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.
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.
Round 2 of the Wednesday Evening Ladder League wrapped up on March 5, and again featured lots of close games between evenly-matched teams. There was one night (Jan. 29) with weather that kept some teams at home. As there are only three weeks left in the season, and we want to give all teams as much play as possible, we will declare winners based on the current standings, as factoring in the missing games would not affect which teams move up or down. All teams will either play in all of the last three weeks, or have a bye in one of the weeks.
Looking at the “A” pool, the Joe Callaghan and Cody Whynot squads both finished with 6 wins and both played the weather-affected week, while the next teams had only 4 wins, and therefore wouldn’t win the round, even if the week they missed was factored in. Whynot beat Callaghan 6-2 in their round-robin encounter to win the round.
Moving back down the ladder to the “B” pool will be the Greg Groves rink with 2 wins, along with the Hank Kamphuis foursome with 1 win and a not-played for the weather-affected night. The Mark MacDonald team had the bye on that night and finished with 3 wins, and will be the third rink to descend the ladder to the B pool.
In the “B” Pool, the Doug Callin team had six wins, while the Christopher Griffin team had six or seven (score sheet not clear on this, and their opponent didn’t mark theirs). Both teams will be moving up to the “A” pool for the abbreviated final round. As Callin beat Griffin in their round robin play, but Griffin didn’t play on the “weather” night, we’ll declare them tied for “B” pool champs for Round Two, and they’ll both be moving up to the “A” Pool.
Also in “B”, the Jenine Bodner squad had five or six wins (neither they nor their opponent marked the score for the last week) and the Veronica Pater squad reeled off five victories, but didn’t play on the weather-affected evening (against Team Griffin). Since Bodner beat Pater in their game, we’ll award the remaining spot in the “A” pool to Team Bodner.
Here are the pools for the 3-week final round:
A Pool | B Pool |
A1-Whynot | B1-MacDonald |
A2-Callaghan | B2-Groves |
A3-Watts | B3-Kamphuis |
A4-Arsenault | B4-Milligan |
A5-Hanzl | B5-Pater |
A6-Boswall | B6-Stewart |
A7-Callin | B7-Deziel |
A8-Griffin | B8-Neima |
A9-Bodner | B9-Beaton |
Here is the draw and schedule for Round Three:
PLEASE NOTE: The “B” Pool gets the late draw the first week of Round Three, as they had the early draw the last week of Round One. IF you have changed pools, please take note of your draw time as you will be playing at the same time as you did in the last week of Round Two
March 12: Round 3, Week 1
March 19: Round 3, Week 2
March 26: Round 3, Week 3
A Pool
Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | BYES | |
W1-March 12 | 6:30 | A2-Callaghan v A5-Hanzl | A8-Griffin v A6-Boswall | A7-Callin v A1-Whynot | A9-Bodner v A3-Watts | A4-Arsenault |
W2-March 19 | 8:30 | A9-Bodner v A7-Callin | A5-Hanzl v A4-Arsenault | A8-Griffin v A2-Callaghan | A1-Whynot v A6-Boswall | A3-Watts |
W3-March 26 | 6:30 | A4-Arsenault v A1-Whynot | A2-Callaghan v A9-Bodner | A6-Boswall v A3-Watts | A5-Hanzl v A7-Callin | A8-Griffin |
B Pool
Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | BYES | |
W1-March 12 | 8:30 | B2-Groves v B5-Pater | B8-Neima v B6-Stewart | B7-Deziel v B1-MacDonald | B9-Beaton v B3-Kamphuis | B4-Milligan |
W2-March 19 | 6:30 | B9-Beaton v B7-Deziel | B5-Pater v B4-Milligan | B8-Neima B2-Groves | B1-MacDonald v B6-Stewart | B3-Kamphuis |
W3-March 26 | 8:30 | B4-Milligan v B1-MacDonald | B2-Groves v B9-Beaton | B6-Stewart v B3-Kamphuis | B5-Pater v B7-Deziel | B8-Neima |
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Click this link to download a printable version (PDF): Ladder League Round3
- Derek MacEwen, Ladder League Drawmaster
derek.macewen@gmail.com
Wed. Evening Ladder League 2nd Draw set to begin January 8th
The extremely-close first round of the Wednesday evening Ladder League wrapped up recently, with very well-matched teams, making it difficult to sort out the final rankings. We’ll take photos of the winning teams the first week of Round Two, on January 8th.
