trees, hula girls, sombreros, a swimming pool, and just about every tropical cliché one could dream up! An authentic tropical meal of tacos and ice cream was served, and Scott Jeffrey of Moovin' and Groovin' (peidj.com)kept everybody dancing to the tropical tunes well into the night. A nice jacket from Countryview Golf(who, by the way, are opening today) and a bag big enough to hold a person were among the door prizes given out at the dance. Enough talking -- check out this slide show and see for yourself what fun we can have!

There's some live music in store on Saturday afternoon, and the barbecue will see action at noon as the fun and food continues on Saturday. Things will wind up with a dinner and awards ceremony with prizes for the winning colour. See you at the Club!

The 2009 Countryview Golf Club Closing Spiel took place from April 2-4th 2009.

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