The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame, with the assistance of a number of generous donors, is proud to offer bursaries annually to junior curlers pursuing their post-secondary education.

Bursaries

Bursaries for the 2024/2025 academic year will be offered as follows:

• Two $1,000 bursaries, awarded to one female and one male junior curler
• Two $750 bursaries, awarded to one female and one male junior curler

 Eligibility

To apply for a bursary, an applicant must:

• Be a resident of Prince Edward Island (but can be attending school and/or curling elsewhere).
• Be an active curling member in good standing of a curling facility
• Be enrolled as a full-time student at a post-secondary educational institution in the 2024/2025 academic year
• Be eligible to participate in 2024/25 provincial-level events open to junior curlers, and leading to national events such as Canadian U-18, U-20, U-21 championships, U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships, and CCAA/Curling Canada College Championships
• Demonstrate a genuine financial need

Note that recipients and applicants from previous years are eligible to reapply

Criteria and Conditions

• Applicants will be selected based on their:
  • curling achievements and development
  • passion for the game
  • community involvement
  • financial need
  • Only one bursary can be awarded to any individual applicant
• All information provided will be kept private and confidential

How to Apply

Please complete and submit the attached application form and supporting documents via email to derek.macewen@gmail.com

Application deadline: midnight Atlantic time on November 15, 2024. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed. Successful applicants will be notified no later than December 15, 2024.

Application form in PDF Format: https://peicurling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Student-Bursary-Application-Form-for-2024-2025-academic-year.pdf”

Application form in MS Word format: https://peicurling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Student-Bursary-Application-Form-for-2024-2025-academic-year.docx

Each Friday we are going to start spotlighting one of our club sponsors and today we begin with the newest sponsor, Neal Jamieson Naturotherapy.

Neal’s daughters participate in our junior programming and his office is located close to the club at Cornwall Wellness Centre.

Check out his website at wellnesspei.ca

Thanks for your sponsorship!

 Be sure to check out ALL of our sponsors on the SPONSORS PAGE as there are several new ones this season and many faithful ones returning from past seasons.

From left to right: Travis Stone, Kurt Roach, Mark MacNamara, Robin Nathanson. 2024 Village Green Cash Spiel Champions.

The Village Green Club Curling Cashspiel concluded on Sunday, marking a second consecutive Championship for a team from Nova Scotia. The action-packed day started with two intense quarterfinal matches, setting the stage for an exciting finish.

In one quarterfinal, Peter Rousseau’s team pulled off a thrilling comeback against Eddie MacKenzie’s rink. Down by one without the hammer, Rousseau managed to steal three points in the final end, clinching a spot in the semifinals against Travis Stone’s team from Sydney, Nova Scotia. Meanwhile, Michelle Armstrong’s squad from Lakeshore Curling Club—featuring Julie McEvoy, Abby Miller, and Kathleen Porter—narrowly advanced to the quarters with a nail-biting 7-centimeter differential in cumulative DTB. However, their momentum was halted by Shelly Bradley’s team, who played strong throughout the game, to secure their place in the semi finals.

In the semifinal round, Travis Stone’s well-rested team dominated, wrapping up their game after just four ends. In the other semifinal, Bradley’s rink fought hard against their clubmates, Team Yogi’s, in a game that lasted roughly 2.5 hours, with multiple stones in play each end. Bradley sealed the win with a skillful 10-foot angle raise double to score three points in the eighth end. Earning the nickname “The Cardio Kids,” Bradley’s team had already played three games on Saturday before heading into the final against Stone.

The final saw Stone’s team—composed of Kurt Roach, Mark MacNamara, and Robin Nathanson—came out strong once more, scoring three points in the first end and stealing two in the second. The game concluded in the fifth end with Stone hitting for three, securing an 8-1 victory over Bradley and her “Cardio Kids.”

A huge thank you to Ron and the ice crew for their dedication in maintaining top-notch ice conditions throughout the weekend. Special appreciation also goes to the bar staff for keeping the players refreshed and to the Cornwall Curling Club for hosting what promises to be one of the Maritimes’ premier club curling events.

• Ryan Giddens

Three weeks into the season and all three 50/50 drawings have been members who DIDN’T pay their twoonie (or enter for the year).

As a reminder, next week will be the last week to enter for the full year and the amount for the rest of the year will be $38.

This week the winner WASN’T….(see video)

Everyone be sure to give the three unlucky non-winners a hard time!

