Wednesday Ladder

WEDNESDAY EVENING LADDER LEAGUE

This is a semi-competitive team-entry league. 

Teams are divided into an A and a B pool at the start of the season based on whether they win or lose against another team chosen at random on the first night, “Qualifier Night”, on Oct. 16.

Curling times for your team will alternate between 6:30pm and 8:30pm throughout the season, and can change at the end of each round, depending on which pool you end up in for the next round.
 
NOTE: The “A” Pool will have the 6:30 pm draw on the first night of Round One on October 23rd, as they had the late draw the last evening of last season.
 
At the end of each of round, the bottom three teams in the A pool and the top 3 teams in the B pool switch places, to add some variety for the middle-tier teams while also making the pools more competitive as the top and bottom teams will not play each other. The A and B pools will curl at separate times, alternating between the 6:30pm and 8:30pm draw times each week within a round.
 
At least three players, one of whom is on the listed team (not a spare) are required to avoid a game default.
 
Please note: Teams stay the same all season. Teams retaining at least 3 players from the previous season have priority to enter again this season, while other teams are on a space-available basis. Junior teams with all players age 13 and over, are welcome in this league if space is available.

2024-25 Ladder League Round 1 set to go!

Here are the pools for Round One of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, following Qualifier Night on Oct. 16 (please let us know if we have someone in the wrong pool!).  We assigned the team numbers to the teams randomly.

A Pool B Pool
A1-Callin B1-Groves
A2-Callaghan B2-Arsenault
A3-Watts B3-Griffin
A4-Hanzl B4-Neima
A5-Deziel B5-Bodner
A6-Whynot B6-Pater
A7-Boswall B7-Kamphuis
A8-Milligan B8-Stewart
A9-MacDonald B9-Beaton

Notes:
The A Pool teams get the 6:30 pm early draw the first week, as they had the 8:30 pm late draw the last week of last season.

We will give Team Pater their bye at the end of the draw, as they had a bye on Qualifier Night (the other Qualifier Night bye team, Team Milligan, requested a bye on Nov. 13).

Team Arsenault requested a bye on November 6, so we will give them and Team Callaghan their byes in Week 3.

Here is the draw and schedule for Round One:

A Pool

  Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BYES
W1-Oct 23 6:30 A2-Callaghan v A5-Deziel A8-Milligan v A6-Whynot A7-Boswall v A1-Callin A9-MacDonald v A3-Watts A4-Hanzl
W2-Oct 30 8:30 A9-MacDonald v A7-Boswall  A5-Deziel v A4-Hanzl A8-Milligan v A2-Callaghan A1-Callin v A6-Whynot A3-Watts
W3-Nov 6 6:30 A8-Milligan v A3-Watts A6-Whynot v A7-Boswall A1-Callin v A5-Deziel A4-Hanzl v A9-MacDonald A2-Callaghan
W4-Nov 13 8:30 A4-Hanzl v A1-Callin A2-Callaghan v A9-MacDonald A6-Whynot v A3-Watts  A5-Deziel v A7-Boswall A8-Milligan
W5-Nov 20 6:30 A3-Watts v A2-Callaghan A9-MacDonald v A1-Callin A4-Hanzl v A6-Whynot A8-Milligan v A5-Deziel A7-Boswall
W6-Nov 27 8:30 A6-Whynot v A9-MacDonald A4-Hanzl v A8-Milligan A2-Callaghan v A7-Boswall A3-Watts v A1-Callin A5-Deziel
W7-Dec 4 6:30 A7-Boswall v A4-Hanzl A3-Watts v A5-Deziel A9-MacDonald v A8-Milligan A6-Whynot v A2-Callaghan A1-Callin
W8-Dec 11 8:30  A5-Deziel v A6-Whynot A1-Callin v A2-Callaghan A3-Watts v A4-Hanzl A7-Boswall v A8-Milligan A9-MacDonald
W9-Dec 18 6:30 A1-Callin v A8-Milligan A7-Boswall v A3-Watts  A5-Deziel v A9-MacDonald A2-Callaghan v A4-Hanzl A6-Whynot

B Pool

  Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 BYES
W1-Oct 23 8:30 B2-Arsenault v B5-Bodner B8-Stewart v B6-Pater B7-Kamphuis v B1-Groves B9-Beaton v B3-Griffin B4-Neima
W2-Oct 30 6:30 B9-Beaton v B7-Kamphuis B5-Bodner v B4-Neima B8-Stewart v B2-Arsenault  B1-Groves v B6-Pater B3-Griffin
W3-Nov 6 8:30 B8-Stewart v B3-Griffin B6-Pater v B7-Kamphuis B1-Groves v B5-Bodner B4-Neima v B9-Beaton B2-Arsenault
W4-Nov 13 6:30 B4-Neima v B1-Groves B2-Arsenault v B9-Beaton B6-Pater v B3-Griffin B5-Bodner v B7-Kamphuis B8-Stewart
W5-Nov 20 8:30 B3-Griffin v B2-Arsenault B9-Beaton v B1-Groves B4-Neima v B6-Pater B8-Stewart v B5-Bodner B7-Kamphuis
W6-Nov 27 6:30 B6-Pater v B9-Beaton B4-Neima v B8-Stewart B2-Arsenault v B7-Kamphuis B3-Griffin v B1-Groves B5-Bodner
W7-Dec 4 8:30 B7-Kamphuis v B4-Neima B3-Griffin v B5-Bodner B9-Beaton v B8-Stewart B6-Pater v B2-Arsenault B1-Groves
W8-Dec 11 6:30 B5-Bodner v B6-Pater B1-Groves v B2-Arsenault B3-Griffin v B4-Neima B7-Kamphuis v B8-Stewart B9-Beaton
W9-Dec 18 8:30 B1-Groves v B8-Stewart B7-Kamphuis v B3-Griffin B5-Bodner v B9-Beaton B2-Arsenault v B4-Neima B6-Pater

(Drag table to scroll left or right to view entire table on narrow touchscreens).

