We are pleased to report that our Wednesday evening Ladder League Orientation Night went well, with a great turnout, and curlers learning the new guidelines and getting in a practice game!
We are also delighted to report that we now have an even fourteen teams (the same number as last year) signed up, with the rink of Aleya Quilty, Tyler MacKenzie, Eddy Bushev and Alyssa Holiday joining. 

Up next is our annual Qualifier Night where we select teams at random to play each other, with the winners going in the “A” pool and the non-winners going to the “B” for the first of three seven-week rounds. After Qualifier Night we will use the same draw format and sheet allocation as last season, which means that the two pools of seven teams will alternate between 6:30 and 8:30 draw times, with one team from each pool playing each other in a crossover game, which will always be at 6:30 pm.

We will leave an inside sheet (#2, as we did #3 last week) empty (unless someone books it) for the late draw on Qualifier Night to help as people get used to the new physical distancing guidelines and the removal of separator boards.

Here is the Qualifier Night Draw for October 28.

6:30 pm

Ice 1: Robertson vs Groves
Ice 2: Jack vs Quilty
Ice 3: MacDougall vs Callaghan
Ice 4: Younker vs Joostema

8:30 pm

Ice 1: Gallant vs Neima
Ice 3: Watts vs McInnis
Ice 4: MacDonald vs Kamphuis

We would like to remind all teams to enter the ice house via sheet 4, and exit via sheet 1.
We request that teams mark whether they won or lost their Qualifier Night game on the draw sheet that will be on the green table. Score is not required to be marked for Qualifier Night.

• Derek MacEwen, Wednesday evening drawmaster

 

We now have 14 teams signed up for the Wednesday Evening Ladder League, the same number as last year, so there will be two pools of seven teams, with one team from each pool playing a crossover games with the corresponding team from the other pool each week. That game will always be at 6:30 pm.

Here is the draw for Orientation Night  (Oct. 21) so you will know whether to be there for 6:30 or 8:30. After your Orientation session, you will be scheduled to play a practice game (doesn’t count) of 4-6 ends (depending on how long the Orientation takes), with another team chosen by our random number generator.

6:30 pm

Ice 1: Younker vs MacDonald

Ice 2: Neima vs McInnis

Ice 3: Robertson vs MacDougall

Ice 4: Joostema vs Gallant

8:30 pm

Ice 1: Kamphuis vs Callaghan

Ice 2: Groves vs Watts

Ice 4: Jack vs Quilty (Jack have already attended Junior Orientation and won’t be attending).

We will then have our annual Qualifier night on the 28th where teams play another team (also will be chosen randomly) with the winners going into the “A Pool” and the non-winners going into the “B” for round one, which will start on November 4.

Here are the 14 team entries we have received. Some players didn’t specify their position, or there were two players in the same position, and four names have not been provided yet, so please let drawmaster Derek MacEwen know about additions or changes for your team by emailing derek.macewen@gmail.com. Note that players can play any position regardless of which they signed up for and can change from night to night.

Also, if you have not so, be sure to register for curling either in person or online!