For those who are new (or have forgotten) see how the 50/50 works at Cornwall Curling Club here: https://cornwallcurling.com/50-50-raffle-pay-weekly-or-pay-for-season-through-december-1st-4/

Just a reminder of the following schedule changes:

THURSDAY: 
We will NOT have Thursday Evening Mixed League (Halloween)

FRIDAY: 
We WILL have 10:00am Morning Drop-In
We will NOT have 12:30 Afternoon Stick Drop-In (Village Green Cashspiel)

SUNDAY:
We will NOT have Sunday Morning Drop-In (Village Green Cashspiel)
We will NOT have Little Rockers or Novice (Village Green Cashspiel)
We will NOT have Sunday Junior Curling (Village Green Cashspiel)
We WILL have Adult Learn to Curl and ParaSport BUT it will start at 5:30pm

As always, latest updates are available at: www.cornwallcurling.com/today

Just received word the ice is good to go for todays schedule 

The Wednesday Daytime Competitive League will begin on OCTOBER 30th. 

Download Schedule

The PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum held its 16th induction ceremony this evening at the Stratford Town Hall, with four curlers, including Cornwall member Tricia MacGregor, inducted into the Hall of Fame. 

Photo: Inductees or their representatives, displaying portraits of the inductees prepared by artist Wayne Wright.

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.

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

B Pool

(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

Here are the teams and draw for the first round of the Monday Mixed League!

Participants, please check your email for contact list as well!

PRINTABLE PDF

The Cornwall Curling Club will be hosting a Swing & Sweep event on Saturday, October 19th.

We’ll start out at the Countryview Golf Course with a 9-hole, 4-person scramble starting at 9am.

Lunch will be hosted at the curling club following the golf and will consist of salad, spaghetti bolognese, bread, and cupcakes.

Following lunch, we will have one draw of 8-ends.

Cost is $90/person or $360/team and includes golf, lunch, and curling.

Here are the teams and draws for the first round of the Thursday Mixed League that begins THIS Thursday, October 17th. 

PRINTABLE PDFs:

Thursday Mixed Round 1 Teams

Thursday Mixed Round 1 Draw Schedule

The club would like to congratulate member Tricia MacGregor on her upcoming induction into the the PEI Curling Hall of Fame!:

FROM THE HALL OF FAME NOTICE:

The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum is set to host its sixteenth induction ceremony on Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 in the Southport Room at the Stratford Town Hall, 234 Shakespeare Drive.

Ernie Stavert among five Islanders honoured with 2024 Senior Islander of Year Awards

Five Island seniors were honoured with the Senior Islander of the Year Award for the positive impact they have made to their communities.

These awards recognize the efforts that seniors have made in areas like volunteering, artistic achievement, fundraising, sports, recreation, and business. 

The 2024 Seniors Islander of the Year Award recipients are:

• Bernadette McDearmid Pedersen, of Tignish; 
• Helen Lockerby, of Brudenell;
• Bryson Guptill, of Charlottetown;
• Ernie Stavert, of Cornwall; and
• Marion Trowbridge, of Bridgetown.

“Each year, as we celebrate the Senior Islander of the Year Awards, I reflect upon the dedication and contributions made by seniors that have helped shape our Island. These awards are a testament to the remarkable achievements and the deep commitment Island seniors have shown to our province and their communities. Congratulations to all recipients and thank you for your tremendous work.”

– Social Development and Seniors Minister Barb Ramsay

For more information, visit Senior Islander of the Year Awards. 

ERNIE’S PROFILE

Ernie Stavert
Ernie is a life-long volunteer within his Cornwall community. He has been an active member of the Cornwall United Church, now known as the West River United Church, for a long time and over the years has held numerous leadership positions. 

According to a past board member of the Cornwall Seniors Club, “[the Club] would never have happened without Ernie.” The club formed approximately 15 years ago, and Ernie is still the President.

Ernie has also been very instrumental and involved in the Cornwall Curling Club since he helped found it 40 years ago, and has continued to be an active organizer to this day. In 1998, due to a knee condition, he was having difficulty with releasing the rock while curling so he became the first person in PEI to use a delivery stick. He later spearheaded the arrival of two person stick curling and as a result, many members across the province can continue curling well into their 80s and beyond. 

After Ernie retired, he became involved with the PEI 55+ Games and is still involved today. This includes participating, organizing, and serving as a member of the Board, both locally and nationally. He served on the Canadian 55+ Games for 20 years continuously until 2022.