In the “A” pool, teams Boswall, Callaghan, and MacDonald all finished with five wins, thanks to an upset win by Team Deziel, who picked up their first victory, by an impressive 8-0 score, in an abbreviated game over Team MacDonald in the final week. Looking at the head-to-head results, Team Boswall came out the round winner, beating both MacDonald and Callaghan, followed by Team MacDonald, who beat Team Callaghan, with Team Callaghan finishing third.
FIVE teams – Teams Callin, Watts, Hanzl, Milligan and Whynot, had four wins, followed by the Deziel team with their lone victory. Each of the five teams with four wins won two and lost two games against the other teams involved in the four-way tie. Team Deziel will be moving down the ladder to the B Pool along with two of the five teams. Using the tie-breaking rules,
- 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.
This doesn’t really work with five teams, all of whom won and lost two games against the other teams, so we look at the next rule:
- The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
4th Place in A Pool: Watts (12 points in tie)
5th Place in A Pool: Whynot (6 pts in tie), who beat both Callin and Hanzl
6th Place in A Pool: Hanzl (6 pts) in tie, who beat Callin
7th Place in A Pool: Callin (6 pts in tie), who beat and has 1 more point than Milligan)
8th Place in A Pool: Milligan (5 pts in tie)
9th Place in A Pool: Deziel (1 win)
Teams Callin, Milligan, and Deziel will be descending the ladder to the B Pool for the next round.
Now on to the “B” Pool, where things are easier.
The Greg Groves rink finished in first place, tied with the Arsenault team at 6 points each.
The two teams played each other on December 11th, with Team Arsenault looking like they would be the victors, doing a long raise to the four foot with their last shot. Team Groves didn’t let that happen, though, and pulled off almost the same shot, and ended up as shot rock to win the round, via the head-to-head result over Team Arsenault. Team Kamphuis, with 5 wins, finished third. Teams Groves, Arsenault, and Kamphuis will be moving up the ladder to the A Pool for Round Two. Four teams finished with four points. Since they’re not moving up, we’ll just list them in random order: Teams Pater (PEI’s new U18 Girls champs!), Neima, Bodner and Stewart. Team Beaton finished with 2 wins, while Team Griffin had one victory.
Here are the Round Two Pools:
A Pool | B Pool |
A1-Boswall | B1-Callin |
A2-MacDonald | B2-Milligan |
A3-Callaghan | B3-Deziel |
A4-Watts | B4-Pater |
A5-Whynot | B5-Neima |
A6-Hanzl | B6-Bodner |
A7-Groves | B7-Stewart |
A8-Arsenault | B8-Beaton |
A9-Kamphuis | B9-Griffin |
Here is the draw and schedule for Round Two:
PLEASE NOTE: The “B” Pool gets the early draw the first week of Round Two, as they had the late draw the last week of Round One. IF you have changed pools, please take note of your Week One draw time as you will be playing at the same time as you did in the last week of Round One
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: Round 2, Week 9 (DATE CHANGE: Originally scheduled for March 12)
A Pool
Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | BYES | |
W1-Jan 8 | 8:30 | A2-MacDonald v A5-Whynot | A8-Arsenault v A6-Hanzl | A7-Groves v A1-Boswall | A9-Kamphuis v A3-Callaghan | A4-Watts |