Click this link to download a printable version (PDF): Wed. eve Round One

  • Derek MacEwen, Ladder League Drawmaster

derek.macewen@gmail.com

2024-2025 Season

We have 18 teams again this season, which means one team in each 9-team pool will have a bye each night. Assuming no cancellations, we will have two full rounds, and one “mini” round.

Here are the rosters (skip to lead)


Here is the Curling Canada draw we will be using. We reserve the right to change the order of the weeks.

We use Random.org to randomly draw the team matchups for Qualifier Night.

As we have more teams than sheets of ice, we will do as we did last season, and grant a Qualifier Night bye and a ticket to the A Pool for team that won the most rounds last year (Team Milligan), We will also give a Qualifier Night bye and a ticket to the B Pool for the new Junior team, skipped by Veronica Pater.

List Randomizer

Here are the Qualifier Night teams following randomization. The winners, plus Team Milligan, will go to the A pool for round 1, with the other Qualifier Night teams, plus Team Pater, going to B. 

6:30 pm
Ice 1: Neima vs Callaghan
Ice 2: Callin vs Griffin
Ice 3: Deziel vs Beaton
Ice 4: Watts vs Arsenault

8:30 pm
Ice 1: Hanzl vs Kamphuis
Ice 2: Bodner vs Boswall
Ice 3: Whynot vs Groves
Ice 4: MacDonald vs Stewart

Byes: Team Milligan, Team Pater

Teams are requested to mark “W” next to their name on the sheet on the draw board if they won the game, and “L” if they didn’t. Ties will be broken by a draw to the button.

Here is the 2024-25 schedule.

Qualifier Night is October 16th
First league night is October 23rd.
Last league night is March 26th

No league on the following dates:  December 25, January 1, March 5

We will have two full rounds, with two nights left over for a partial third round. Missed nights due to storms, ice problems, etc. will normally not be played.

October 16: Qualifier night
October 23: Round 1, Week 1
October 30: Round 1, Week 2
November 6: Round 1, Week 3
November 13: Round 1, Week 4
November 20: Round 1, Week 5
November  27: Round 1, Week 6 
December 4: Round 1, Week 7
December 11: Round 1, Week 8
December 18: Round 1, Week 9

January 8: Round 2, Week 1
January 15: Round 2, Week 2
January 22: Round 2, Week 3
January 29: Round 2, Week 4
February 5: Round 2, Week 5 
February 12: Round 2, Week 6 
February 19: Round 2, Week 7
February 26: Round 2, Week 8
March 5 – No League (Club is hosting the PEI Curling Club Championships)
March 12: Round 2, Week 9

March 19:  Round 3, Week 1
March 26: Round 3, Week 2

Good curling!

Welcome to another season of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, a semi-competitive team entry league. We have 18 teams this season, which means two pools of 9, with one team in each pool having a bye each week.

The Wednesday evening Ladder League is a semi-competitive team-entry league. Teams stay the same all season.

Teams are divided into an A and a B pool at the start of the season based on whether they win or lose against another team chosen at random on the first night, “Qualifier Night”.

At the end of each round, the bottom three teams in the A pool and the top 3 teams in the B pool switch places, to add some variety for the middle-tier teams while also making the pools more competitive as the top and bottom teams will not play each other.

The A and B pools will curl at separate times, alternating between the 6:30pm and 8:30pm draw times each week. One team in each 9 team pool has a bye each week.

At least three players, at least ONE of whom is on the listed team (not a spare) are required to avoid a game default. 

Rules:

  • Open semi-competitive league. Any player can play any position, and you can change from game to game.
  • We will be using the following Curling Canada 9 team draw for Round Robin play. 
  • Following Qualifier Night where we only need to know who won, you will mark “W” for a win, “L” for a loss, or “LD” for a loss by default on the scoresheet, along with your team’s points scored, on the scoresheet on the draw board. In the case of a default, award point per end to the winning team. In the case of a tie, award an additional point for the draw-to-the-button winner. If your score is not marked and you win, you will get one point more than the losing team. If you lose and didn’t mark, you will receive zero points. Note that scores are used only if head to head results cannot definitively break a tie (see below).Sample Scoresheet:
  • To break ties at the end of the round between teams with the same record, the tied teams are ranked by applying the following rules in order until one tie is broken. If one or more ties remain, the rules are applied to each tie starting from rule 1. The process continues until all ties are broken and all teams are ranked.
    1. The teams are ranked using their head-to-head record against the other teams in the tie. A Loss will beat a Loss by Default.
    2. The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
    3. The teams are then ranked using the point differential for all the games in the round against all teams.
    4. The teams are then ranked using their initial ranking in the round.
  • Ties: Decided by a draw to the button, with sweeping permitted (by your team only – the other team cannot sweep your rock behind the T line or anywhere else).
  • Avoiding defaults/using spares: At least one regular team member (and three players in total) must be present for the game to count, or else a default is posted.  Spares should not play a higher position than the player replaced.
  • Storms: Any games cancelled due to storms, etc. will usually (drawmaster’s decision) not be played, unless it is the last week of the draw. All subsequent weeks will remain where they were, Any changes to this will be posted on CornwallCurling.com.
  • Teams may reschedule games to a different date and /or time by mutual consent. but ice time is hard to find!
  • 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.

– Derek MacEwen

Wednesday Night Drawmaster

derek.macewen@gmail.com

 

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