Just a reminder that we’ll be having DROP-IN CURLING on THURSDAY and FRIDAY this week – 10:00am-12:00pm will be 4-person curling drop-in and 12:30pm-2:30pm will be stick curling drop-in.  

We are tickled RED & YELLOW over our new stones! 

To celebrate the new rocks and handles we are hosting a ROCK INITIATION PARTY on Tuesday, October 15th at 5:00pm at the club.

We will have representatives from various groups within the club throwing the ceremonial first rocks, there will be cake and balloons, bagpipe music…and hopefully, YOU will be there too.

Following the ceremony we’ll have the first night of our Upstreet Tuesday Competitive League using the new rocks.

The winner of the club’s GSOC 50/50 raffle is PAUL ARSENAULT!

Paul splits the $399 pot with the club for a payout of $199.50.

Thanks to all who participated.

Not only has Team Constantini (Italy) gone undefeated on their way to the GSOC playoffs, they also took time to come lead a junior clinic for Island curlers on Wednesday evening.

Thank you so much for investing in our curlers – and for filling in at the last minute after other plans fell through!

More pictures will be posted soon in our junior clinic wrap up.

We would like to thank Brett Gallant (Team Jacobs), Karlee Burgess (Team Carey), and Lauren Lenentine (Team Carey and longtime CCC member) for their help at our PEI Junior Clinic on Monday night before the Grand Slam.

There will be more pictures in our clinic wrap up, but we wanted to recognize these curlers for taking time out of their busy schedule to help share their experience and knowledge with the Island’s junior curlers!

Special thanks as well goes to Lauren’s father, Robbie Lenentine, for helping organize the event.

The club and its members would like to offer our condolences to the family of Darrell Hannam, father of club member Jeff Hannam.

The obituary is below:

Hannam, Darrell Erwin, 90, of Bridgetown, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 27, 2024, at Yarmouth Regional Hospital.  Born in West Dalhousie, he was the son of the late Stanley and Muriel (Durling) Hannam.  Darrell was a warden of his church and president of the Chamber of Commerce in all the communities in which he lived.  He was the past president of the Kinsmen Club of Liverpool and District Governor, Maritime Provinces.  Darrell retired from public service after 35 years in managerial positions with Employment and Immigration Canada.  Since his retirement, he was active in politics and held positions as President, Treasurer and Chairman for Fund Raising for the Annapolis PC Association.  Darrell cherished time with his family.  From 1996 until the time it was sold, “The Beachcomber Cottage” in Hampton had been Darrell and Connie’s home five months a year and brought them great joy.

He is fondly remembered by his loving wife, Connie; sons, Jeffrey (Tracy) of Charlottetown and Jamie (Gylle) of Halifax; grandchildren, Alex (Laura), Zac, Erin, Matthew, and Clark; great-grandchildren Madison and Noah; brothers-in-law David Mack and David Nowe. He was predeceased by sisters Audrey Mack and Mona Nowe; sister-in-law Eleanor Duncan; and brothers-in-law Maurice and Allan Bent. Following Darrell’s wishes cremation has taken place under the care and direction of Kaulbach Family Funeral Home, Bridgetown.  A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 5, 2024, at St. James’s Anglican Church, Bridgetown, with Rev. Julia Ford officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Anglican Church Cemetery.

Donations in memory may be sent to St. James Anglican Church, Bridgetown.  

A lot has been going on this week at the club and in the province with the Grand Slam of Curling – but we don’t want you to forget that we are hosting a FREE COME TRY CURLING program NEXT WEEK!

Adults and teens who would like to try the fun sport of curling are invited to attend the Cornwall Curling Club’s FREE, no-obligation three-evening introductory Come Try Curling event on and off-ice instructional sessions on October 8th, 9th, and 10th – beginning at 6:30pm each evening.

We are so grateful to Cow’s Creamery who donated both butter and cheese for our breakfasts. 

The cheese, in particular, has been a huge hit with the teams – one of the European teams said it was the first time in a while they had “good cheese” in North America!

You should have seen their faces when we informed them that Cow’s was also famous for their ice cream.  

We would like to say a special thanks to Michael Brunner and Romano Keller-Meier of Team Brunner (Switzerland) for helping out at our Little Rockers Clinic on Sunday evening. 

What a great opportunity for our youngest curlers!

We were told that these guys started curling around the same age as our current Little Rockers – who knows, in just a few years maybe one of these Little Rockers will be preparing for their own Grand Slam.

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