W2-Jan 15 | 6:30 | A9-Kamphuis v A7-Groves | A5-Whynot v A4-Watts | A8-Arsenault v A2-MacDonald | A1-Boswall v A6-Hanzl | A3-Callaghan |
W3-Jan 22 | 8:30 | A4-Watts v A1-Boswall | A2-MacDonald v A9-Kamphuis | A6-Hanzl v A3-Callaghan | A5-Whynot v A7-Groves | A8-Arsenault |
W4-Jan 29 | 6:30 | A8-Arsenault v A3-Callaghan | A6-Hanzl v A7-Groves | A1-Boswall v A5-Whynot | A4-Watts v A9-Kamphuis | A2-MacDonald |
W5-Feb 5 | 8:30 | A3-Callaghan v A2-MacDonald | A9-Kamphuis v A1-Boswall | A4-Watts v A6-Hanzl | A8-Arsenault v A5-Whynot | A7-Groves |
W6-Feb 12 | 6:30 | A6-Hanzl v A9-Kamphuis | A4-Watts v A8-Arsenault | A2-MacDonald v A7-Groves | A3-Callaghan v A1-Boswall | A5-Whynot |
W7-Feb 19 | 8:30 | A7-Groves v A4-Watts | A3-Callaghan v A5-Whynot | A9-Kamphuis v A8-Arsenault | A6-Hanzl v A2-MacDonald | A1-Boswall |
W8-Feb 26 | 6:30 | A5-Whynot v A6-Hanzl | A1-Boswall v A2-MacDonald | A3-Callaghan v A4-Watts | A7-Groves v A8-Arsenault | A9-Kamphuis |
W9-Mar 5 | 8:30 | A1-Boswall v A8-Arsenault | A7-Groves v A3-Callaghan | A5-Whynot v A9-Kamphuis | A2-MacDonald v A4-Watts | A6-Hanzl |
B Pool
Time | Ice 1 | Ice 2 | Ice 3 | Ice 4 | BYES | |
W1-Jan 8 | 6:30 | B2-Milligan v B5-Neima | B8-Beaton v B6-Bodner | B7-Stewart v B1-Callin | B9-Griffin v B3-Deziel | B4-Pater |
W2-Jan 15 | 8:30 | B9-Griffin v B7-Stewart | B5-Neima v B4-Pater | B8-Beaton v B2-Milligan | B1-Callin v B6-Bodner | B3-Deziel |
W4-Jan 22 | 6:30 | B4-Pater v B1-Callin | B2-Milligan v B9-Griffin | B6-Bodner v B3-Deziel | B5-Neima v B7-Stewart | B8-Beaton |
W5-Jan 29 | 8:30 | B8-Beaton v B3-Deziel | B6-Bodner v B7-Stewart | B1-Callin v B5-Neima | B4-Pater v B9-Griffin | B2-Milligan |
W5-Feb 5 | 6:30 | B3-Deziel v B2-Milligan | B9-Griffin v B1-Callin | B4-Pater v B6-Bodner | B8-Beaton v B5-Neima | B7-Stewart |
W6-Feb 12 | 8:30 | B6-Bodner v B9-Griffin | B4-Pater v B8-Beaton | B2-Milligan v B7-Stewart | B3-Deziel v B1-Callin | B5-Neima |
W7-Feb 19 | 6:30 | B7-Stewart v B4-Pater | B3-Deziel v B5-Neima | B9-Griffin v B8-Beaton | B6-Bodner v B2-Milligan | B1-Callin |
W8-Feb 26 | 8:30 | B5-Neima v B6-Bodner | B1-Callin v B2-Milligan | B3-Deziel v B4-Pater | B7-Stewart v B8-Beaton | B9-Griffin |
W9-Mar 5 | 6:30 | B1-Callin v B8-Beaton | B7-Stewart v B3-Deziel | B5-Neima v B9-Griffin | B2-Milligan v B4-Pater | B6-Bodner |
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Ladder League Round Two January 2025
- Derek MacEwen, Ladder League Drawmaster
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 |
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Click this link to download a printable version (PDF): Wed. eve Round One
- Derek MacEwen, Ladder League Drawmaster
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
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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 – Round 2, Week 9
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March 12: Round 3, Week 1
March 19: Round 3, Week 2
March 26: Round 3, Week 3
Good curling!
- Derek MacEwen, Wednesday evening drawmaster
derek.macewen@gmail.com
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.
- 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.
- The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
- The teams are then ranked using the point differential for all the games in the round against all teams.
- 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